Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities

The Company's common stock is traded on the Nasdaq stock market under the symbol NXPI. On February 16, 2022 there were 14 shareholders of record and 741,000 beneficial shareholders of our common stock.

Dividends Per Common Share

The following table presents the quarterly dividends on our common stock for the periods indicated:

On January 31, 2022, the board of directors of NXP approved a 50 percent increase in the quarterly cash dividend to $0.845 per ordinary share to be paid in cash on April 6, 2022 to shareholders of record as of March 15, 2022. We currently expect to continue to pay dividends in the future.

Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities

In November 2019, the board of directors of NXP (the “Board”) approved the repurchase of shares up to a maximum of $2 billion (the "2019 Share Repurchase Program"). In addition, the Board approved the purchase of shares from participants in NXP's equity programs who trade shares as trade for tax and this authorization will remain in effect until terminated by the Board. In March 2021, the Board approved the repurchase of shares up to a maximum of $2 billion (the "2021 Share Repurchase Program"), and in August 2021, the Board increased the 2021 Share Repurchase Program authorization by $2 billion, for a total of $4 billion approved for the repurchase of shares under the 2021 Share Repurchase Program. In January 2022, the Board approved the repurchase of shares up to a maximum of $2 billion (the "2022 Share Repurchase Program").

The following table provides a summary of share repurchase activity during the three months ended December 31, 2021:

(1) Reflects shares surrendered by participants to satisfy tax withholding obligations in connection with the Company's equity programs.

Company Performance

The following graph shows a comparison, since December 31, 2016 of cumulative total return for NXP, the Standard & Poor's 500 Index, and the Philadelphia Stock Exchange Semiconductor Index. The graph assumes $100 (not in millions) invested on December 31, 2016 in our common stock and each of the indices.