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Item 5. MARKET FOR REGISTRANT’S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES

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Item 5. MARKET FOR REGISTRANT’S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES

Common Stock and Dividend Information

Our common stock is traded on the NASDAQ Global Select Market ("Nasdaq") under the symbol ODFL. At February 23, 2016, there were 37,871 holders of our common stock, including 121 shareholders of record. We did not pay any dividends on our common stock during fiscal year 2015 or 2014, and we have no current plans to declare or pay any dividends on our common stock during fiscal year 2016.

Our senior unsecured credit agreement includes a provision limiting our ability to make restricted payments, including dividends and payments for share repurchases, unless, among other conditions, no defaults or events of default under the credit agreement are ongoing (or would be caused by such restricted payment).

The following table sets forth the high and low sales price of our common stock for the periods indicated, as reported by Nasdaq:

2015
First QuarterSecond QuarterThird QuarterFourth Quarter
High$80.96$76.98$74.86$65.78
Low$69.50$67.25$60.40$56.80
2014
First QuarterSecond QuarterThird QuarterFourth Quarter
High$57.48$65.35$72.63$81.48
Low$49.76$53.63$61.17$62.17

The following table provides information regarding our repurchases of our common stock during the fourth quarter of 2015.

ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES
Total Number of Shares PurchasedAverage Price Paid per ShareTotal Number of Shares Purchased as Part of Publicly Announced ProgramsApproximate Dollar Value of Shares that May Yet Be Purchased Under the Programs
October 1-31, 2015302,758$62.67302,758$96,378,316
November 1-30, 2015252,677$63.43252,677$80,350,794
December 1-31, 2015—$——$80,350,794
Total555,435$63.01555,435

On November 10, 2014, we announced that our Board of Directors had approved a stock repurchase program authorizing us to repurchase up to an aggregate of $200.0 million of our outstanding common stock. We may repurchase shares from time-to-time in open market purchases or through privately negotiated transactions. The program expires on November 6, 2016. Shares of our common stock repurchased by us under the repurchase program are canceled at the time of repurchase and are authorized but unissued shares of our common stock.

Performance Graph

The following graph compares the total shareholder cumulative returns, assuming the reinvestment of all dividends, of $100 invested on December 31, 2010, in (i) our common stock, (ii) the S&P 500 Total Return Index, and (iii) the NASDAQ Industrial Transportation Index, for the five-year period ended December 31, 2015.

Cumulative Total Return

12/31/1012/31/1112/31/1212/31/1312/31/1412/31/15
Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc.$100$127$161$249$364$277
S&P 500 Total Return Index$100$102$118$157$178$181
NASDAQ Industrial Transportation Index$100$104$111$158$191$147

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