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

General

Prudential Financial’s Common Stock trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “PRU.” On January 31, 2022, there were 1,134,375 registered holders of record for the Common Stock and 376 million shares outstanding.

Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities

(c) The following table provides information about purchases by the Company during the three months ended December 31, 2021, of its Common Stock:

(1)Includes shares of Common Stock withheld from participants for income tax withholding purposes whose shares of restricted stock units vested during the period. Such restricted stock units were originally issued to participants pursuant to the Prudential Financial Inc. Omnibus Incentive Plan.

(2)In February 2021, Prudential Financial’s Board of Directors authorized the Company to repurchase, at management’s discretion, up to $1.5 billion of its outstanding Common Stock during the period from January 1, 2021 through December 31, 2021. In May 2021, the Board authorized a $500 million increase to this authorization, bringing the aggregate share repurchase authorization for calendar year 2021 to $2.0 billion. In July 2021, the Board further increased this authorization by an additional $500 million, bringing the aggregate share repurchase authorization for calendar year 2021 to $2.5 billion.

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On November 9, 2021, Prudential Financial’s Board of Directors authorized the Company to repurchase, at management’s discretion, up to $1.5 billion of its outstanding Common Stock during the period from January 1, 2022 through December 31, 2022.