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Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
Our common stock is traded on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the symbol "PTC."
On September 30, 2018, the close of our fiscal year, and on November 13, 2018, our common stock was held by 1,138 and 1,137 shareholders of record, respectively.
The table below shows the shares of our common stock we repurchased in the fourth quarter of 2018.
| Period (1) | Total Number of Shares (or Units) Purchased | Average Price Paid per Share (or Unit) | Total Number of Shares (or Units) Purchased as Part of Publicly Announced Plans or Programs | Approximate Dollar Value of Shares (or Units) that May Yet Be Purchased Under the Plans or Programs | ||||
| July 1, 2018 - July 28, 2018 | 8,244,873 | $97.03 | 8,244,873 | $400,000,000 (2)(3) | ||||
| July 29, 2018 - August 25, 2018 | — | $— | — | $400,000,000 (2)(3) | ||||
| August 26, 2018 - September 30, 2018 | — | $— | — | $400,000,000 (2)(3) | ||||
| Total | 8,244,873 | $97.03 | 8,244,873 | $400,000,000 (2)(3) |
(1) Periods are our fiscal months within the fiscal quarter.
(2) Our Board of Directors has authorized us to repurchase up to $1,500 million of our common stock for the period October 1, 2017 through September 30, 2020, which program we initially announced on September 19, 2017 and expanded in July 2018.
(3) In July 2018, we made a payment of $1,000 million to repurchase shares pursuant to an accelerated share repurchase agreement (ASR) with a major financial institution (Bank). Of that amount, 8,244,873 shares valued at $800 million were repurchased in July 2018, with the remaining $200 million held back by the Bank pending final settlement of the ASR.
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