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
Market for Registrant's Common Equity
Our Common Stock, par value $.001 per share, is quoted on The NASDAQ Global Select Market under the symbol "REGN." Our Class A Stock, par value $.001 per share, is not publicly quoted or traded.
As of January 31, 2020, there were 166 shareholders of record of our Common Stock and 16 shareholders of record of our Class A Stock.
We have never paid cash dividends on our Common Stock or Class A Stock and do not anticipate paying any in the foreseeable future.
STOCK PERFORMANCE GRAPH
Set forth below is a line graph comparing the cumulative total shareholder return on Regeneron's Common Stock with the cumulative total return of (i) the NASDAQ US Benchmark Pharmaceuticals Total Return Index ("NQ US Pharma TR Index"), and (ii) Standard & Poor's 500 Stock Index ("S&P 500") for the period from December 31, 2014 through December 31, 2019. The comparison assumes that $100 was invested on December 31, 2014 in our Common Stock and in both of the foregoing indices. All values assume reinvestment of the pre-tax value of dividends paid by companies included in these indices. The historical stock price performance of our Common Stock shown in the graph below is not necessarily indicative of future stock price performance.

| 12/31/2014 | 12/31/2015 | 12/31/2016 | 12/31/2017 | 12/31/2018 | 12/31/2019 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Regeneron | $ | 100.00 | $ | 132.33 | $ | 89.48 | $ | 91.64 | $ | 91.04 | $ | 91.52 | |||||||||||
| S&P 500 | $ | 100.00 | $ | 99.27 | $ | 108.74 | $ | 129.86 | $ | 121.76 | $ | 156.92 | |||||||||||
| NQ US Pharma TR Index | $ | 100.00 | $ | 105.43 | $ | 104.29 | $ | 125.57 | $ | 134.11 | $ | 153.57 |
This performance graph shall not be deemed "filed" for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or incorporated by reference into any filing of ours under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference to such filing.
Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
The table below reflects shares of Common Stock we repurchased under our share repurchase program, as well as Common Stock withheld by us for employees to satisfy their tax withholding obligations arising upon the vesting of restricted stock awards or restricted stock units granted under one of our long-term incentive plans, during the fourth quarter of 2019. Refer to Part II, Item 7. "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations - Liquidity and Capital Resources - Share Repurchase Program" for further details of the share repurchase program.
| Period | Total Number of Shares Purchased | Average Price Paid per Share | Total Number of Shares Purchased as Part of a Publicly Announced Program | Approximate Dollar Value of Shares that May Yet Be Purchased Under the Program | ||||||||||
| 11/1/2019–11/30/2019 | 509,365 | $ | 343.35 | 508,314 | $ | 825,664,565 | ||||||||
| 12/1/2019–12/31/2019 | 214,282 | $ | 371.59 | 214,282 | $ | 745,967,321 | ||||||||
| Total | 723,647 | (a) | 722,596 | (a) | ||||||||||
| (a) The difference between the total number of shares purchased and the total number of shares purchased as part of a publicly announced program is related to Common Stock withheld by us for employees to satisfy their tax withholding obligations arising upon the vesting of restricted stock awards or restricted stock units granted under one of our long-term incentive plans. |
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