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

Common Equity

We only have one class of common stock. Our common stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “PKI”. As of February 25, 2022, we had approximately 3,200 holders of record of our common stock.

Stock Repurchases

The following table provides information with respect to the shares of common stock repurchased by us for the periods indicated.

(1)Our Board of Directors (our "Board") has authorized us to repurchase shares of common stock to satisfy minimum statutory tax withholding obligations in connection with the vesting of restricted stock awards and restricted stock unit awards granted pursuant to our equity incentive plans and to satisfy obligations related to the exercise of stock options made pursuant to our equity incentive plans. During the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2021, we repurchased 323 shares of common stock for this purpose at an aggregate cost of $0.1 million. During fiscal year 2021, we repurchased 71,248 shares of common stock for this purpose at an aggregate cost of $10.5 million. The repurchased shares have been reflected as additional authorized but unissued shares, with the payments reflected in common stock and capital in excess of par value.

(2)On July 31, 2020, our Board authorized us to repurchase shares of common stock for an aggregate amount up to $250.0 million under a stock repurchase program (the "Repurchase Program"). The Repurchase Program will expire on July 27, 2022 unless terminated earlier by our Board and may be suspended or discontinued at any time. During fiscal year 2021, we repurchased 433,000 shares of common stock under the Repurchase Program for an aggregate cost of $62.6 million. As of January 2, 2022, $187.4 million remained available for aggregate repurchases of shares under the Repurchase Program.

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Stock Performance Graph

Set forth below is a line graph comparing the cumulative total shareholder return on our common stock against the cumulative total return of the S&P Composite-500 Index and a Peer Group Index for the five fiscal years from January 1, 2017 to January 2, 2022. Our Peer Group Index consists of Agilent Technologies Inc., Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., and Waters Corporation. The peer group is the same as the peer group used in the stock performance graph in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended January 3, 2021.

Comparison of Five-Year Cumulative Total Return

Among PerkinElmer, Inc. Common Stock, S&P Composite-500 and

Peer Group Index

TOTAL RETURN TO SHAREHOLDERS

(Includes reinvestment of dividends)