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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 listed on the New York Stock Exchange and traded under the symbol SHW. The number of shareholders of record at January 31, 2017 was 6,770.
Information regarding market prices and dividend information with respect to our common stock is set forth on page 77 of our 2016 Annual Report, which is incorporated herein by reference. The performance graph set forth on page 18 of our 2016 Annual Report is incorporated herein by reference. The information with respect to securities authorized for issuance under the Company’s equity compensation plans is set forth under the caption “Equity Compensation Plan Information” in our Proxy Statement, which is incorporated herein by reference.
Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
The following table sets forth a summary of the Company’s purchases of common stock during the fourth quarter of 2016.
| Period | Total Number of Shares Purchased | Average Price Paid per Share | Total Number of Shares Purchased as Part of a Publicly Announced Plan | Maximum Number of Shares that May Yet Be Purchased Under the Plan | ||||||
| October 1 – October 31 | ||||||||||
| Share repurchase program (1) | 11,650,000 | |||||||||
| Employee transactions (2) | 203 | $266.98 | NA | |||||||
| November 1 – November 30 | ||||||||||
| December 1 – December 31 | ||||||||||
| Total | ||||||||||
| Share repurchase program (1) | 11,650,000 | |||||||||
| Employee transactions (2) | 203 | $266.98 | NA | |||||||
| (1) | All shares are purchased through the Company’s publicly announced share repurchase program. There is no expiration date specified for the program. The Company had remaining authorization at December 31, 2016 to purchase 11,650,000 shares. |
| (2) | All shares were delivered to satisfy the exercise price and/or tax withholding obligations by employees who exercised stock options or had shares of restricted stock vest. |
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