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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, 2019 was 6,219.
The performance graph set forth on page 16 of our 2018 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 2018.
| 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) | 600,000 | $ | 408.30 | 600,000 | 10,125,000 | ||||||||
| Employee transactions (2) | 181 | $ | 417.12 | N/A | |||||||||
| November 1 – November 30 | |||||||||||||
| Employee transactions (2) | 38 | $ | 389.54 | N/A | |||||||||
| December 1 – December 31 | |||||||||||||
| Employee transactions (2) | 130 | $ | 389.51 | N/A | |||||||||
| Total | |||||||||||||
| Share repurchase program (1) | 600,000 | $ | 408.30 | 600,000 | 10,125,000 | ||||||||
| Employee transactions (2) | 349 | $ | 403.83 | N/A | |||||||||
| (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, 2018 to purchase 10,125,000 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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