Item 5. MARKET FOR REGISTRANT’S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES

Market Information

Our ordinary shares trade on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the symbol “STX.”

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As of August 3, 2020, there were approximately 535 holders of record of our ordinary shares. We did not sell any of our equity securities during fiscal year 2020 that were not registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

Performance Graph

The performance graph below shows the cumulative total shareholder return on our ordinary shares for the period from July 3, 2015 to July 3, 2020. This is compared with the cumulative total return of the Dow Jones US Computer Hardware Index and the Standard & Poor’s 500 Stock Index (“S&P 500”) over the same period. The graph assumes that on July 3, 2015, $100 was invested in our ordinary shares and $100 was invested in each of the other two indices, with dividends reinvested on the date of payment without payment of any commissions. Dollar amounts in the graph are rounded to the nearest whole dollar. The performance shown in the graph represents past performance and should not be considered an indication of future performance.

(1) $100 invested on 7/3/2015 in shares and in indices, including reinvestment of dividends.

Dividends

Our ability to pay dividends in the future will be subject to, among other things, general business conditions within the data storage industry, our financial results, the impact of paying dividends on our credit ratings and legal and contractual restrictions on the payment of dividends by our subsidiaries to us or by us to our ordinary shareholders, including restrictions imposed by covenants on our debt instruments.

Repurchases of Our Equity Securities

On October 29, 2018, our Board of Directors authorized the repurchase of an additional $2.3 billion of our outstanding ordinary shares and as a result, we had an aggregate authority to repurchase approximately $3.0 billion of our ordinary shares. As of July 3, 2020, $1.3 billion remained available for repurchase of ordinary shares under the existing repurchase authorization limits. All repurchases are effected as redemptions in accordance with our Constitution. There is no expiration date on our repurchase authorizations.

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The following table sets forth information with respect to all repurchases of our shares made during the fiscal year ended July 3, 2020, including shares withheld for statutory tax withholdings related to vesting of employee equity awards:

(1) Repurchase of shares including tax withholdings.