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

Market Information and Dividends

Our common stock is traded on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the symbol “SWKS”.

The number of stockholders of record of our common stock as of November 2, 2020, was 10,419. On November 2, 2020, the Company announced that the Board of Directors had declared a cash dividend of $0.50 per share of common stock, payable on December 10, 2020, to stockholders of record as of November 19, 2020. We intend to continue to pay quarterly dividends subject to capital availability and our view that cash dividends are in the best interests of our stockholders. Future cash dividends may be affected by, among other items, our views on potential future capital requirements, including those relating to research and development, creation and expansion of sales distribution channels and investments and acquisitions, legal risks, stock repurchase programs, debt issuance, changes in federal and state income tax law and changes to our business model.

Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities

The following table provides information regarding repurchases of common stock made during the fiscal quarter ended October 2, 2020:

(1) The stock repurchase program approved by the Board of Directors on January 30, 2019, authorizes the repurchase of up to $2.0 billion of our common stock from time to time on the open market or in privately negotiated transactions as permitted by securities laws and other legal requirements. The January 30, 2019, stock repurchase program replaced in its entirety the January 31, 2018, plan and is scheduled to expire on January 30, 2021.

(2) Represents shares repurchased by us at the fair market value of the common stock as of the applicable purchase date, in connection with the satisfaction of tax withholding obligations under equity award agreements.

(3) 627,437 shares were repurchased at an average price of $142.12 per share as part of our stock repurchase program, and 8,744 shares were repurchased by us at the fair market value of the common stock as of the applicable purchase date, in connection with the satisfaction of tax withholding obligations under equity award agreements with an average price of $146.09 per share.

(4) 1,025,231 shares were repurchased at an average price of $138.42 per share as part of our stock repurchase program, and 6,186 shares were repurchased by us at the fair market value of the common stock as of the applicable purchase date, in connection with the satisfaction of tax withholding obligations under equity award agreements with an average price of $142.76 per share.