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

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

Market information

Our common stock has traded on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the symbol “ULTA” since October 25, 2007.

Holders of the registrant’s common stock

The last reported sale price of our common stock on the NASDAQ Global Select Market on March 23, 2020 was $143.24 per share. As of March 23, 2020, we had 32 holders of record of our common stock. Because many shares of common stock are held by brokers and other institutions on behalf of stockholders, we are unable to estimate the total number of stockholders represented by these record holders.

Purchases of equity securities by the issuer and affiliated purchasers

The following table sets forth repurchases of our common stock during the fourth quarter of 2019:


Period	Total number of shares purchased (1)	Average price paid per share		Total number of shares purchased as part of publicly announced plans or programs (2)	Approximate dollar value of shares that may yet be purchased under plans or programs (in thousands) (2)
November 3, 2019 to November 30, 2019	138,567	$	238.46	138,167	$	355,817
December 1, 2019 to December 28, 2019	215,290		250.41	215,290		301,906
December 29, 2019 to February 1, 2020	328,301		266.02	328,001		214,650
13 weeks ended February 1, 2020	682,158		255.50	681,458		214,650

(1)	There were 681,458 shares repurchased as part of our publicly announced share repurchase program during the 13 weeks ended February 1, 2020, and there were 700 shares transferred from employees in satisfaction of minimum statutory tax withholding obligations upon the vesting of restricted stock during the period.

(2)

On March 14, 2019, we announced our 2019 share repurchase program pursuant to which the Company may repurchase up to $875.0 million of the Company’s common stock. The 2019 share repurchase program did not have an expiration date but provided for suspension or discontinuation at any time. As of February 1, 2020, $214.6 million remained available under the $875.0 million 2019 share repurchase program. On March 12, 2020, we announced the 2020 share repurchase program. For additional information on the 2020 share repurchase program see Note 20 to our consolidated financial statements, “Subsequent event.”

Recent sales of unregistered securities

None.

Securities authorized for issuance under equity compensation plans

The following table provides information about Ulta Beauty common stock that may be issued under our equity compensation plans as of February 1, 2020:


				Number of securities
	Number of securities			remaining available
	to be issued upon	Weighted-average		for future issuance
	exercise of outstanding	exercise price of		under equity
	options, warrants	outstanding options,		compensation
Plan category	and rights (2)	warrants and rights (3)		plans (4)
Equity compensation plans approved by security holders (1)	760,920	$	212.58	3,194,142

(1)	Includes options issued and available for exercise and shares available for issuance in connection with past awards under the Amended and Restated 2011 Incentive Award Plan and predecessor equity incentive plans. We currently grant awards only under the Amended and Restated 2011 Incentive Award Plan.

(2)	Includes 539,155 shares issuable pursuant to the exercise of outstanding stock options, 159,363 shares issuable pursuant to restricted stock units, and 62,402 shares issuable pursuant to performance-based units.

(3)	Calculation of weighted-average exercise price of outstanding awards includes stock options but does not include shares of restricted stock units or performance-based units that convert to shares of common stock for no consideration.

(4)	Represents shares that are available for issuance pursuant to the Amended and Restated 2011 Incentive Award Plan. The shares available under the plan are reduced by 1.0 for each stock option awarded and by 1.5 for each restricted stock unit and performance-based unit awarded.

Stock performance graph

The following performance graph and related information shall not be deemed “soliciting material” or to be “filed” with the SEC, nor shall such information be incorporated by reference into any future filing under the Securities Act of 1933 or Securities Exchange Act of 1934, each as amended, except to the extent that we specifically incorporate it by reference into such filing.

Set forth below is a graph comparing the cumulative total stockholder return on Ulta Beauty’s common stock with the NASDAQ Global Select Market Composite Index (NQGS) and the S&P Retail Index (RLX) for the period covering January 31, 2015 through the end of Ulta Beauty’s fiscal year ended February 1, 2020. The graph assumes an investment of $100 made at the closing of trading on January 31, 2015 in (i) Ulta Beauty’s common stock, (ii) the stocks comprising the NQGS and (iii) stocks comprising the RLX. All values assume reinvestment of the full amount of all dividends, if any, into additional shares of the same class of equity securities at the frequency with which dividends are paid on such securities during the applicable time period.


	Fiscal year ended
	January 31,		January 30,		January 28,		February 3,		February 2,		February 1,
Company / Index	2015		2016		2017		2018		2019		2020
Ulta Beauty	$	100.00	$	137.31	$	206.37	$	168.33	$	221.25	$	203.05
NQGS		100.00		100.13		121.78		160.96		158.06		199.69
RLX		100.00		115.56		135.00		194.19		208.85		243.26

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