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

Market Information

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

Shareholders

As of January 31, 2023, there were 107 holders of record of our common stock.

Performance Graph

Our performance graph includes the NASDAQ Biotechnology Index, which we believe is a comparable index consisting of companies with similar industry classifications, and which we plan to use in our future performance graphs.

Dividends

We have never paid any cash dividends on our common stock, and we do not anticipate paying any in the foreseeable future.

Issuer Repurchases of Equity Securities

In June 2021, our Board of Directors approved a share repurchase program (the “2021 Share Repurchase Program”), pursuant to which we were authorized to repurchase up to $1.5 billion of our common stock by December 31, 2022. We did not repurchase any shares of our common stock under the 2021 Share Repurchase Program in the three months ended December 31, 2022. On December 31, 2022, the 2021 Share Repurchase Program expired with $499.7 million remaining authorization.

In February 2023, our Board of Directors approved a share repurchase program (the “2023 Share Repurchase Program”) pursuant to which we are authorized to repurchase up to $3.0 billion of our common stock.