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 for Common Stock
Our Class A common stock is traded on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the symbol “WDAY”. Our Class B common stock is not listed or traded on any stock exchange.
Dividend Policy
We have never declared or paid cash dividends on our capital stock. We currently intend to retain any future earnings to finance the operation and expansion of our business and do not expect to declare or pay any dividends in the foreseeable future. Any further determination to pay dividends on our capital stock will be at the discretion of our Board of Directors, subject to applicable laws, and will depend on our financial condition, operating results, capital requirements, general business conditions, and other factors that our Board of Directors considers relevant.
Stockholders
As of February 26, 2021, there were 17 stockholders of record of our Class A common stock, including The Depository Trust Company, which holds shares of our common stock on behalf of an indeterminate number of beneficial owners, as well as 77 stockholders of record of our Class B common stock.
Securities Authorized for Issuance under Equity Compensation Plans
See Part III, Item 12 “Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters” of this Annual Report on Form 10-K for more information regarding securities authorized for issuance.
Stock Performance Graph
The following shall not be deemed “soliciting material” or deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Exchange Act, or subject to Regulation 14A or 14C, other than as provided by this Item 5, or to the liabilities of Section 18 of the Exchange Act, or incorporated by reference into any of our other filings under the Exchange Act or the Securities Act, except to the extent we specifically incorporate it by reference into such filing.
This chart compares the cumulative total return on our common stock with that of the S&P 500 Index and the S&P 1500 Application Software Index. The chart assumes $100 was invested at the close of market on January 31, 2016, in our Class A common stock, the S&P 500 Index, and the S&P 1500 Application Software Index, and assumes the reinvestment of any dividends. The stock price performance on the following graph is not necessarily indicative of future stock price performance.

| Company/Index | 1/31/2016 | 1/31/2017 | 1/31/2018 | 1/31/2019 | 1/31/2020 | 1/31/2021 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Workday, Inc. | $ | 100.00 | $ | 131.87 | $ | 190.27 | $ | 288.10 | $ | 293.02 | $ | 361.10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| S&P 500 Index | 100.00 | 120.03 | 151.72 | 148.20 | 180.31 | 211.39 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| S&P 1500 Application Software Index | 100.00 | 127.01 | 187.57 | 226.35 | 302.40 | 398.98 |
Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities
During the three months ended January 31, 2021, we issued 1.4 million shares of our unregistered Class A common stock to warrant holders who net exercised their warrants related to our 1.50% convertible senior notes due July 15, 2020 (“2020 Notes”). This share amount represents the number of warrants exercised multiplied by the difference between the exercise price of the warrants and their daily volume weighted-average stock price.
For further information regarding the above transactions, see Note 11, Debt, of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included in Part II, Item 8 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K. These shares of our Class A common stock were issued in an exchange pursuant to Section 3(a)(9) of the Securities Act. We did not receive any proceeds from the warrant exercises, nor were they subject to underwriting discounts or commissions.
Purchases of Equity Securities by the Issuer and Affiliated Purchases
The table below sets forth information regarding our purchases of our Class A common stock during the three months ended January 31, 2021:
| Period | Total Number of Shares Purchased | Average Price Paid per Share | Total Number of Shares Purchased as Part of Publicly Announced Plans or Programs | Maximum Number (or Approximate Dollar Value) of Shares that May Yet Be Purchased Under the Plans or Programs | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| November 1, 2020 - November 30, 2020 | — | $ | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||||
| December 1, 2020 - December 31, 2020 | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| January 1, 2021 - January 31, 2021(1) | 164 | 228.56 | — | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | 164 | $ | 228.56 | — | — |
(1)The shares purchased represent the exercise of the convertible note hedges relating to the partial early conversion of the 2022 Notes. For further information, see Note 11, Debt, of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included in Part II, Item 8 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
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