Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity
Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
Stock symbol and stockholders of record
Our common stock is traded on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the symbol “NLOK”. As of April 2, 2021, there were 1,538 stockholders of record. A substantially greater number of holders of our common stock are "street name" or beneficial holders, whose shares of record are held by banks, brokers, and other financial institutions.
Stock performance graph
The graph below compares the cumulative total stockholder return on our common stock with the cumulative total return on the S&P 500 Composite Index and the S&P Information Technology Index for the five fiscal years ended April 2, 2021 (assuming the initial investment of $100 in our common stock and in each of the other indices on the last day of trading for fiscal 2016 and the reinvestment of all dividends). The comparisons in the graph below are based on historical data and are not indicative of, nor intended to forecast the possible future performance of our common stock.
COMPARISON OF FIVE-YEAR CUMULATIVE TOTAL RETURN
Among NortonLifeLock Inc., the S&P 500 Index
and the S&P Information Technology Index
This performance graph shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Exchange Act or otherwise subject to the liabilities under that Section and shall not be deemed to be incorporated by reference into any filing of NortonLifeLock under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act.
Repurchases of our equity securities
Under our stock repurchase programs, shares may be repurchased on the open market and through accelerated stock repurchase transactions. As of April 2, 2021, we had $274 million remaining authorized to be completed in future periods. On May 4, 2021, our Board of Directors approved an incremental share repurchase authorization of $1,500 million bringing the total authorized under the stock repurchase program to $1,774 million. The authorization does not have an expiration date. Stock repurchases during the three months ended April 2, 2021, were as follows:
(In millions, except per share data) Total Number of Shares Purchased (1)
Average Price Paid per Share
Total Number of Shares Purchased as Part of Publicly Announced Program Maximum Dollar Value of Shares That May Yet Be Purchased Under the Plans or Programs
January 2, 2021 to January 29, 2021 5 $ 20.80 5 $ 323
January 30, 2021 to February 26, 2021 2 $ 20.28 2 $ 284
February 27, 2021 to April 2, 2021 (2)
— $ 20.01 — $ 274
Total number of shares repurchased 7 7
(1) The number of shares purchased is reported on trade date. Repurchases of 1 million shares, which were executed prior to January 2, 2021, settled during the period of January 2, 2021 to January 29, 2021 .
(2) The number of shares is less than 1 million.
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Item 6. Selected Financial Data
This item is no longer required, as we have elected to early adopt the amendment to Item 301 of Regulation S-K contained in SEC Release No. 33-10890, which became effective on February 10, 2021.
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