Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity
ITEM 5 – MARKET FOR THE COMPANY'S COMMON EQUITY,
RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES
Market Information
Our common stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "LEA."
Dividends
We currently expect to pay quarterly cash dividends in the future, although such payments are at the discretion of our Board of Directors and will depend upon our financial condition, results of operations, capital requirements, alternative uses of capital and other factors that our Board of Directors may consider at its discretion. See Item 7, "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations — Forward-Looking Statements," and Note 12, "Capital Stock, Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss and Equity," to the consolidated financial statements included in this Report.
Holders of Common Stock
The Transfer Agent and Registrar for our common stock is Computershare Trust Company, N.A., located in Canton, Massachusetts. On February 7, 2022, there were 244 registered holders of record of our common stock.
For certain information regarding our equity compensation plans, see Part III — Item 12, "Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters — Equity Compensation Plan Information."
Common Stock Share Repurchase Program
Since the first quarter of 2011, our Board of Directors has authorized $6.1 billion in share repurchases under our common stock share repurchase program. As of December 31, 2021, we have repurchased, in aggregate, $4.8 billion of our outstanding common stock, at an average price of $90.97 per share, excluding commissions and related fees. As of December 31, 2021, we have a remaining repurchase authorization of $1.3 billion, which expires on December 31, 2022.
In March 2020, as a proactive measure in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, we suspended share repurchases under our common stock share repurchase program. Share repurchases were reinstated in the second quarter of 2021. Since the reinstatement through December 31, 2021, we repurchased approximately $100 million of shares. There were no shares repurchased during the fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2021.
We may implement share repurchases through a variety of methods, including, but not limited to, open market purchases, accelerated stock repurchase programs and structured repurchase transactions. The extent to which we may repurchase our outstanding common stock and the timing of such repurchases will depend upon our financial condition, results of operations, capital requirements, prevailing market conditions, alternative uses of capital and other factors. See Item 7, "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations — Forward-Looking Statements," and Note 12, "Capital Stock, Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss and Equity," to the consolidated financial statements included in this Report.
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Performance Graph
The following graph compares the cumulative total stockholder return from December 31, 2016 through December 31, 2021, for our common stock, the S&P 500 Index and a peer group (1) of companies that we have selected for purposes of this comparison. We have assumed that dividends have been reinvested, and the returns of each company in the S&P 500 Index and the peer group have been weighted to reflect relative stock market capitalization. The graph below assumes that $100 was invested on December 31, 2016, in each of our common stock, the stocks comprising the S&P 500 Index and the stocks comprising the peer group.
December 31,
2016 December 31,
2017 December 31,
2018 December 31,
2019 December 31,
2020 December 31,
2021
Lear Corporation $ 100.00 $ 135.21 $ 95.61 $ 109.34 $ 127.82 $ 148.55
S&P 500 $ 100.00 $ 121.82 $ 116.47 $ 153.13 $ 181.29 $ 233.28
Peer Group (1)
$ 100.00 $ 130.45 $ 79.67 $ 98.20 $ 115.28 $ 125.39
(1) We do not believe that there is a single published industry or line of business index that is appropriate for comparing stockholder returns. As a result, we have selected a peer group comprised of representative independent automotive suppliers whose common stock is publicly traded. Our peer group, referenced in the graph above, consists of Adient plc, American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings Inc., Aptiv PLC, Autoliv, Inc., BorgWarner Inc., Continental AG, Cooper-Standard Holdings Inc., Dana Incorporated, Faurecia, Gentex Corporation, Gentherm Incorporated, Magna International, Inc., Tenneco Inc., Valeo and Visteon Corporation.
ITEM 6 – RESERVED
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