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18
PART II
Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities.
Our common stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange, or NYSE, under the symbol “AAP”. The table below sets
forth the high and low sale prices per share for our common stock, as reported by the NYSE, for the fiscal periods indicated.
High Low
Fiscal Year Ended January 2, 2016
Fourth Quarter $ 201.24 $ 144.73
Third Quarter $ 194.61 $ 151.30
Second Quarter $ 169.90 $ 142.63
First Quarter $ 165.00 $ 143.02
Fiscal Year Ended January 3, 2015
Fourth Quarter $ 163.36 $ 130.14
Third Quarter $ 139.58 $ 119.71
Second Quarter $ 136.12 $ 118.51
First Quarter $ 129.99 $ 108.76
The closing price of our common stock on February 25, 2016 was $150.08. At February 25, 2016, there were 432 holders
of record of our common stock (which does not include the number of individual beneficial owners whose shares were held on
their behalf by brokerage firms in street name).
Our Board of Directors has declared a $0.06 per share quarterly cash dividend since 2006. Any payments of dividends in
the future will be at the discretion of our Board of Directors and will depend upon our results of operations, cash flows, capital
requirements and other factors deemed relevant by our Board of Directors.
The following table sets forth information with respect to repurchases of our common stock for the fourth quarter ended
January 2, 2016 (amounts in thousands, except per share amounts):
Period
Total Number
of Shares
Purchased (1)
Average
Price Paid
per Share (1)
Total Number of
Shares Purchased as
Part of Publicly
Announced Plans or
Programs (2)
Maximum Dollar
Value that May Yet
Be Purchased
Under the Plans or
Programs (2)
October 11, 2015 to November 7, 2015 — $ — — $ 415,092
November 8, 2015 to December 5, 2015 20 160.26 — 415,092
December 6, 2015 to January 2, 2016 11 148.85 — 415,092
Total 31 $ 156.22 — $ 415,092
(1) We repurchased 31,013 shares of our common stock at an aggregate cost of $4.8 million, or an average purchase price
of $156.22 per share, in connection with the net settlement of shares issued as a result of the vesting of restricted stock
units during the fourth quarter ended January 2, 2016. We did not repurchase any shares under our $500.0 million stock
repurchase program during our fourth quarter ended January 2, 2016.
(2) Our stock repurchase program authorizing the repurchase of up to $500.0 million in common stock was authorized by
our Board of Directors and publicly announced on May 14, 2012.