PART II ITEM 5. MARKET FOR REGISTRANT’S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS AND ISSUER Market Information, Holders and Dividends Our common stock has traded on the NYSE American under the symbol “LNG” since March 24, 2003. As of February 20, 2019, we had 257.4 million shares of common stock outstanding held by 109 record owners. We have never paid a cash dividend on our common stock. We currently intend to retain earnings to finance the growth and development of our business and plan to communicate capital allocation policy decisions during 2019. Any future change in our dividend policy will be made at the discretion of our Board of Directors (our “Board”) in light of our financial condition, capital requirements, earnings, prospects and any restrictions under any financing agreements, as well as other factors our Board deems relevant. The following table summarizes stock repurchases for the three months ended December 31, 2018: Purchase of Equity Securities by the Issuer and Affiliated Purchasers Period Total Number of Shares Purchased (1) Average Price Paid Per Share (2) Total Number of Shares Purchased as a Part of Publicly Announced Plans Maximum Number of Units That May Yet Be Purchased Under the Plans October 1 - 31, 2018 133,205 $65.85 — — November 1 - 30, 2018 14,623 $61.65 — — December 1 - 31, 2018 1,108 $61.37 — — (1) Represents shares surrendered to us by participants in our share-based compensation plans to settle the participants’ personal tax liabilities that resulted from the lapsing of restrictions on shares awarded to the participants under these plans. (2) The price paid per share was based on the closing trading price of our common stock on the dates on which we repurchased shares from the participants under our share-based compensation plans. For additional information, see  Note 15—Share-Based Compensation  of our Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements under Item 8 of this Form 10-K. 33