b'PART IIItem 5. Market for Registrants Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchasesof Equity SecuritiesCommon Stock Trading SummaryOur common stock is traded on the NYSE and LSE under the symbol KOS.As of February 20, 2019, based on information from the Companys transfer agent, ComputershareTrust Company, N.A., the number of holders of record of Kosmos common stock was 64. OnFebruary 20, 2019, the last reported sale price of Kosmos common stock, as reported on the NYSE,was $5.82 per share.We anticipate we may begin to pay dividends on our common stock beginning in fiscal year 2019following our redomestication to Delaware. Certain of our subsidiaries are currently restricted in theirability to pay dividends to us pursuant to the terms of the Senior Notes, the Facility and the CorporateRevolver unless we meet certain conditions, financial and otherwise. Any decision to pay dividends inthe future is at the discretion of our board of directors and depends on our financial condition, resultsof operations, capital requirements and other factors that our board of directors deems relevant.Issuer Purchases of Equity SecuritiesUnder the terms of our Long Term Incentive Plan (LTIP), we have issued restricted shares toour employees. On the date that these restricted shares vest, we provide such employees the option tosell shares to cover their tax liability, via a net exercise provision pursuant to our applicable restrictedshare award agreements and the LTIP, at either the number of vested shares (based on the closingprice of our common stock on such vesting date) equal to the minimum statutory tax liability owed bysuch grantee or up to the maximum statutory tax liability for such grantee. The Company mayrepurchase the restricted shares sold by the grantees to settle their tax liability. The repurchased sharesare reallocated to the number of shares available for issuance under the LTIP. In addition, inNovember 2018, Kosmos repurchased 35 million shares of our common stock from funds affiliated withWarburg Pincus LLC in a privately negotiated transaction at a price per share of $5.38. The followingtable outlines the total number of shares purchased during fiscal year 2018 and the average price paidper share.Total Number Averageof Shares Price PaidPurchased per Share(In thousands)January 1, 2018January 31, 2018 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 $6.85February 1, 2018February 28, 2018 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .March 1, 2018March 31, 2018 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .April 1, 2018April 30, 2018 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .May 1, 2018May 31, 2018 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .June 1, 2018June 30, 2018 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .July 1, 2018July 31, 2018 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .August 1, 2018August 31, 2018 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .September 1, 2018September 30, 2018 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .October 1, 2018October 31, 2018 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .November 1, 2018November 30, 2018 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35,000 5.38December 1, 2018December 31, 2018 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35,074 5.3871'