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Equity
12 Months Ended
Dec. 29, 2018
Equity
(11) Equity
On May 19, 2015, the Landstar System, Inc. Board of Directors authorized the Company to increase the number of shares of the Company’s Common Stock that the Company is authorized to purchase from time to time in the open market and in privately negotiated transactions under a previously announced purchase program to 3,000,000 shares. This program was completed during the 2018 fourth fiscal quarter. On December 11, 2017, the Landstar System, Inc. Board of Directors authorized the Company to purchase up to 1,963,875 shares of the Company’s Common Stock from time to time in the open market and in privately negotiated transactions. As of December 29, 2018, the Company had authorization to purchase 1,000,000 shares of its Common Stock in the aggregate under this program. On January 23, 2019, the Landstar System, Inc. Board of Directors authorized the Company to purchase up to 1,000,000 additional shares of the Company’s Common Stock from time to time in the open market and in privately negotiated transactions. As of January 23, 2019, the Company had authorization to purchase in the aggregate up to 2,000,000 shares of its Common Stock under these programs. No specific expiration date has been assigned to the December 11, 2017 or January 23, 2019 authorizations. During fiscal year 2018, Landstar purchased a total of 2,000,000 shares of its Common Stock at a total cost of $208,087,000 pursuant to its previously announced stock purchase programs.
The Company has 2,000,000 shares of preferred stock authorized and unissued.