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COMMON STOCK
9 Months Ended
Sep. 26, 2020
Stockholders' Equity Note [Abstract]  
COMMON STOCK COMMON STOCK
Open Market Share Repurchases
The total aggregate remaining capacity under outstanding repurchase authorizations as of September 26, 2020 was approximately $650.4 million, based on settled repurchase transactions. The authorizations have no expiration date.
The Company repurchased and retired shares in open market transactions in the following amounts for the fiscal periods indicated:
 
Fiscal quarter ended
 
Three fiscal quarters ended
 
September 26, 2020
 
September 28, 2019
 
September 26, 2020
 
September 28, 2019
Number of shares repurchased

 
602,043

 
474,684

 
1,607,920

Aggregate cost of shares repurchased (dollars in thousands)
$

 
$
55,021

 
$
45,255

 
$
147,464

Average price per share
$

 
$
91.39

 
$
95.34

 
$
91.71


On March 26, 2020, the Company announced that, in connection with the COVID-19 pandemic, it suspended its common stock share repurchase program. The timing and amount of any future repurchases will be determined by the Company based on its evaluation of market conditions, share price, other investment priorities, and other factors.
Dividends
In the first fiscal quarter ended March 28, 2020, the Company declared and paid cash dividends per share of $0.60. On May 1, 2020, in connection with the COVID-19 pandemic, the Company suspended its quarterly cash dividend. As a result, the
Company did not declare or pay cash dividends in the third fiscal quarter ended September 26, 2020. The Board of Directors will evaluate future dividend declarations based on a number of factors, including business conditions, the Company's financial performance, and other considerations. In the third fiscal quarter and three fiscal quarters ended September 28, 2019, the Company declared and paid cash dividends per share of $0.50 and $1.50, respectively.
Provisions in the Company's secured revolving credit facility have the effect of restricting the Company's ability to pay cash dividends on, or make future repurchases of, its common stock through the date the Company delivers its financial statements and associated certificates relating to the third fiscal quarter of 2021, and could have the effect of restricting the Company's ability to do so thereafter, as described in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the 2019 fiscal year ended December 28, 2019, and in Note 8, Long-Term Debt.