The PERFORM statement executes one or more procedures.  It returns
  control to the end of the PERFORM statement when procedure execution
  ends.

  Format 2 -

   PERFORM [first-proc [ { THRU    } end-proc ]] repeat-count TIMES
           [           [ { THROUGH }          ]]

    [ stment  END-PERFORM ]

1  –  first-proc

  is a procedure-name that identifies a paragraph or section in the
  Procedure Division.  The set of  statements in first-proc are the
  first (or only) set of statements in the PERFORM range.

2  –  end-proc

  is a procedure-name that identifies a paragraph or section in the
  Procedure Division.  The set of statements in end-proc are the last
  set of statements in the PERFORM range.

3  –  stment

  is an imperative statement.

4  –  repeat-count

  is a numeric integer literal or the identifier of a numeric integer
  elementary item.  It controls how many times the statement set (or
  sets) executes.