Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity
Item 5. MARKET FOR REGISTRANT’S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS, AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES
Common Stock Market
The Company’s common stock is listed and traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the trading symbol “ADM”.
The number of registered stockholders of the Company’s common stock at February 14, 2025, was 7,524.
Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
Period Total Number
of Shares Purchased (1)
Average
Price Paid per Share Total Number of
Shares Purchased as
Part of Publicly Announced Program (2)
Number of Shares
Remaining to be
Purchased Under the Program (2)
October 1, 2024 to
October 31, 2024
— $ — — 14,764,049
November 1, 2024 to
November 30, 2024
1,110 52.333 — 14,764,049
December 1, 2024 to
December 31, 2024
— — — 114,764,049
Total 1,110 $ 52.333 — 114,764,049
(1) Total shares purchased represent those shares purchased in the open market as part of the Company’s publicly announced stock repurchase program described below, shares received as payment for the exercise price of stock option exercises, and shares received as payment for the withholding taxes on vested restricted stock awards. During the three-month period ended December 31, 2024, there were 1,110 shares received as payments for the withholding taxes on vested restricted stock awards.
(2) On November 5, 2014, the Company’s Board of Directors approved a stock repurchase program authorizing the Company to repurchase up to 100,000,000 shares of the Company’s common stock during the period commencing January 1, 2015 and ending December 31, 2019. On August 7, 2019, the Company’s Board of Directors approved the extension of the stock repurchase program through December 31, 2024 and the repurchase of up to an additional 100,000,000 shares under the extended program. On December 11, 2024, the Company's Board of Directors approved a second extension of the stock repurchase program through December 31, 2029 and the repurchase of up to an additional 100,000,000 shares under the extended program.
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Performance Graph
The graph below compares the Company’s common stock with those of the S&P 500 Index and the S&P Consumer Staples Index. The graph assumes an initial investment of $100 on December 31, 2019 and assumes all dividends have been reinvested through December 31, 2024. The stock performance shown in the graph is not indicative of nor intended to forecast the potential future performance of ADM's common stock.
COMPARISON OF 60 MONTH CUMULATIVE TOTAL RETURNS
Index Data: Copyright Standard and Poor’s, Inc. Used with permission. All rights reserved.
Item 6. RESERVED
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MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS
OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS