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The Company effected the initial public offering of its Class A Common Stock (“Common Stock”) in November 1991.
−Removed: The Company’s Common Stock has been listed on the New York Stock Exchange since that time under the ticker symbol “APH”.
−Removed: As of January 31, 2024, there were 31 holders of record of the Company’s Common Stock.
+Added: The Company’s Common Stock has been listed on the New York Stock Exchange since that time under the ticker symbol “APH.” As of January 31, 2025, there were 30 holders of record of the Company’s Common Stock.
A significant number of outstanding shares of Common Stock are registered in the name of only one holder, which is a nominee of The Depository Trust Company, a securities depository for banks and brokerage firms.
The Company believes that there are a significant number of beneficial owners of its Common Stock.
+Added: On May 20, 2024, the Company announced that its Board of Directors (the “Board”) approved a two-for-one split of the Company’s Common Stock.
+Added: The stock split was effected in the form of a stock dividend paid to stockholders of record as of the close of business on May 31, 2024.
+Added: The additional shares were distributed on June 11, 2024, and the Common Stock began trading on a split-adjusted basis on June 12, 2024.
+Added: The shares of Common Stock retain a par value of $0.001 per share.
+Added: As a result of the stock split, stockholders received one additional share of Common Stock for each share held as of the record date.
+Added: There was no change in the number of authorized shares of common stock of the Company as a result of the stock split.
+Added: All current and prior year data impacted by the stock split and presented throughout this Annual Report, including, but not limited to, number of shares and per share information, earnings per share, stock-based compensation data and dividends per share amounts, among others, have been adjusted to reflect the effect of the stock split and to conform to the current year presentation.
Stock Performance Graph
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The comparisons in the graph below are based upon historical data and are not indicative of, nor intended to forecast, future performance.
−Removed: Contingent upon declaration by the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”), the Company pays a quarterly dividend on shares of its Common Stock.
−Removed: The following table sets forth the dividends declared per common share for each quarter of 2023 and 2022:
+Added: Contingent upon declaration by the Board, the Company pays a quarterly dividend on shares of its Common Stock.
+Added: The following table sets forth the dividends declared per common share during each quarter of 2024 and 2023:
First Quarter
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Repurchase of Equity Securities
−Removed: On April 27, 2021, the Board authorized a stock repurchase program under which the Company may purchase up to $2.0 billion of the Company’s Common Stock during the three-year period ending April 27, 2024 (the “2021 Stock Repurchase Program”).
+Added: On April 23, 2024, the Board authorized a new stock repurchase program under which the Company may purchase up to $2.0 billion of its Common Stock during the three-year period ending on the close of business on April 28, 2027 (the “2024 Stock Repurchase Program”).
+Added: The 2024 Stock Repurchase Program became effective on April 29, 2024.
During the three months and year ended December 31, 2024, the Company repurchased 2.4 million and 7.0 million shares of its Common Stock for $168.9 million and $463.7 million, respectively, under the 2024 Stock Repurchase Program.
−Removed: Of the total repurchases made in 2023, 5.5 million shares, or $435.8 million, have been retired by the Company, with the remainder of the repurchased shares being retained in Treasury stock at the time of repurchase.
−Removed: From January 1, 2024 through January 31, 2024, the Company did not repurchase any additional shares of its Common Stock, and, as of February 1, 2024, the Company has remaining authorization to purchase up to $226.5 million of its Common Stock under the 2021 Stock Repurchase Program.
−Removed: The timing and amount of any future purchases will depend on a number of factors, such as the levels of cash generation from operations, the volume of stock options exercised by employees, cash requirements for acquisitions, dividends paid, economic and market conditions and the price of the Common Stock.
−Removed: The Company’s stock repurchases during the three months and year ended December 31, 2023 were as follows:
+Added: Of the total repurchases made in 2024, 4.2 million shares, or $287.5 million, have been retired by the Company, with the remainder of the repurchased shares retained in Treasury stock at the time of repurchase.
+Added: From January 1, 2025 to January 31, 2025, the Company repurchased 0.7 million additional shares of its Common Stock for $50.7 million, and, as of February 1, 2025, the Company has remaining authorization to purchase up to $1,485.6 million of its Common Stock under the 2024 Stock Repurchase Program.
+Added: The timing and amount of any future repurchases will depend on a number of factors, such as the levels of cash generation from operations, the volume of stock options exercised by employees, cash requirements for acquisitions, dividends paid, economic and market conditions and the price of the Common Stock.
+Added: On April 27, 2021, the Board authorized a stock repurchase program under which the Company could purchase up to $2.0 billion of its Common Stock during the three-year period ending April 27, 2024 (the “2021 Stock Repurchase Program”).
+Added: During the year ended December 31, 2024, the Company repurchased 4.1 million shares of its Common Stock for $225.6 million under the 2021 Stock Repurchase Program.
+Added: All of the repurchased shares under the 2021 Stock Repurchase Program during 2024 have been retired by the Company.
+Added: As a result of these repurchases, the Company completed all repurchases authorized under the 2021 Stock Repurchase Program, and, therefore, the 2021 Stock Repurchase Program has terminated.
+Added: The Company’s stock repurchases during the three months and year ended December 31, 2024 were as follows, adjusted to give effect to the two-for-one stock split discussed above and in Note 1 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements:
(dollars in millions, except price per share)
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