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.
Market Information
Our Class A common stock is listed on the Nasdaq Global Market under the symbol “APPN”. Our Class B common stock is not listed or traded on any stock exchange.
As of February 13, 2023, there were 19 holders of record of our Class A common stock and 34 holders of record of our Class B common stock. Because many of our shares of Class A common stock are held by brokers and other institutions on behalf of stockholders, we are unable to estimate the total number of stockholders represented by these record holders.
Dividends
We have never declared or paid, and do not anticipate declaring or paying in the foreseeable future, any cash dividends on our common stock. Any future determination as to the declaration and payment of dividends, if any, will be at the discretion of our Board of Directors, subject to applicable laws, and will depend on then existing conditions, including our financial condition, operating results, contractual restrictions, capital requirements, business prospects, and other factors our Board of Directors may deem relevant.
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Stock Performance Graph
This section is not deemed “filed” with the SEC and shall not be deemed incorporated by reference into any of our other filings under the Exchange Act or the Securities Act, irrespective of any general incorporation language in any such filing.
The following graph shows a comparison from December 31, 2017 through December 31, 2022, of the cumulative five year total return for an investment of $100 in our Class A common stock, the Nasdaq Global Market Composite Index, and the Nasdaq Computer Index. Data for the Nasdaq Global Market Composite Index and the Nasdaq Computer Index assume reinvestment of any dividends. The comparisons in the graph below are based upon historical data and are not indicative of, nor intended to forecast, future performance of our common stock.
Comparison of Cumulative Five Year Total Return
Among Appian Corporation, the Nasdaq Global Market Composite Index, and the Nasdaq Computer Index
As of December 31,
2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Appian Corporation $ 100.00 $ 84.85 $ 121.38 $ 514.90 $ 207.15 $ 103.43
Nasdaq Global Market Composite $ 100.00 $ 93.55 $ 128.97 $ 212.65 $ 180.40 $ 99.84
Nasdaq Computer $ 100.00 $ 96.32 $ 144.80 $ 217.17 $ 299.39 $ 192.28
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Purchase of Equity Securities by the Issuer and Affiliated Purchases
Period Total number of shares purchased (1)
Average price paid per share Total number of shares purchased as part of publicly announced plan Maximum number of shares that may yet be purchased under the plan (2)
October 1 to October 31, 2022 5,220 $ 44.09 5,220 941,935
November 1 to November 30, 2022 4,517 $ 49.22 4,517 937,418
December 1 to December 31, 2022 5,413 $ 38.03 5,413 932,005
Total 15,150 $ 43.45 15,150 932,005
(1) Shares purchased represent shares purchased on the open market pursuant to the Appian Corporation Employee Stock Purchase Plan (“ESPP”), which was approved by the Company’s stockholders on June 11, 2021. The ESPP provides employees an opportunity to purchase the Company’s common stock through payroll deductions at 85% of the stock’s fair market value. The Company satisfies its ESPP obligation by purchasing the additional 15% of the stock’s fair value on the open market. Shares purchased under the ESPP are deposited into the participants’ accounts.
(2) Because the number of shares that may be purchased under the ESPP depends on each employee’s voluntary election to participate and contribution elections and on the fair market value of our Class A Common Stock at various future dates, the actual number of shares that may be purchased under the plan cannot be determined in advance. We have filed a registration statement on S-8 that covers 1,000,000 shares.
Item 6.
[Reserved]
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