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
Our common stock is trading on the Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (“Nasdaq”) under the symbol “BLKB.” As of February 17, 2023, there were approximately 138 stockholders of record of our common stock. Because many of our shares of common stock are held by brokers and other institutions on behalf of stockholders, this number is not representative of the total number of beneficial owners of our stock. On February 17, 2023, the closing price of our common stock was $58.61.
Stock Performance Graph
The following performance graph shall not be deemed to be “soliciting material” or “filed” or incorporated by reference in future filings with the SEC, or subject to the liabilities of Section 18 of the Exchange Act except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing. The performance graph compares the performance of our common stock to the Nasdaq Composite Index, the Nasdaq Computer Index and the Nasdaq Computer and Data Processing Index. The Nasdaq Computer Index has replaced the the Nasdaq Computer and Data Processing Index in this analysis as the Nasdaq Computer and Data Processing Index is no longer considered widely recognized and used. The graph covers the most recent five-year period ended December 31, 2022. The graph assumes that the value of the investment in our common stock and each index was $100.00 at December 31, 2017, and that all dividends are reinvested.
December 31, 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Blackbaud, Inc. $100.00 $66.92 $85.19 $61.71 $84.67 $63.10
Nasdaq Composite Index 100.00 97.16 132.81 192.47 235.15 158.65
Nasdaq Computer Index 100.00 96.27 142.73 224.55 285.17 185.29
Nasdaq Computer & Data Processing Index 100.00 91.84 125.86 184.56 234.05 144.30
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Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
The following table provides information about shares of common stock acquired or repurchased during the three months ended December 31, 2022 under the stock repurchase program then in effect, as well as common stock withheld by us to satisfy the minimum tax obligations of employees due upon vesting of restricted stock awards and units.
Period Total
number
of shares
purchased (1)
Average
price
paid
per
share Total number
of shares
purchased as
part of
publicly
announced
plans or
programs (2)
Approximate
dollar value
of shares
that may yet
be purchased
under the
plans or programs
(in thousands) (2)
Beginning balance, October 1, 2022 $ 250,000
October 1, 2022 through October 31, 2022 — $ — — 250,000
November 1, 2022 through November 30, 2022 5,486 58.22 — 250,000
December 1, 2022 through December 31, 2022 — — — 250,000
Total 5,486 $ 58.22 — $ 250,000
(1) Includes 5,486 shares in November withheld by us to satisfy the minimum tax obligations of employees due upon vesting of restricted stock awards and units. The level of this acquisition activity varies from period to period based upon the timing of award grants and vesting.
(2) In December 2021, our Board of Directors reauthorized and replenished our stock repurchase program to authorize us to purchase up to $250.0 million of our outstanding shares of common stock. The program does not have an expiration date.
Dividends
As a part of a series of measures to better enable us to weather the extraordinary business challenges occasioned by COVID-19 and further effect our long-term strategy to deliver the greatest value to our stockholders, we announced on April 6, 2020 that our Board of Directors had rescinded its previously announced policy to pay an annual dividend at a rate of $0.48 per share of common stock and discontinued the declaration and payment of all cash dividends beginning with the second quarter of 2020 and thereafter until such time, if any, as the Board of Directors may determine in its sole discretion. As a result, we paid a first quarter dividend of $0.12 per share in 2020 resulting in aggregate dividend payments to stockholders of $6.0 million, but no further dividends were declared or paid in 2020, 2021 or 2022. We currently do not anticipate declaring or paying any cash dividends for the foreseeable future.
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