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.
The Company's common stock has been traded on the OTCPINK under the symbol "CLRI." The last price of our common stock as reported on the pink tier of OTC Markets on September 30, 2022 was $0.0300 per share.
As of September 30, 2022 we were authorized to issue 5,000,000,000 shares of our common stock, of which 228,120,695 shares were outstanding. Our shares of common stock are held by approximately 200 stockholders of record. The number of record holders was determined from the records of our transfer agent and does not include beneficial owners of our common stock whose shares are held in the names of various securities brokers, dealers, and registered clearing agencies. In addition to our authorized common stock, Cleartronic has designated 200,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $0.00001 per share, of which 7,525,403 shares are issued or outstanding. There is no trading market for the shares of our preferred stock.
Dividends
We do not anticipate paying any cash dividends or other distributions on the Company's common stock in the foreseeable future. Any future dividends will be declared at the discretion of the Company's board of directors and will depend, among other things, on the earnings and financial requirements for future operations and growth, and other facts as the board of directors may then deem appropriate. See "Item 12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters," for a description of the preferred stock and dividend rights pertaining to the preferred stock.
The Company is obligated to pay dividends on its Series A Convertible Preferred Stock. Each Series A Preferred Holder is entitled to receive cumulative dividends at the rate of 8% of $1.00 per annum for each outstanding share of Series A Preferred then held by such Series A Preferred Holder, on a pro rata basis. As of September 30, 2022 and 2021, the cumulative arrearage of undeclared dividends totaled $165,144 and $123,998 , respectively.
Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities
Except for those unregistered securities previously disclosed in reports filed with the Securities Exchange Commission during the period covered by this report, we have not sold any securities under the Securities Act of 1933.
Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
None
Item 6. Selected Financial Data.
Not applicable.
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