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
On
January 12, 2022, our common stock began trading on The Nasdaq Capital Market under the symbol “HILS.” Prior to that time,
there was no public market for our common stock.
Stockholders
As
of March 10, 2023, there were 21 stockholders of record of our common stock. The actual number of holders of our common stock is greater
than this number of record holders, and includes stockholders who are beneficial owners, but whose shares are held in street name by
brokers or held by other nominees. This number of holders of record also does not include stockholders whose shares may be held in trust
by other entities.
Dividend
Policy
We
have never paid or declared any cash dividends on our common stock, and we do not anticipate paying any cash dividends on our common
stock in the foreseeable future. We intend to retain all available funds and any future earnings to fund the development and expansion
of our business. Any future determination to pay dividends will be at the discretion of our board of directors and will depend upon a
number of factors, including our results of operations, financial condition, future prospects, contractual restrictions, restrictions
imposed by applicable law and other factors our board of directors deems relevant.
Recent
Sales of Unregistered Securities
On
February 25, 2022, we issued 31,746 shares of common stock for services.
The
foregoing issuance was exempt from registration under Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act.
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Issuer
Purchases of Equity Securities
The
following table provides information about our purchases of equity securities during the quarter ended December 31, 2022. During the
quarter ended December 31, 2022, we repurchased 15,717 shares of our common stock at a cost of $7,818 and $930,035 remained authorized
for share repurchase.
Period
Total
Number of
Shares
Purchased
Average
Price
Paid
per Share (1)
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)
10/1/2022
– 10/31/2022
-
$ -
-
$ 938
11/1/2022
– 11/30/2022
15,717
$ 0.4829
90,826
$ 930
12/1/2022
– 12/31/2022
-
$ -
-
$ 930
Total
15,717
$ 0.4829
90,826
(1)
The average price paid per share and approximate dollar value of shares that may yet be purchased under the share repurchase program
exclude fees, commissions, and other charges for the related transactions.
(2)
On June 9, 2022, our Board of Directors authorized the repurchase of up to
$1,000,000 shares of our common stock until December 31, 2022. On June 10, 2022, we entered into a Repurchase Agreement (the “Repurchase
Agreement”) with a financial institution pursuant to which such financial institution could purchase shares of our common stock
upon the terms and conditions set forth in such agreement, including in accordance with the guidelines specified in Rules 10b5-1 and 10b-8
under the Exchange Act. Shares of our common stock could have been repurchased in open market or through privately-negotiated transactions.
Our share repurchase plan became expired on December 31, 2022.
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