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 for Common Stock
Our common stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “CRM.”
Dividend Policy
Prior to the fiscal year ended January 31, 2025, we had never declared or paid any cash dividends on our common stock. For the fiscal year ended January 31, 2025 we announced the following dividends (in millions, except dividend per share):
Record Date Payment Date Dividend per Share Amount
March 14, 2024 April 11, 2024 $ 0.40 $ 388
July 9, 2024 July 25, 2024 $ 0.40 $ 388
September 18, 2024 October 8, 2024 $ 0.40 $ 385
December 18, 2024 January 9, 2025 $ 0.40 $ 388
The payment of future cash dividends is subject to future declaration by our Board, which will be based in part on continued capital availability, general economic and market conditions, applicable laws and agreements and our Board continuing to determine that the declaration of dividends is in the best interests of the Company and its stockholders.
Stockholders
As of January 31, 2025, there were 369 registered stockholders of record of our common stock, including The Depository Trust Company, which holds shares of Salesforce common stock on behalf of an indeterminate number of beneficial owners.
Stock Performance Graph
The following shall not be deemed incorporated by reference into any of our other filings under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
The graph below compares the cumulative total stockholder return on our common stock with the cumulative total return on the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index ("S&P 500 Index"), Nasdaq Computer & Data Processing Index ("Nasdaq Computer"), the Nasdaq 100 Index and the Dow Jones Industrial Average for each of the last five fiscal years ended January 31, 2025, assuming an initial investment of $100. Data for the S&P 500 Index, Nasdaq Computer, Nasdaq 100 Index and Dow Jones Industrial Average assume reinvestment of 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.
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1/31/2020 1/31/2021 1/31/2022 1/31/2023 1/31/2024 1/31/2025
Salesforce $ 100 $ 124 $ 128 $ 92 $ 154 $ 187
S&P 500 Index 100 115 140 126 150 187
Nasdaq Computer 100 146 183 142 220 289
Nasdaq 100 Index 100 144 166 135 191 239
Dow Jones Industrial Average 100 106 124 121 135 158
Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities
In connection with the Company’s acquisition of Zoomin Software Ltd, on November 1, 2024, the Company issued 116,132 shares of its common stock to certain former stockholders of Zoomin Software Ltd. that will vest over time. In connection with the Company’s acquisition of Own Company Ltd., on November 18, 2024, the Company issued 43,682 shares of its common stock to certain former stockholders of Own Company Ltd. that will vest over time. These issuances were made in reliance on one or more of the following exemptions or exclusions from the registration requirements of the Securities Act: Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act, Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act and Regulation S promulgated under the Securities Act.
Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
Share repurchases of the Company’s common stock for the three months ended January 31, 2025 were as follows (in millions, except for average price paid per share):
Period Total Number of Shares Purchased (1) Average Price Paid Per Share Total Number of Shares Purchased as Part of Publicly Announced Program (1) Approximate Dollar Value of Shares that May Yet Be Purchased Under the Program
November 2024 0 $312.80 0 $10,611
December 2024 0 $347.12 0 $10,590
January 2025 0 $332.25 0 $10,569
Total (2) 0 0
(1) In August 2022, the Board of Directors authorized a program to repurchase up to $10.0 billion of the Company’s common stock (the “Share Repurchase Program”). In February 2023, the Board of Directors authorized an additional $10.0 billion in repurchases under the Share Repurchase Program, for an aggregate total authorized of $20.0 billion. In February
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2024, the Board of Directors authorized an additional $10.0 billion in repurchases under the Share Repurchase Program, for an aggregate total authorized of $30.0 billion. The Share Repurchase Program does not have a fixed expiration date and does not obligate the Company to acquire any specific number of shares. Under the Share Repurchase Program, shares of common stock may be repurchased using a variety of methods, including privately negotiated and/or open market transactions, including under plans complying with Rule 10b5-1 under the Exchange Act, as part of accelerated share repurchases and other methods. The timing, manner, price and amount of any repurchases are determined by the Company in its discretion and depend on a variety of factors, including legal requirements, price and economic and market conditions. All repurchases disclosed in the table were made pursuant to the publicly announced Share Repurchase Program.
(2) The Company repurchased less than 1 million shares under the Share Repurchase Agreement in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2025 for approximately $73 million.
ITEM 6. RESERVED
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