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 Select Market and trades under the symbol “CWCO”.
No trading market exists for our redeemable preferred stock, which is only issued to, or purchased by, our long-term employees.
On January 2, 2024, March 27, 2024 and January 2, 2025, we issued a total of 29,392 shares, 26,742 shares and 24,875 shares of our common stock, respectively, to Executive Officers under our 2008 Equity Incentive Plan. On December 17, 2024, we issued a total of 11,448 shares of our common stock to our Directors under our Non-Executive Directors’ Share Plan in consideration for their service on our Board of Directors and the committees thereof. See “ITEM 11. EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION”.
Currently 2,023,850 Bahamian Depository Receipts (“BDRs”) that constitute ownership of 404,770 shares of our common stock are listed and traded on the Bahamian International Stock Exchange. Our common shares that underlie these BDRs are held in a custodial account in The Bahamas. The BDRs are entitled to dividend payments, when declared, on our common stock in proportion to the BDRs’ relative value to our common stock.
Holders
As of March 10, 2025, we had 695 holders of record of our common stock.
Dividends
Our Board of Directors declares and approves any and all dividends.
We have paid dividends to owners of our common stock and redeemable preferred stock since we began declaring dividends in 1985. However, the payment of any future cash dividends will depend upon our earnings, financial condition, cash flows, capital requirements and other factors our Board of Directors deems relevant in determining the amount and timing of such dividends.
Listed below, for each quarter of the last three fiscal years, are the per share dividends declared on our issued and outstanding shares of common shares and redeemable preferred stock.
2024
2023
2022
First Quarter
$
0.095
$
0.085
$
0.085
Second Quarter
0.095
0.085
0.085
Third Quarter
0.11
0.095
0.085
Fourth Quarter
0.11
0.095
0.085
$
0.41
$
0.36
$
0.34
Exchange Controls and Other Limitations Affecting Security Holders
Our Company is not subject to any governmental laws, decrees or regulations in the Cayman Islands which restrict the export or import of capital, or that affect the remittance of dividends, interest or other payments to non-resident holders of our securities. The Cayman Islands does not impose any limitations on the right of non-resident owners to hold or vote our common stock. There are no exchange control restrictions in the Cayman Islands.
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The information required by Item 201(d) of Regulation S-K is provided under ITEM 12. SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS of this Annual Report.
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