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We declared and paid a quarterly dividend of $0.08 per share of ESAB’s common stock to our stockholders of record for the first quarter of 2025 and a quarterly dividend of $0.10 per share of ESAB’s common stock to our stockholders of record for the second, third and fourth quarters of 2025.
−Removed: The payment of dividends to our stockholders in the future, and the timing and amount thereof will fall within the discretion of our Board.
−Removed: The Board’s decisions regarding the payment of dividends will depend on many factors, such as our financial condition, earnings, capital requirements, debt service obligations, restrictive covenants in our then existing debt agreements, industry practice, legal requirements and other factors that the Board deems relevant.
+Added: The payment of dividends to our stockholders in the future, and the timing and amount thereof will fall within the discretion of our BOD.
+Added: The BOD’s decisions regarding the payment of dividends will depend on many factors, such as our financial condition, earnings, capital requirements, debt service obligations, restrictive covenants in our then existing debt agreements, industry practice, legal requirements and other factors that the BOD deems relevant.
Issuer Repurchase of Equity Securities
−Removed: On August 13, 2024, the Board of Directors authorized and approved a stock repurchase program to repurchase up to five million shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.001 per share, from time-to-time on the open market, in privately negotiated transactions or as may otherwise be determined by the Company’s management in its discretion.
−Removed: No repurchases of the Company’s common stock were made during the year ended December 31, 2024 .
+Added: On August 13, 2024, the BOD authorized and approved a stock repurchase program to repurchase up to five million shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.001 per share, from time-to-time on the open market, in privately negotiated transactions or as may otherwise be determined by the Company’s management in its discretion.
+Added: No repurchases of the Company’s common stock were made during the year ended December 31, 2025 since program inception .
The timing and amount of any shares repurchased will be determined by the Company’s management based on its evaluation of market conditions, applicable legal requirements and other factors.
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