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
FedEx’s common stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “FDX.” As of July 15, 2021, there were 11,600 holders of record of our common stock.
We expect to continue to pay regular quarterly cash dividends, though each quarterly dividend payment is subject to review and approval by our Board of Directors. We evaluate our dividend payment amount on an annual basis.
Effective March 16, 2021, our amended and restated $2.0 billion five-year credit agreement and $1.5 billion 364-day credit agreement (together, the “Credit Agreements”) no longer contain the temporary covenant added in the fourth quarter of 2020 restricting us from increasing the amount of our quarterly dividend payable per share of common stock from $0.65 per share and repurchasing any shares of our common stock. See Note 7 of the accompanying consolidated financial statements included in “Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data” of this Annual Report for additional information regarding the Credit Agreements. There are no material restrictions on our ability to declare dividends, nor are there any material restrictions on the ability of our subsidiaries to transfer funds to us in the form of cash dividends, loans or advances.
We did not repurchase any shares of FedEx common stock during the fourth quarter of 2021, and as of May 31, 2021 5.1 million shares remained authorized for purchase under our stock repurchase program. On January 26, 2016, we announced a stock repurchase program approved by our Board of Directors, through which we are authorized to purchase, in the open market or in privately negotiated transactions, up to an aggregate of 25 million shares of our common stock. The program, which is the only such program that currently exists, does not have an expiration date. See Note 1 of the accompanying consolidated financial statements included in “Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data” of this Annual Report for further discussion.
During the first quarter of 2022, we resumed repurchases under the January 2016 stock repurchase program. As of July 15, 2021, 4.9 million shares remained authorized for purchase under the program.
ITEM 6. SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA
The information required by Item 301 and Item 302 of Regulation S-K has been omitted as we have elected to early adopt the changes to Item 301 and Item 302 of Regulation S-K contained in SEC Release No. 33-10890.
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