Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity
Item 5. Market for Registrant's Common Equity, Related Stoc kholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities.
Market Information
Our common stock is traded on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the trading symbol “GEG”.
Record Holders
As of August 26, 2025, there were 54 record holders of our common stock.
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Dividends
We do not currently intend to pay dividends on our common stock. The payment of dividends in the future is subject to legally available funds and the discretion of our Board and will depend upon general business conditions, legal and contractual restrictions on the payment of dividends and other factors that our Board may deem to be relevant.
Restrictions on Ownership
We have NOL carryforwards and other tax attributes, the amount and availability of which are subject to qualifications, limitations and uncertainties. In order to reduce the possibility that certain changes in ownership could result in limitations on the use of our tax attributes, our certificate of incorporation contains provisions which generally restrict the ability of a person or entity from acquiring ownership (including through attribution under the tax law) of 5% or more of the outstanding shares of common stock and the ability of persons or entities now owning 5% or more of the outstanding shares of common stock from acquiring additional common shares. We also have the Tax Rights Plan that restricts ownership of 4.99% or more of our outstanding shares of common stock. Persons that owned more than 4.99% of our common stock when the Tax Rights Plan was adopted were grandfathered as to their then-current holdings of our common stock. Our Board has granted limited waivers to certain investors to own more than 4.9% of our common stock, including funds managed by Northern Right Capital Management, L.P. ( Northern Right ), Imperial Capital Asset Management, LLC ( ICAM ) and PC Elfun LLC (PC Elfun ). As of August 26, 2025, Northern Right and its affiliates, ICAM and its affiliates, and PC Elfun own approximately 17.4%, 22.0% and 11.0%, respectively, of the outstanding shares of our common stock. Ownership information is based on information in publicly available filings.
Stock Purchases
The following table summarizes common stock repurchases during the three months ended June 30, 2025:
Month
Total Number of
Shares Purchased (1)
Average Price Paid
Per Share
Total Number of
Shares Purchased
as Part of 10b5-1 Plans
Maximum Number of
Shares that May
Yet Be Purchased
Under the Plans or
Programs
April 1-30, 2025
149,852
$
1.89
149,852
1,648,424
May 1-31, 2025
267,723
$
1.95
15,360
-
June 1-30, 2025
50,206
$
2.17
-
1,575,000
Total
467,781
$
1.97
165,212
(1) All shares were purchased in open market transactions.
In February 2025, the Company implemented a stock buyback program pursuant to Rule 10b5-1 under the Exchange Act authorizing us to repurchase up to 1,800,000 shares of our common stock in open market transactions through the close of business on the second full trading day following the filing with the SEC of the Company's Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ending March 31, 2025 unless extended or terminated by our Board. This stock buyback program expired on May 9, 2025.
In May 2025, the Company implemented a stock buyback program pursuant to Rule 10b5-1 under the Exchange Act authorizing us to repurchase up to 1,575,000 shares of our common stock in open market transactions through the close of business on the second full trading day following the filing with the SEC of the Company's Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2025 unless extended or terminated by our Board. No shares were repurchased under this plan in the quarter ending June 30, 2025.
In July 2025, the Board authorized an increase in the Company’s stock repurchase plan from $20 million to $25 million.
Securities Authorized for Issuance Under Equity Compensation Plans
The information required by Item 201(d) of Regulation S-K will be contained in our Proxy Statement and is hereby incorporated by reference thereto.
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