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Griffon’s Common Stock is listed for trading on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “GFF”.
−Removed: During 2020, 2019 and 2018, the Company declared and paid dividends totaling $0.30 per share, $0.29 per share and $0.28 per share, respectively.
−Removed: In addition, on March 7, 2018, the Board of Directors declared a special cash dividend of $1.00 per share, paid on April 16, 2018 to shareholders of record as of the close of business on March 29, 2018.
−Removed: The Company currently intends to pay dividends each quarter;
+Added: During 2021, 2020 and 2019, the Company declared and paid dividends totaling $0.32 per share, $0.30 per share and $0.29 per share, respectively.The Company currently intends to pay dividends each quarter;
however, payment of dividends is determined by the Board of Directors at its discretion based on various factors, and no assurance can be provided as to the payment of future dividends.
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The following sets forth information relating to Griffon’s equity compensation plans as of September 30, 2021:
−Removed: Plan Category
+Added: Plan Category Number of
securities to be
outstanding options,
−Removed: warrants and rights
+Added: warrants and rights Weighted-
average exercise
options, warrants
−Removed: Number of securities
+Added: and rights Number of securities
remaining available for
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Equity compensation plans approved by security
+Added: holders (1) — $ — 488,376
Equity compensation plans not approved by security holders — $ — —
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ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES
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+Added: Period (a) Total Number
of Shares (or
−Removed: Units) Purchased
+Added: Units) Purchased (b) Average
Price Paid Per
−Removed: Share (or Unit)
−Removed: (c) Total Number of
+Added: Share (or Unit) (c) Total Number of
Shares (or Units)
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September 1 - 30, 2021 — — —
+Added: Total — $ — — $ 57,955 (1)
Shares, if any, purchased by the Company in open market purchases are pursuant to share repurchases authorized by the Company’s Board of Directors.
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and the Dow Jones US Diversified Industrials Index
−Removed: Selected Financial Data
−Removed: For the Years Ended September 30,
−Removed: (in thousands, except per share amounts)
−Removed: Income (loss) before taxes and discontinued operations
−Removed: Provision (benefit) for income taxes
−Removed: Income (loss) from continuing operations
−Removed: Income (loss) from discontinued operations
−Removed: Net Income (loss)
−Removed: Basic earnings (loss) per share:
−Removed: Continuing operations
−Removed: Discontinued operations
−Removed: Net income (loss)
−Removed: Weighted average shares outstanding
−Removed: Diluted earnings (loss) per share:
−Removed: Continuing operations
−Removed: Discontinued operations
−Removed: Net income (loss)
−Removed: Weighted average shares outstanding
−Removed: Cash dividends declared per common share
−Removed: Capital expenditures
−Removed: Depreciation and amortization
−Removed: Current portion of debt
−Removed: Long term portion of debt, net
−Removed: Total debt, net
−Removed: Results of operations from acquired businesses are included from the date of acquisition.
−Removed: The fair value of assets and liabilities, inclusive of changes resulting from operating the businesses, are included in the first period ended after the date of each acquisition, and all periods thereafter.
−Removed: Excludes results of operations and assets and liabilities of discontinued operations for all periods presented unless otherwise noted.
−Removed: 2020 includes $15,790 of restructuring charges ( $11,865 , net of tax, or $0.26 per share);
−Removed: a $7,925 loss from debt extinguishment ( $6,190 , net of tax, or $0.14 per share);
−Removed: $2,960 of acquisition costs ( $2,306 , net of tax, or $0.05 per share);
−Removed: a benefit from the reversal of contingent consideration related to the Kelkay acquisition of $1,733 ( $1,403 , net of tax, or $0.03 per share);
−Removed: and discrete and certain other tax provisions, net, of $654 or $0.01 per share.
−Removed: 2019 includes a benefit from the reversal of contingent consideration related to the Kelkay acquisition of $1,646 ( $1,333 , net of tax, or $0.03 per share) and discrete and certain other tax provisions, net, of $2,035 or $0.05 per share.
−Removed: 2018 includes $7,597 of acquisition related costs ( $5,047 , net of tax, or $0.12 per share), special dividend ESOP charges of $3,220 ( $2,125 , net of tax, or $0.05 per share), $1,205 of secondary equity offering costs ( $795 , net of tax, or $0.02 per share), a cost of life insurance benefit of $2,614 ( $248 , net of tax, or $0.01 per share) and discrete and certain other tax benefits, net, of $9,384, or $0.22 per share.
−Removed: 2017 includes $9,617 of acquisition related costs ( $6,145 , net of tax, or $0.14 per share), $5,137 of contract settlement charges ( $3,300 , net of tax, or $0.08 per share) and discrete tax benefits, net, of $8,274 , or $0.19 per share.
−Removed: 2016 includes discrete tax benefits, net, of $857 or $0.02 per share.
−Removed: Due to rounding, the sum of earnings per share of Continuing operations and Discontinued operations may not equal earnings per share or Net income.
Compared sentence by sentence after normalising whitespace, quotation marks, case and digits, so re-formatting and restated figures do not read as changed language. Wording changes appear as one removal and one addition. The current filing and the prior one are authoritative.