GRANITE CONSTRUCTION INC 10-Q

Item 2. UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS The following table sets forth information regarding the repurchase of shares of our common stock during the three months ended September 30, 2021: Period   Total number of shares purchased (1)     Average price paid per share     Total number of shares purchased as part of publicly announced plans or programs     Approximate dollar value of shares that may yet be purchased under the plans or programs (2)   July 1, 2021 through July 31, 2021     931     $ 37.45       34,867     $ 157,165,044   August 1, 2021 through August 31, 2021     223     $ 40.55       9,042     $ 157,165,044   September 1, 2021 through September 30, 2021     1,529     $ 40.38       61,740     $ 157,165,044         2,683     $ 39.38       105,649           (1) On June 2, 2021, the Company’s stockholders approved the 2021 Equity Incentive Plan, which replaced the Amended and Restated 2012 Equity Incentive Plan. The number of shares purchased is in connection with employee tax withholding for restricted stock units vested under our 2012 and 2021 Equity Incentive Plans. (2) As announced on April 29, 2016, on April 7, 2016, the Board of Directors authorized us to repurchase up to $200.0 million of our common stock at management’s discretion. As part of this authorization we have established a share repurchase program to facilitate common stock repurchases. We did not purchase shares under the share repurchase plan in any of the periods presented. The specific timing and amount of any future repurchases will vary based on market conditions, securities law limitations and other factors.   Item 4. MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES The information concerning mine safety violations or other regulatory matters required by Section 1503(a) of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and Item 104 of Regulation S-K (17CFR 229.104) is included in Exhibit 95 to this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. 30 Table of Contents   Item 6. EXHIBITS   31.1   †   Certification of Principal Executive Officer  Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 31.2   †   Certification of Principal Financial Officer  Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 32   ††   Certification of Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 95   †   Mine Safety Disclosure 101.INS   †   Inline XBRL Instance Document (The instance document does not appear in the interactive data file because its XBRL tags are embedded within the inline XBRL document) 101.SCH   †   Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema 101.CAL   †   Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase 101.DEF   †   Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase 101.LAB   †   Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase 101.PRE   †   Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase 104   †   Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as Inline XBRL and contained in Exhibit 101)       *   Incorporated by reference     †   Filed herewith     ††   Furnished herewith SIGNATURE Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.               GRANITE CONSTRUCTION INCORPORATED                 Date: October 28, 2021       By:   /s/ Elizabeth L. Curtis               Elizabeth L. Curtis               Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer               (Duly Authorized Officer and Principal Financial Officer)   31