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Our common stock is traded on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the symbol HFWA.
−Removed: At December 31, 2021, we had approximately 1,183 shareholders of record (not including the number of persons or entities holding stock in nominee or street name through various brokerage firms) and 35,105,779 outstanding shares of
−Removed: common stock.
+Added: At December 31, 2022, we had approximately 1,133 shareholders of record (not including the number of persons or entities holding stock in nominee or street name through various brokerage firms).
+Added: The Company has historically paid cash dividends to its common shareholders.
+Added: On January 25, 2023, the Company’s
+Added: Board of Directors declared a regular quarterly dividend of $0.22 per common share payable on February 22, 2023 to shareholders of record on February 8, 2023.
+Added: Payments of future cash dividends, if any, will be at the discretion of our Board of Directors after taking into account various factors, including our business, operating results and financial condition, capital requirements, current and anticipated cash needs, plans for expansion, any legal or contractual limitation on our ability to pay dividends and other relevant factors.
+Added: No assurances can be given that any dividends will be paid or that, if paid, will not be reduced or eliminated in future periods.
+Added: Dividends on common stock from the Company depend substantially upon receipt of dividends from the Bank, which is the Company’s predominant source of income.
+Added: Management's projections show an expectation that cash dividends will continue for the foreseeable future.
Purchases of Equity Securities by the Issuer and Affiliated Purchasers
The following table sets forth information about the Company’s purchases of its outstanding common stock during the quarter ended December 31, 2022:
−Removed: Period Total Number of Shares Purchased Average Price Paid Per Share Total Number of Shares Purchased as Part of Publicly Announced Plans or Programs Maximum Number of Shares that May Yet Be Purchased Under the Plans or Programs
+Added: Period Total Number
+Added: Purchased (1)
+Added: Average Price
+Added: Total number of shares purchased as part of publicly announced plans or programs Maximum number of shares that may yet be purchased under the plans or programs (2)
October 1, 2022—October 31, 2022 — $ — 9,986,863 638,214
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Total 664 $ 30.06
−Removed: Of the common shares repurchased by the Company between October 1, 2021 and December 31, 2021, 846 shares represented the cancellation of stock to pay withholding taxes on vested restricted stock units.
−Removed: See Note (15) Stockholders' Equity of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included in Item 8.
−Removed: Financial Statements And Supplementary Data for additional information on publicly announced repurchase plans or programs.
+Added: (1) Of the common shares repurchased by the Company between October 1, 2022 and December 31, 2022, all shares represented the cancellation of stock to pay withholding taxes on vested restricted stock awards or units.
+Added: (2) On March 12, 2020 the Company's Board of Directors announced the repurchase of up to 5% of the Company's outstanding common shares, or 1,799,054 shares, under the twelfth stock repurchase plan.
+Added: The repurchase program does not have a set expiration date and will expire upon repurchase of the full amount of authorized shares, unless terminated sooner by the Board of Directors.
+Added: The repurchase program may be suspended or discontinued at any time by the Company’s Board of Directors.
+Added: Equity Compensation Plan Information.
+Added: The equity compensation plan information presented under subparagraph (d) in Part III, Item 12 of this Form 10-K is incorporated herein by reference.
Performance Graph
−Removed: The following graph shows the five-year comparison of the total return to shareholders of the Company’s common stock as compared to the NASDAQ Composite Index, the KBW NASDAQ Bank Index and the S&P U.S.
+Added: The following graph shows the five-year comparison of the total return to shareholders of the Company’s common stock as compared to the NASDAQ Composite Index and the S&P U.S.
SmallCap Banks Index during the five-year period beginning December 31, 2017 and ending December 31, 2022.
−Removed: The graph assumes the value of the investment in Company’s common stock and each index was $100 on December 31, 2016, and all dividends were reinvested.
Total return includes appreciation or depreciation in market value of the Company’s common stock as well as actual cash and stock dividends paid to common shareholders.
The NASDAQ Composite Index is a broad equity market index comprised of all domestic and international common stocks listed on the Nasdaq Stock Market.
−Removed: During the year ended December 31, 2021, the previously used SNL U.S.
−Removed: Bank NASDAQ Index was replaced by the KBW NASDAQ Bank Index on the S&P Global Market Intelligence platform.
−Removed: The KBW NASDAQ Bank Index is and the previously used SNL U.S.
−Removed: Bank NASDAQ Index was a published industry index comprised of banks and related holding companies listed on the NASDAQ Stock Market.
−Removed: SmallCap Banks Index is also a published industry index, however, the index constituents are aligned within the same market capitalization range as the Company and we will include the S&P U.S.
−Removed: SmallCap Banks Index in the future since it is more closely aligned with holding companies and banks of our size.
+Added: SmallCap Banks Index is comparative peer index comprised of banks and related holding companies within the same market capitalization range as the Company.
+Added: The graph assumes the value of the investment in Company’s common stock and each index was $100 on December 31, 2017, and all dividends were reinvested.
Years Ended December 31,
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NASDAQ Composite Index 100.00 97.16 132.81 192.47 235.15 158.65
−Removed: KBW NASDAQ Bank Index 100.00 118.59 97.58 132.84 119.14 164.80
SmallCap Banks Index 100.00 83.44 104.69 95.08 132.32 116.69
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