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.
Market Information
Our common stock is traded on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the symbol “HURN.” As of February 18, 2025, there were 298 registered holders of record of Huron’s common stock. A number of Huron’s stockholders hold their shares in street name; therefore, the Company believes that there are substantially more beneficial owners of its common stock.
Dividends
We have not declared or paid dividends on our common stock since we became a public company. Our board of directors re-evaluates this policy periodically. Any determination to pay cash dividends will be at the discretion of the board of directors and will be dependent upon our results of operations, financial condition, capital requirements, terms of our financing arrangements, and such other factors as the board of directors deems relevant. In addition, the amount of dividends we may pay is subject to the restricted payment provisions of our senior secured credit facility. See the Liquidity and Capital Resources section under Part II—Item 7. “Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” for further information on the restricted payment provisions of our senior secured credit facility.
19
Table of Contents
Securities Authorized for Issuance Under Equity Compensation Plans
The information required by this item appears under Part III—Item 12. “Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholders Matters.”
Purchases of Equity Securities by the Issuer and Affiliated Purchasers
On December 2, 2024, as partial consideration for our acquisition of AXIA Consulting, we issued 98,156 shares of our common stock, par value $0.01 per share, with an aggregate value of $12.2 million. The issuance was exempt from registration under Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, as a transaction by an issuer not involving a public offering.
Our Stock Ownership Participation Program and 2012 Omnibus Incentive Plan permit the netting of common stock upon vesting of restricted stock awards to satisfy individual tax withholding requirements. During the quarter ended December 31, 2024, we reacquired 5,614 shares of common stock with a weighted average fair market value of $111.81 as a result of such tax withholdings.
In November 2020, our board of directors authorized a share repurchase program permitting us to repurchase up to $50 million of our common stock through December 31, 2021. The share repurchase program has been subsequently extended and increased, most recently in the second quarter of 2024. The current authorization extends the share repurchase program through December 31, 2025 with a repurchase amount of $500 million, of which $ 64.5 million remained available as of December 31, 2024. The amount and timing of repurchases under the share repurchase program were and will continue to be determined by management and depend on a variety of factors, including the trading price of our common stock, capacity under our credit facility, general market and business conditions, and applicable legal requirements.
The following table provides information with respect to purchases we made of our common stock during the year ended December 31, 2024.
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 Dollar Value of Shares that May Yet Be Purchased under the Plans or Programs (2)
First quarter total 837,443 $ 99.24 624,698 $ 23,987,379
Second quarter total 378,120 $ 90.40 376,493 $ 89,948,343
Third quarter total 70,168 $ 109.23 66,354 $ 82,659,698
October 1, 2024 – October 31, 2024
35,918 $ 115.25 31,946 $ 78,947,424
November 1, 2024 – November 30, 2024
25,308 $ 118.45 24,634 $ 76,028,121
December 1, 2024 – December 31, 2024
95,277 $ 122.05 94,309 $ 64,517,348
Fourth quarter total 156,503 $ 119.91 150,889 $ 64,517,348
Full year 2024 total
1,442,234 $ 99.65 1,218,434 $ 64,517,348
(1) The number of shares repurchased in the first, second and third quarters of 2024 included 212,745 shares, 1,627 shares, and 3,814 shares, respectively, to satisfy employee tax withholding requirements. Additionally, 3,972 shares in October, 674 shares in November and 968 shares in December were repurchased to satisfy employee tax withholding requirements. These shares do not reduce the repurchase authority under the Share Repurchase Program.
(2) As of the end of the period.
ITEM 6. [Reserved]
20
Table of Contents