−Removed: Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
+Added: Item 5 Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
Market Information and Holders
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Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
−Removed: During the quarter ended December 31, 2022, the Company purchased its common stock as part of a share repurchase program and in connection with the exercising of stock options by employees.
The following table provides information about our repurchases of equity securities in the quarter ended December 31, 2023.
−Removed: Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
Average price
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October 1, 2023 through October 31,
+Added: $43.6 million
November 1, 2023 through November 30,
−Removed: December 1, 2022 through December 31, 2022
−Removed: 1 On February 15, 2022 the Company announced a repurchase plan for up to $50 million of the Company’s common stock over a three-year period commencing on February 16, 2022.
+Added: $43.6 million
+Added: $43.6 million
+Added: During the quarter ended December 31, 2023, the Company purchased its common stock as part of a share repurchase program announced on February 15, 2022.
+Added: The repurchase program allows for up to $50 million of the Company’s common stock to be repurchased in the open market over a three-year period commencing on February 16, 2022.
+Added: The company also repurchased its common stock in connection with the exercising of stock options by employees.
Stock Price Performance Graph
−Removed: The graph below compares the cumulative total return to stockholders on the common stock of the Corporation, S&P 500 Index, S&P 1500 Specialty Chemicals Index and Russell 2000
−Removed: Index since December 31, 2017, assuming a $100 investment and the re-investment of any dividends thereafter.
+Added: The graph below compares the cumulative total return to stockholders on the common stock of the Corporation, the S&P 500 Index, the S&P 1500 Specialty Chemicals Index and the Russell 2000 index since December 31, 2018, assuming a $100 investment and the re-investment of any dividends thereafter.
Historical stock price performance should not be relied upon as an indication of future stock price performance.
−Removed: For the year ended December 31, 2022, we have changed one of the comparative indices from the NASDAQ Composite to the S&P 1500 Specialty Chemicals Index which we believe provides an improved peer group comparative.
−Removed: The total return to stockholders of the new and the old comparative indices is shown in the table below the following graph.
Value of $100 Investment made December 31, 2018*
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S&P 500 Index
−Removed: S&P 1500 Specialty Chemicals Index
−Removed: NASDAQ Composite
+Added: S&P 1500 Specialty Chemicals
Russell 2000 Index
* Excludes purchase commissions.
+Added: Item 6 [Reserved]
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