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 listed on The Nasdaq Capital Market under the symbol “IVDA” since April 1, 2022. Set forth in the table below
is information with respect to the high and low bid quotations of our common stock for the periods indicated as reported by NASDAQ and
the OTC Markets. The quotations represent inter-dealer prices without retail mark-ups, mark-downs, or commissions and may not necessarily
represent actual transactions.
See
the High and Low Bid data below:
Fiscal Year 2023
High Bid
Low Bid
First Quarter
$ 2.91
$ 0.57
Second Quarter
$ 1.90
$ 1.04
Third Quarter
$ 1.15
$ 0.74
Fourth Quarter
$ 0.95
$ 0.57
Fiscal
Year 2022
High
Bid
Low
Bid
First
Quarter
$
18.00
$
5.28
Second
Quarter
$
4.87
$
1.07
Third
Quarter
$
0.80
$
0.47
Fourth
Quarter
$
1.00
$
0.50
As
of December 31, 2023, we had 16,169,891 shares of our Common Stock, par value $0.00001, issued and outstanding. There were approximately
700 beneficial owners of our Common Stock.
There
is limited trading activity in our securities, and there can be no assurance that a regular trading market for our common stock will
be sustained.
Security
Holders
As
of December 31, 2023, we had 16,169,891 shares of our common stock outstanding held by 103 shareholders of record, 0 shares of our Series
A Preferred Stock outstanding and 0 shares of our series B Preferred Stock.
Dividend
Policy
We
have never paid a cash dividend on our common stock. We currently intend to retain all earnings, if any, to finance the growth and development
of our business. We do not anticipate paying any cash dividends in the foreseeable future.
Equity
Compensation Plans
For
equity compensation plans information refer to Item 12 of Part III of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
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Recent
Sales of Unregistered Securities
Set
forth below are the sales of all securities by the Company within the past three years which were not registered under the Securities
Act. The Company believes that each of such issuances was exempt from registration under the Securities Act in reliance on Section 4(a)(2)
of the Securities Act and/or Regulation S under the Securities Act.
Between
January 1, 2020 and December 31, 2021 the Company issued and sold an aggregate of 835,757 shares of common stock to investors for aggregate
proceeds of approximately $2,790,000 in gross proceeds.
Between
January 1, 2020 and December 31, 2021 the Company issued 439,527 shares of common stock to convertible debt holders upon conversion of
$1,294,580 in principal and interest.
Between
January 1, 2022 and December 31, 2022 the Company issued 8,215 shares of common stock to warrant holders upon exercise of $23,000 in
proceeds.
Between
January 1, 2023 and December 31, 2023 the Company issued 157,252 shares of restricted common stock for services valued at $138,547.
All
of the securities referred to, above, were issued without registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities
Act”) in reliance on the exemptions provided by Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act as provided in Rule 506(b) of Regulation
D promulgated thereunder.
ITEM
6 – SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA
Not
applicable.
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