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
Price Range of Common Stock. The principal United States market on which our common stock is traded is the Nasdaq under the symbol LPSN. Our shares of common stock are also traded on the TASE under the symbol LPSN TA.
Holders. As of February 10, 2022, there were approximately 197 holders of record of our common stock.
Dividends. We have not declared or paid any cash dividends on our capital stock since our inception. We intend to retain earnings, if any, to finance the operation and expansion of our business and do not anticipate paying any cash dividends in the foreseeable future.
Unregistered Sales of Securities. On October 18, 2021, the Company sold a total of 698,987 shares of its common stock as partial consideration of the Company’s acquisition of Tenfold in a transaction exempted from registration under Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933. On October 25, 2021, the Company sold a total of 1,078,610 shares of its common stock as partial consideration of the Company’s acquisition of VoiceBase in a transaction exempted from registration under Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933.
Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities. A summary of the Company’s repurchase activity for the three months ended December 31, 2021 is as follows:
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
Oct 1, 2021 - Oct 31, 2021 — $ — — $ —
Nov 1, 2021 - Nov 30, 2021 30,344 23.37 — —
Dec 1, 2021 - Dec 31, 2021 — — — —
Total 30,344 $ 23.37 —
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(1) In November 2021, the Company repurchased 30,344 options to buy an aggregate of 30,344 shares from John Collins.
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Stock Performance Graph. The graph depicted below compares the annual percentage changes in LivePerson’s cumulative total stockholder return with the cumulative total return of the Standard & Poor’s SmallCap 600 Index and the Standard & Poor’s Information Technology Index.
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(1) The graph covers the period from December 31, 2016 to December 31, 2021.
(2) The graph assumes that $100 was invested at the market close on December 31, 2016 in LivePerson’s Common Stock, in the Standard & Poor’s SmallCap 600 Index and in the Standard & Poor’s Information Technology Index, and that all dividends were reinvested. No cash dividends have been declared on LivePerson’s Common Stock.
(3) Stockholder returns over the indicated period should not be considered indicative of future stockholder returns.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in any of our previous or future filings under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, that might incorporate by reference this Annual Report on Form 10-K or future filings made by the Company under those statutes, the Stock Performance Graph above is not deemed filed with the SEC, is not deemed soliciting material and shall not be deemed incorporated by reference into any of those prior filings or into any future filings made by us under those statutes, except to the extent that we specifically incorporate such information by reference into a previous or future filing, or specifically request that such information be treated as soliciting material, in each case under those statutes.
Item 6. [Reserved]
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