Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity
ITEM 5. MARKET FOR REGISTRANT’S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDERS MATTERS, AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES
Equity compensation plan information is incorporated by reference from Part III, Item 12, “Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters,” of this document and should be considered an integral part of Item 5. Our Common Stock is traded on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the ticker symbol MGPI. As of February 17, 2023, there were approximately 309 holders of record of our Common Stock. According to reports received from NASDAQ, the average daily trading volume of our Common Stock (excluding block trades) ranged from 34,700 to 907,500 shares during the year ended December 31, 2022.
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STOCK PERFORMANCE GRAPH
The following graph compares the cumulative total return of our Common Stock for the five year period ended December 31, 2022, against the cumulative total return of the S&P 500 Stock Index (broad market comparison), Russell 3000 (broad market comparison), and Russell 2000 - Consumer Staples (line of business comparison ). The graph assumes $100 (one hundred dollars) was invested on December 31, 2017, and that all dividends were reinvested.
PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES BY ISSUER
We did not sell equity securities during the quarter ended December 31, 2022.
Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
(a) Total Number of
Shares (or
Units)
Purchased (b) Average Price Paid per Share (or Unit) (c) Total Number of Shares (or
Units) Purchased as Part of Publicly Announced Plans or Programs (d) Maximum Number (or Approximate Dollar Value) of Shares (or Units) that May Yet Be Purchased Under the Plans or Programs (b)
October 1, 2022 through October 31, 2022 — $ — — $ —
November 1, 2022 through November 30, 2022 5 (a) 111.03 — —
December 1, 2022 through December 31, 2022 — — — —
Total 5 —
(a) Vested RSU awards under the 2014 Plan that were purchased to cover employee withholding taxes.
(b) On February 25, 2019, our Board of Directors approved a $25,000 share repurchase plan commencing February 27, 2019 through February 27, 2022. The share repurchase program was not renewed and expired on the term date of February 27, 2022.
ITEM 6. [Reserved]
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