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
Our Common Stock and Common Stock Non-Voting are listed and traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE). Our Common Stock and Common Stock Non-Voting trade under the ticker symbols MKC.V and MKC, respectively. We have disclosed the information related to the dividends declared and paid on our classes of common stock in Note 16 of the accompanying financial statements. The market price of our common stock at the close of business on December 31, 2024 was $75.80 per share for the Common Stock and $76.24 per share for the Common Stock Non-Voting.
The approximate number of holders of our common stock based on record ownership as of December 31, 2024 was as follows:
Title of class Approximate
number
of record
holders
Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share 2,100
Common Stock Non-Voting, par value $0.01 per share 8,600
The following table summarizes our purchases of Common Stock (CS) and Common Stock Non-Voting (CSNV) during the fourth quarter of 2024:
ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES
Period Total number of
shares purchased 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
September 1, 2024 to
September 30, 2024 CS - 0
CSNV - 0 -
- -
- $472 million
October 1, 2024 to
October 31, 2024 CS - 298,310
CSNV - 0 $80.64
- 298,310
- $448 million
November 1, 2024 to
November 30, 2024 CS - 437
CSNV - 0 $78.51
- 437
- $448 million
Total CS - 298,747
CSNV - 0 $80.64
- 298,747
- $448 million
On October 9, 2024, we repurchased 55,538 shares of our CS from our U.S. pension plan to facilitate the plan’s rebalancing of its asset allocation. Additionally, on October 10, 2024, October 11, 2024, October 15, 2024 and October 16, 2024, we purchased 55,000 shares each day, for a total of 220,000 shares of our CS from our U.S. pension plan to facilitate the plan's rebalancing of its asset allocation. The prices paid per share represented the average of the high and low prices of the common shares on October 9, 2024, October 10, 2024, October 11, 2024, October 15, 2024, and October 16, 2024, respectively.
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On October 2, 2024, we purchased 22,772 shares of our CS from our U.S. defined contribution retirement plan to manage shares, based upon participant activity, in the plan's company stock fund. The price paid per share represented the closing price of the CS on October 2, 2024.
As of November 30, 2024, approximately $448 million remained of a $600 million share repurchase authorization approved by the Board of Directors in November 2019. The timing and amount of any shares repurchased is determined by our management based on its evaluation of market conditions and other factors.
In certain circumstances, we issue shares of CS in exchange for shares of CSNV, or issue shares of CSNV in exchange for shares of CS, in either case pursuant to the exemption from registration provided by Section 3(a)(9) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. Typically, these exchanges are made in connection with the administration of our employee benefit plans, executive compensation programs and dividend reinvestment/direct purchase plans. The number of shares issued in an exchange is generally equal to the number of shares received in the exchange, although the number may differ slightly to the extent necessary to comply with the requirements of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974. During fiscal 2024, we issued 1,028,181 shares of CSNV in exchange for shares of CS and issued 14,083 shares of CS in exchange for shares of CSNV.
ITEM 6. [RESERVED]