Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity
ITEM 5 – MARKET FOR THE REGISTRANT’S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES
Shareholders
As of February 13, 2024, the Company had 1,080 common stock shareholders of record, and the closing price of the Company’s common stock, traded on the Nasdaq under the ticker symbol MSBI, was $24.09 per share.
Stock Performance Graph
The following graph compares the Company's five year cumulative shareholder returns with the Nasdaq Composite Index and the S&P U.S. Small Cap Banks Index. The graph assumes an investment of $100.00 in the Company's common stock and each index on December 31, 2018 and reinvestment of all quarterly dividends. Measurement points are the last trading day of the second quarter and fourth quarter of each subsequent year through December 31, 2023. There is no assurance that the Company's common stock performance will continue in the future with the same or similar results as shown in the graph.
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Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
The following table sets forth information regarding the Company’s repurchase of shares of its outstanding common stock during the fourth quarter of 2023.
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 (2)
October 1 - 31, 2023 102,787 $ 20.75 102,787 $ 7,963,225
November 1 - 30, 2023 54,370 22.22 32,898 7,231,999
December 1 - 31, 2023 — — — 25,000,000
Total 157,157 $ 21.26 135,685 $ 25,000,000
(1) Represents shares of the Company’s common stock repurchased under the employee stock purchase program and shares withheld to satisfy tax withholding obligations upon the vesting of awards of restricted stock.
(2) As previously disclosed, the board of directors of the Company approved a new stock repurchase program on December 5, 2023, pursuant to which the Company is authorized to repurchase up to $25.0 million of common stock through December 31, 2024. The new stock repurchase program became effective on January 1, 2024. Stock repurchases under this programs may be made from time to time on the open market, in privately negotiated transactions, or in any manner that complies with applicable securities laws, at the discretion of the Company. The timing of purchases and the number of shares repurchased under the programs are dependent upon a variety of factors including price, trading volume, corporate and regulatory requirements and market condition. The repurchase program may be suspended or discontinued at any time without notice. The Company’s previous stock repurchase program expired on December 31, 2023.
Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities
None.
ITEM 6 – [RESERVED]
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