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Our common stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the symbol “NOV”.
−Removed: As of February 2, 2024, there were 1,738 holders of record of our common stock.
+Added: As of January 31, 2025, there were 1,338 holders of record of our common stock.
Many stockholders choose to own shares through brokerage accounts and other intermediaries rather than as holders of record (excluding individual participants in securities positions listing) so the actual number of stockholders is unknown but significantly higher.
−Removed: Cash dividends declared were $0.05 per share in each quarter of 2023 and 2022, aggregating $79 million and $78 million for the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively.
+Added: Cash dividends declared was $0.05 per share in the first quarter of 2024, $0.075 per share in each of the remaining quarters of 2024 and $0.05 per share in each quarter of 2023, aggregating $108 million and $79 million for the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively.
The declaration and payment of future dividends is at the discretion of the Company’s Board of Directors and will be dependent upon the Company’s results of operations, financial condition, capital requirements, future outlook and other factors deemed relevant by the Company’s Board of Directors.
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announced plans
+Added: or programs (1)
Approximate dollar
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December 1 through December 31, 2024
−Removed: (1) The shares listed as “purchased” during the fourth quarter of 2023 were withheld from employee’s vested restricted stock grants, as required for income taxes, and retired.
−Removed: The shares were not part of a publicly announced program to purchase common stock.
+Added: (1) On April 25, 2024, the Company established a share repurchase program for up to $1 billion of the currently outstanding shares of the Company’s common stock over a period of 36 months.
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