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Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity

2025-10-21 compared with 2024-10-24 · 39 added, 19 removed, 13 unchanged (82% of the section changed)

Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters, and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities

Market Information for Ordinary Shares

Our ordinary shares are listed on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the trading symbol “PENG.”

Market Information for Common Stock

Our common stock is listed on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the trading symbol “PENG.”

Holders of Record

As of October 14, 2024, there were 41 registered holders of record of our ordinary shares (not including beneficial holders of our ordinary shares held in street name by brokers and other institutions on behalf of shareholders).

As of October 15, 2025, there wer e 37 registered holders of record of our common stock (not including beneficial holders of our common stock held in street name by brokers and other institutions on behalf of stockholders).

As of October 15, 2025, there was one registered holder of record of our preferred stock, the Issued CPS.

Common Stock Dividends

On January 3, 2022, our Board of Directors declared a share dividend of one ordinary share, $0.03 par value per share, for each outstanding ordinary share owned, to shareholders of record as of January 25, 2022.

The dividend was paid on February 1, 2022.

We have not paid any cash dividends on our ordinary shares, and we do not currently intend to pay any cash dividends on our ordinary shares in the foreseeable future.

We currently intend to retain all available funds and future earnings to support operations and to finance the growth and development of our business.

Any future determination to pay dividends will be made at the discretion of our Board of Directors subject to applicable laws and will depend on, among other factors, our results of operations, financial condition, contractual restrictions and capital requirements.

We have not paid any cash dividends on our common stock, and we do not currently intend to pay any cash dividends on our common stock in the foreseeable future.

Any future determination to pay dividends on our common stock will be made at the discretion of our Board of Directors subject to applicable laws and will depend on, among other factors, our results of operations, financial condition, contractual restrictions and capital requirements.

The Issued CPS entitles the holder to receive dividends of six percent per annum, cumulative, and payable quarterly in-kind or in cash at our option.

Other than dividend payments to the holder of Issued CPS, we currently intend to retain all available funds and future earnings to support operations and to finance the growth and development of our business.

During fiscal 2025, we did not record any paid in-kind dividends.

See “PART II – Item 8.

Financial Statements and Supplementary Data – Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements – Preferred Stock Investment” and “– Temporary Equity” of this report for further discussion of the Issued CPS.

Securities Authorized for Issuance under Equity Compensation Plans

Information regarding securities authorized for issuance under our equity compensation plans is incorporated herein by reference to “Item 12.

Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters” of Part III of this Annual Report.

Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities

As previously disclosed in our Current Report on Form 8-K12B filed with the SEC on June 30, 2025, the U.S.

Domestication was effected via a court-sanctioned scheme of arrangement under Cayman Islands law, pursuant to which each ordinary share of Penguin Solutions Cayman was exchanged for one share of common stock of Penguin Solutions Delaware, and each convertible preferred share of Penguin Solutions Cayman was exchanged for one share of convertible preferred stock of Penguin Solutions Delaware.

The issuance of 52,401,114 shares of Penguin Solutions Delaware capital stock pursuant to the scheme of arrangement was exempt from registration under Section 3(a)(10) of the Securities Act, which exempts from the registration requirements any security that is issued in exchange for one or more bona fide outstanding securities where the terms and conditions of such issuance and exchange are approved, after a hearing upon the fairness of such terms and conditions at which all persons to whom it is proposed to issue securities in such exchange shall have the right to appear, by any court expressly authorized by law to grant such approval.

Please refer to Penguin Solutions Cayman’s definitive proxy statement on Schedule 14A filed with the SEC on May 2, 2025 for additional information about the U.S.

Domestication.

Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities

Ordinary Share Repurchase Authorization

On April 4, 2022, our Board of Directors approved a $75.0 million share repurchase authorization (the “Initial Authorization”), under which we may repurchase our outstanding ordinary shares from time to time through open market purchases, privately-negotiated transactions or otherwise.

On January 8, 2024, the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors approved an additional $75.0 million share repurchase authorization (the “Additional Authorization,” and together with the Initial Authorization, the “Current Authorization”).

The Current Authorization has no expiration date but may be suspended or terminated by the Board of Directors at any time.

No shares were repurchased during the fourth quarter of 2024 under the Current Authorization.

As of August 30, 2024, an aggregate of $77.7 million remained available for the repurchase of our ordinary shares under the Current Authorization.

Certain of our agreements, including the Amended Credit Agreement, the SKT Purchase Agreement and the Certificate of Designation relating to the Investment (the “Certificate of Designation”), contain restrictions that limit our ability to repurchase our ordinary shares.

Share Performance Graph

This performance graph shall not be deemed “soliciting material” or to be “filed” with the SEC for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or otherwise subject to the liabilities under that Section, and shall not be deemed to be incorporated by reference into any of our filings under the Securities Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.

The following graph illustrates a comparison of cumulative total returns for our ordinary shares, the Russell 2000 Index and the Nasdaq Electronic Components Index from August 31, 2019 through August 30, 2024.

Common Stock Repurchase Authorization

On April 4, 2022, our Board of Directors approved a $75.0 million stock repurchase authorization (the “2022 Authorization”), under which we may repurchase our outstanding common stock from time to time through open market purchases, privately-negotiated transactions or otherwise.

On each of January 8, 2024 and October 6, 2025, the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors approved additional $75.0 million stock repurchase authorizations (the “2024 Authorization” and “2025 Authorization,” respectively, and together, the “Current Authorizations”).

The Current Authorizations, which consist solely of amounts approved pursuant to the 2024 Authorization and 2025 Authorization as all amounts under the 2022 Authorization have been utilized, have no expiration date but may be suspended or terminated by the Board of Directors at any time.

As of August 29, 2025, an aggregate of $36.5 million remained available for the repurchase of our common stock under the 2024 Authorization.

Certain of our agreements, including the 2025 Credit Agreement, the SKT Purchase Agreement and the CPS Delaware Certificate of Designation, contain restrictions that limit our ability to repurchase our common stock.

The following table sets forth information relating to repurchases of our equity securities during the three months ended August 29, 2025:

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

May 31, 2025 - June 27, 2025 16,207 $ 18.26 16,207 $ 36,510,000

June 28, 2025 - July 25, 2025 — $ — — $ 36,510,000

July 26, 2025 - August 29, 2025 — $ — — $ 36,510,000

16,207 $ 18.26 16,207

Stock Performance Graph

This performance graph shall not be deemed “soliciting material” or to be “filed” with the SEC for purposes of Section 18 of the Exchange Act or otherwise subject to the liabilities under that Section, and shall not be deemed to be incorporated by reference into any of our filings under the Securities Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.

The following graph illustrates a comparison of cumulative total returns for our common stock, the Russell 2000 Index and the Nasdaq Electronic Components Index from August 31, 2020 through August 31, 2025.

We operate on a 52- or 53-week fiscal year, which ends on the last Friday in August.

As a result, the last day of our fiscal year

For consistent presentation and comparison to the industry indices shown herein, we have calculated our share performance graph as of August 31 for each year.

Management cautions that the share price performance information shown in the graph above may not be indicative of current share price levels or future share price performance.

The share performance graph assumes $100 was invested in our ordinary shares and in the other indices on August 31, 2019.

For consistent presentation and comparison to the industry indices shown herein, we have calculated our stock performance graph as of August 31 for each year.

Management cautions that the stock price performance information shown in the graph above may not be indicative of current stock price levels or future stock price performance.

The stock performance graph assumes $100 was invested in our common stock and in the other indices on August 31, 2020.

Any dividends paid during the period presented were assumed to be reinvested.

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Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity