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
Market Information for Ordinary Shares
Our ordinary shares are listed on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the trading symbol “SGH.”
Holders of Record
As of October 9, 2023 there were 45 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).
Dividends
On January 3, 2022, our Board of Directors declared a share dividend of one ordinary share, $0.03 par value per share, for every one 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.
Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
Common Stock Repurchase Authorization
On April 5, 2022, we announced that our Board of Directors approved a $75 million share repurchase authorization, under which we may repurchase our outstanding ordinary shares from time to time through open market purchases, privately-negotiated transactions or otherwise. The share repurchase authorization has no expiration date but may be suspended or terminated by our Board of Directors at any time. As of August 25, 2023, the remaining dollar value of shares that may be repurchased under this authorization was $16.6 million. No shares were repurchased during the fourth quarter of 2023.
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 Nasdaq Composite Index, the Russell 2000 Index and the Nasdaq Electronic Components Index from August 31, 2018 through August 31, 2023. 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 varies. 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.
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Note: 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, 2018. Any dividends paid during the period presented were assumed to be reinvested. The performance was plotted using the following data:
August 31,
2018
August 31,
2019
August 31,
2020
August 31,
2021
August 31,
2022
August 31,
2023
SMART Global Holdings, Inc. $ 100 $ 86 $ 76 $ 147 $ 111 $ 157
Nasdaq Composite Index $ 100 $ 99 $ 148 $ 193 $ 151 $ 181
Russell 2000 Index $ 100 $ 87 $ 92 $ 136 $ 112 $ 117
Nasdaq Electronic Components Index $ 100 $ 95 $ 107 $ 154 $ 136 $ 155
Item 6. [Reserved]
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