Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity
ITEM 5. MARKET FOR REGISTRANT’S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED SHAREHOLDER MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES
Our common stock is traded on the NYSE under the symbol “RJF.” As of November 17, 2023, we had 343 holders of record of our common stock. Shares of our common stock are held by a substantially greater number of beneficial owners, whose shares are held of record by banks, brokers, and other financial institutions.
See Note 20 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements of this Form 10-K for information regarding our intentions for paying cash dividends and the related capital restrictions.
Information related to our compensation plans under which equity securities are authorized for issuance is presented in Note 23 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements and Part III, Item 12 of this Form 10-K.
We did not have any sales of unregistered securities for the fiscal years ended September 30, 2023, 2022 or 2021.
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We purchase our own stock from time to time in conjunction with a number of activities, each of which is described in the following paragraphs. The following table presents information on our purchases of our own stock, on a monthly basis, for the year ended September 30, 2023.
Total number of shares
purchased Average price
per share Number of shares purchased as part of publicly announced plans or programs Approximate dollar value (in millions) at each month-end, of securities that may yet be purchased under the plans or programs
October 1, 2022 – October 31, 2022 358,103 $ 105.94 354,313 $800
November 1, 2022 – November 30, 2022 78,798 $ 120.60 — $800
December 1, 2022 – December 31, 2022 937,747 $ 106.64 937,737 $1,400
First quarter 1,374,648 $ 107.26 1,292,050
January 1, 2023 – January 31, 2023 53,430 $ 114.90 — $1,400
February 1, 2023 – February 28, 2023 13,586 $ 113.49 — $1,400
March 1, 2023 – March 31, 2023 3,745,485 $ 93.45 3,745,388 $1,050
Second quarter 3,812,501 $ 93.82 3,745,388
April 1, 2023 – April 30, 2023 111,500 $ 89.67 111,500 $1,040
May 1, 2023 – May 31, 2023 2,069,035 $ 87.79 2,069,035 $858
June 1, 2023 – June 30, 2023 1,135,079 $ 95.55 1,133,895 $750
Third quarter 3,315,614 $ 90.51 3,314,430
July 1, 2023 – July 31, 2023 — $ — — $750
August 1, 2023 – August 31, 2023 — $ — — $750
September 1, 2023 – September 30, 2023 928 $ 90.15 — $750
Fourth quarter 928 $ 90.15 —
Fiscal year total 8,503,691 $ 95.43 8,351,868
In December 2022, the Board of Directors authorized repurchase of our common stock in an aggregate amount of up to $1.5 billion, which replaced the previous authorization.
In the preceding table, the total number of shares purchased includes shares purchased pursuant to the Restricted Stock Trust Fund, which was established to acquire our common stock in the open market and used to settle restricted stock units granted as a retention vehicle for certain employees of our wholly-owned Canadian subsidiaries. For more information on this trust fund, see Notes 2 and 10 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements of this Form 10-K. These activities do not utilize the repurchase authorization presented in the preceding table.
The total number of shares purchased also includes shares repurchased as a result of employees surrendering shares as payment for option exercises or withholding taxes. These activities do not utilize the repurchase authorization presented in the preceding table.
ITEM 6. RESERVED
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