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 and Holders
The Company’s common stock trades on The New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol “RNST.” On February 16, 2024, the Company had approximately 4,040 shareholders of record and the closing sales price of the Company’s common stock was $32.13.
Please refer to Item 12, Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters, for a discussion of the securities authorized for issuance under the Company’s equity compensation plans.
Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
Total Number of Shares Purchased (1)
Average Price Paid per Share Total Number of Shares Purchased as Part of Publicly Announced Share Repurchase Plans Maximum Number of Shares or Approximate Dollar Value of Shares That May Yet Be Purchased Under Share Repurchase Plans (2)(3)
October 1, 2023 to October 31, 2023 163 $ 25.66 — $ 100,000
November 1, 2023 to November 30, 2023 — — — 100,000
December 1, 2023 to December 31, 2023 216 33.24 — 100,000
Total 379 $ 29.98 —
(1) All shares in this column represent shares of Renasant Corporation stock withheld to satisfy the federal and state tax liabilities related to the vesting of time-based restricted stock awards.
(2) The Company announced a $100.0 million stock repurchase program in October 2022 under which the Company was authorized to repurchase outstanding shares of its common stock either in open market purchases or privately-negotiated transactions. No shares were repurchased during the fourth quarter of 2023 under this plan, which expired in October 2023 and was replaced with a $100.0 million stock repurchase program approved in October 2023. This new plan will remain in effect for one year or, if earlier, the repurchase of the entire amount of common stock authorized to be repurchased. No shares were repurchased during the fourth quarter of 2023 under this plan.
(3) Dollars in thousands.
Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities
The Company did not sell any unregistered equity securities during 2023.
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Stock Performance Graph
The following performance graph, obtained from S&P Global Market Intelligence, compares the performance of our common stock to the NYSE Composite Index and to the S&P U.S. BMI Banks - Southeast Region Index, which is a peer group of regional bank holding companies (including the Company), for the measurement period. The performance graph assumes that the value of the investment in our common stock, the NYSE Composite Index and the S&P U.S. BMI Banks - Southeast Region Index was $100 at January 1, 2018, and that all dividends were reinvested.
Period Ending December 31,
2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Renasant Corporation $ 100.00 $ 120.24 $ 118.29 $ 136.37 $ 138.69 $ 128.01
NYSE Composite Index 100.00 125.51 134.28 162.04 146.89 167.12
S&P U.S. BMI Banks - Southeast Region Index 100.00 140.94 126.37 180.49 146.81 151.44
(1) The S&P U.S. BMI Banks - Southeast Region Index, is a peer group of 52 regional bank holding companies, whose common stock is traded either on the New York Stock Exchange, NYSE Amex or NASDAQ, and which are headquartered in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia.
There can be no assurance that our common stock performance will continue in the future with the same or similar trends depicted in the performance graph above. We will not make or endorse any predictions as to future stock performance. The information provided under the heading “Stock Performance Graph” shall not be deemed to be “soliciting material” or to be “filed” with the SEC or subject to its proxy regulations or to the liabilities of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, other than as provided in Item 201 of Regulation S-K. The information provided in this section shall not be deemed to be incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
ITEM 6. [RESERVED]
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