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 Common Stock
Our Class A common stock has been listed on the NYSE under the symbol “SNAP” since March 2, 2017. Our Class B common stock and Class C common stock are not listed or traded on any stock exchange.
Holders of Record
As of December 31, 2023, there were 937 stockholders of record of our Class A common stock. Because many of our shares of Class A common stock are held by brokers and other institutions on behalf of stockholders, we are unable to estimate the total number of stockholders represented by these record holders. The closing price of our Class A common stock as of December 31, 2023 was $16.93 per share as reported on the NYSE. As of December 31, 2023, there were 74 stockholders of record of our Class B common stock and two stockholders of record of our Class C common stock.
Dividend Policy
We have never declared or paid cash dividends on our capital stock. We intend to retain all available funds and future earnings, if any, to fund the development and expansion of our business, and we do not anticipate paying any cash dividends in the foreseeable future. The terms of our Credit Facility also restrict our ability to pay dividends, and we may also enter into credit agreements or other borrowing arrangements in the future that will restrict our ability to declare or pay cash dividends on our capital stock.
We have paid a stock dividend of our Class A common stock on our capital stock in the past and from time to time in the future may pay special or regular stock dividends in the form of Class A common stock, which per the terms of our certificate of incorporation must be paid equally to all stockholders. Any future determination regarding the declaration and payment of dividends, if any, will be at the discretion of our board of directors and will depend on then-existing conditions, including our financial condition, operating results, contractual restrictions, capital requirements, business prospects, and other factors that our board of directors may deem relevant.
Purchases of Equity Securities by the Issuer and Affiliated Purchasers
The following table summarizes stock repurchase activity for the three months ended December 31, 2023 (in thousands, except per share data):
Total Number of
Shares Purchased (1)
Average Price Per
Share (2)
Total Number of Shares
Purchased as Part of
Publicly Announced
Program (1)
Approximate Dollar Value
of Shares that May Yet be
Repurchased Under the
Program (1)
October 1 - October 31, 2023 7,891 $ 9.46 7,891 $ 425,437
November 1 - November 30, 2023 10,532 $ 10.90 10,532 $ 310,790
December 1 - December 31, 2023 — $ — — $ 310,790
Total 18,423 18,423
(1) In October 2023, our board of directors authorized a stock repurchase program of up to $500.0 million of our Class A common stock. During the fourth quarter of 2023, we repurchased 18.4 million shares of our Class A common stock for an aggregate of $189.4 million, including costs associated with the repurchases. As of December 31, 2023, the remaining availability under the stock repurchase authorization was $310.8 million.
(2) Average price paid per share includes costs associated with the repurchases.
Recent Sale of Unregistered Securities and Use of Proceeds
None.
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Stock Performance Graph
This performance graph shall not be deemed “filed” with the SEC for purposes of Section 18 of the Exchange Act, or incorporated by reference into any filing of Snap Inc. under the Securities Act.
The following graph shows a comparison, for the five years ended December 31, 2023, of the cumulative total return for our Class A common stock, the Standard & Poor’s 500 Stock Index ( “ S&P 500 Index ” ), and the NYSE Composite. The graph assumes that $100 was invested at the market close on December 31, 2018 in our Class A common stock, the S&P 500 Index, and the NYSE Composite, and data for the S&P 500 Index and the NYSE Composite assumes reinvestment of any dividends. The stock price performance of the following graph is not necessarily indicative of future stock price performance.
Item 6. Reserved.
Not required.
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