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.
Our common stock ($.20 par value per share) trades on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the symbol TROW. Dividends per share during the past two years were:
1st
quarter 2nd
quarter 3rd
quarter 4th
quarter
2021 $ 1.08 $ 4.08 $ 1.08 $ 1.08
2020 $ .90 $ .90 $ .90 $ .90
The cash dividends declared during the second quarter of 2021 include a special dividend of $3.00 per share that was declared in June 2021 and paid in July 2021.
Our common stockholders have approved all of our equity-based compensation plans. These plans provide for the following issuances of shares of our common stock at December 31, 2021:
Employee and non-employee director plans Employee stock purchase plan Total
Exercise of outstanding options 2,846,579 — 2,846,579
Settlement of outstanding restricted stock units 5,795,395 — 5,795,395
Future issuances 11,584,645 1,320,803 12,905,448
Total 20,226,619 1,320,803 21,547,422
The outstanding options included in the table above have a weighted-average exercise price of $72.87. Under the terms of the 2020 Long-Term Incentive Plan, approved by stockholders in May 2020, and the 2012 Long-Term Incentive Plan, the number of shares provided and available for future issuance will increase as we repurchase common stock in the future with the proceeds from stock option exercises. No shares have been issued under our Employee Stock Purchase Plan since its inception; all shares have been purchased in the open market.
The following table presents repurchase activity during the fourth quarter of 2021.
Month Total number of
shares purchased Average price
paid per share Total number of
shares purchased as
part of publicly
announced program Maximum number of
shares that may yet
be purchased under
the program
October 1,642,691 $ 198.35 1,642,144 16,936,065
November 502,337 $ 211.52 499,434 16,436,631
December 912,105 $ 195.49 910,721 15,525,910
Total 3,057,133 $ 199.66 3,052,299
Shares repurchased by us in a quarter may include repurchases conducted pursuant to publicly announced board authorizations, outstanding shares surrendered to the company to pay the exercise price in connection with swap exercises of employee stock options and shares withheld to cover the minimum tax withholding obligation associated with the vesting of restricted stock awards. Of the total number of shares purchased during the fourth quarter of 2021, 4,834 were related to shares surrendered in connection with employee stock option exercises and none were related to shares withheld to cover tax withholdings associated with the vesting of restricted stock awards.
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The following table details the changes in and status of the Board of Directors’ outstanding publicly announced board authorizations.
Authorization dates 12/31/2020 Additional shares authorized Total Number of
Shares Purchased Maximum Number of Shares that May Yet Be Purchased at 12/31/2021
February 2019 6,467,311 — (5,941,401) 525,910
March 2020 15,000,000 — — 15,000,000
21,467,311 — (5,941,401) 15,525,910
We have 1,044 stockholders of record and approximately 510,000 beneficial stockholder accounts held by brokers, banks, and other intermediaries holding our common stock. Common stock owned outright by our associates and directors, combined with outstanding vested stock options and unvested restricted stock awards, total approximately 9% of our outstanding stock and outstanding vested stock options at December 31, 2021.
Item 6. Reserved