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.
Shares of our common stock trade on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol “ZWS”. As of February 1, 2024, there were 27 holders of record of our common stock. A substantially greater number of holders of Zurn Elkay common stock are beneficial holders, whose shares of record are held by banks, brokers, and other financial institutions.
Dividend Policy
On February 1, 2023, May 4, 2023, and July 20, 2023 our Board of Directors declared a quarterly cash dividend on our common stock of $0.07 per share. On October 19, 2023 and February 1, 2024 our Board of Directors declared a quarterly cash dividend on our common stock of $0.08 per share. The decision whether to continue to pay dividends in the future will be made by our Board of Directors in light of conditions then existing, including factors such as our results of operations, financial condition and requirements, business conditions and covenants under any applicable borrowing agreements and other contractual arrangements.
Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
In fiscal 2015, our Board of Directors approved a stock repurchase program (the "Repurchase Program") authorizing the repurchase of up to $200.0 million of our common stock from time to time on the open market or in privately negotiated transactions. On January 27, 2020, our Board of Directors approved increasing the remaining share repurchase authority under the Repurchase Program to $300.0 million. On February 8, 2023, the Company's Board of Directors approved increasing the remaining share repurchase authority under the Repurchase Program to $500.0 million. The Repurchase Program does not require us to acquire any particular amount of common stock and does not specify the timing of purchases or the prices to be paid; however, the program will continue until the maximum amount of dollars authorized has been expended or until it is modified or terminated by the Board. During the three and twelve months ended December 31, 2023, we repurchased approximately $25.0 million and $125.0 million, respectively, of our common stock. The remaining repurchase authority under the Repurchase Program at December 31, 2023 was $390.5 million.
ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES
Total Number of Shares Purchased Average Price Paid per Share Total Number of Shares Purchased as Part of Publicly Announced Plans or Programs (1) Maximum Approximate Dollar Value that may yet be Purchased Under the Plans or Programs (1)
Period
October 1 - October 31, 2023 — $ — — $ 415,473,453
November 1 - November 30, 2023 315,939 $ 29.13 315,939 $ 406,264,702
December 1 - December 31, 2023 532,867 $ 29.65 532,867 $ 390,456,946
Total/Average 848,806 $ 29.45 848,806
(1) See explanation of the Repurchase Program above.
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Performance Graph
Set forth below is a line graph comparing the cumulative total shareholder return of our common stock with the Standard & Poor's (the "S&P") 500 Index and the S&P 1500 Industrials Index for the years ended December 31, 2023, December 31, 2022, December 31, 2021, the nine-month transition period ended December 31, 2020, and our preceding full fiscal year. The graph assumes the value of the investment in our common stock and each index was $100 on March 31, 2019, and that all dividends were reinvested. The shareholder return shown on the graph below is not necessarily indicative of future performance and the indices included do not necessarily reflect management's opinion that such indices are an appropriate measure of the relative performance of Zurn Elkay's stock.
3/31/2019 3/31/2020 12/31/2020 12/31/2021 12/31/2022 12/31/2023
Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Corporation (1) $ 100.00 $ 90.00 $ 159.00 $ 305.00 $ 179.00 $ 251.00
S&P 500 Index $ 100.00 $ 93.00 $ 137.00 $ 176.00 $ 144.00 $ 182.00
S&P 1500 Industrials Index $ 100.00 $ 80.00 $ 124.00 $ 152.00 $ 142.00 $ 171.00
(1) Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Corporation historical prices were adjusted to reflect the impact of the Spin-Off Transaction that was completed on October 4, 2021.
ITEM 6.
[Reserved]
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