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Item 5. Market for Registrant's Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities

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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 is traded on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the symbol “APP.” Our Class B and Class C common stock are neither listed nor traded.

Holders of Record

As of December 31, 2024, there were approximately 39 stockholders of record of our Class A common stock, 8 stockholders of records of our Class B common stock and no holders of record of our Class C 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. All shares of Class B common stock are beneficially held by Adam Foroughi and Herald Chen, collectively with certain affiliated trusts.

Dividend Policy

We have never paid cash dividends on our capital stock and we do not anticipate paying any cash dividends in the foreseeable future.

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Stock Performance Graph

This performance graph shall not be deemed "soliciting material" or to be “filed” with the SEC for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), or otherwise subject to the liabilities under that Section, and shall not be deemed to be incorporated by reference into any filing of AppLovin Corporation under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act").

The graph below compares the cumulative total stockholder return on our Class A common stock with the cumulative total return on the Standard & Poor's 500 Stock Index ("S&P 500") and the S&P 500 Information Technology Index ("S&P IT") through December 31, 2024. The graph assumes $100 was invested at the market close on April 15, 2021, which was the first day our Class A common stock began trading. Data for the S&P 500 and S&P IT assumes reinvestment of dividends. The offering price of our Class A common stock in our initial public offering on April 15, 2021 was $80.00 per share. The graph uses the closing market price on April 15, 2021 of $65.20 per share as the initial value of our Class A common stock.

The comparisons in the graph below are based upon historical data and are not indicative of, nor intended to forecast, future performance of our Class A common stock.

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Recent Sale of Unregistered Securities and Use of Proceeds

Recent Sale of Unregistered Securities

During the three months ended December 31, 2024, we issued 36,557 shares of our Class A common stock upon the vesting of RSUs under our 2021 Partner Studio Incentive Plan.

The foregoing transactions did not involve any underwriters, any underwriting discounts or commissions, or any public offering. We believe the offer, sale, and issuance of the above securities was exempt from registration under the Securities Act by virtue of Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act and Regulation S promulgated under the Securities Act, because the issuance of securities to the recipients did not involve a public offering. The recipients of the securities in the transaction represented their intentions to acquire the securities for investment only and not with a view to or for sale in connection with any distribution thereof, and appropriate legends were placed upon the stock certificates issued in the transaction. All recipients had adequate access, through their relationships with us or otherwise, to information about us. The issuance of these securities was made without any general solicitation or advertising.

Use of Proceeds

None.

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Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities

The following table summarizes the share repurchase activity for the three months ended December 31, 2024:

PeriodTotal Number of Shares Purchased (1)Average Price Paid Per Share (2)Total Number of Shares Purchased as Part of Publicly Announced Programs (1)Approximate Dollar Value of Shares that May Yet Be Purchased Under the Program (1)
(in thousands)(in thousands)(in millions)
October 1 - 31—$——$2,272
November 1 - 30—$——$2,272
December 1 - 31—$——$2,272
Total——

(1) In February 2022, our board of directors authorized a repurchase program of up to $750.0 million of our Class A common stock. In 2023, our board of directors authorized an increase to the repurchase program of $743.6 million. In 2024, our board of directors authorized increases to the repurchase program of an aggregate amount of $3.3 billion. Repurchases may be made from time to time through open market purchases or through privately negotiated transactions, subject to market conditions, applicable legal requirements and other relevant factors. Open market repurchases may be structured to occur in accordance with the requirements of Rule 10b-18. We may also, from time to time, enter into Rule 10b-5 trading plans to facilitate repurchases of shares. The repurchase program does not obligate us to acquire any particular amount of our Class A common stock, has no expiration date and may be modified, suspended, or terminated at any time at our discretion. See Note 10 - Equity of the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements in Part II, Item 8 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K for additional information related to share repurchases.

(2) Average price paid per share includes commissions and fees associated with the repurchases under our repurchase program.

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