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Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
As of February 9, 2018, our common stock was held by approximately 30,493 shareholders of record. Our common stock is listed on the NYSE and Chicago Stock Exchange and is traded under the symbol “CNP.”
The following table sets forth the high and low closing prices of the common stock of CenterPoint Energy on the NYSE composite tape during the periods indicated, as reported by Bloomberg, and the cash dividends declared in these periods.
| Market Price | Dividend Declared | ||||||||||
| High | Low | Per Share | |||||||||
| 2017 | |||||||||||
| First Quarter | $ | 0.2675 | |||||||||
| January 3 | $ | 24.59 | |||||||||
| March 15 | $ | 28.09 | |||||||||
| Second Quarter | $ | 0.2675 | |||||||||
| May 17 | $ | 27.17 | |||||||||
| June 1 | $ | 28.93 | |||||||||
| Third Quarter | $ | 0.2675 | |||||||||
| July 11 | $ | 27.16 | |||||||||
| September 11 | $ | 30.45 | |||||||||
| Fourth Quarter (1) | $ | 0.5450 | |||||||||
| November 30 | $ | 30.01 | |||||||||
| December 21 | $ | 27.77 | |||||||||
| 2016 | |||||||||||
| First Quarter | $ | 0.2575 | |||||||||
| January 20 | $ | 16.90 | |||||||||
| March 29 | $ | 21.25 | |||||||||
| Second Quarter | $ | 0.2575 | |||||||||
| April 5 | $ | 20.51 | |||||||||
| June 29 | $ | 24.00 | |||||||||
| Third Quarter | $ | 0.2575 | |||||||||
| July 22 | $ | 24.69 | |||||||||
| August 16 | $ | 22.13 | |||||||||
| Fourth Quarter | $ | 0.2575 | |||||||||
| October 11 | $ | 21.84 | |||||||||
| December 22 | $ | 24.84 |
| (1) | On October 25, 2017, our Board of Directors declared a regular quarterly cash dividend of $0.2675 per share of common stock payable on December 8, 2017, to shareholders of record as of the close of business on November 16, 2017. On December 13, 2017, our Board of Directors declared a regular quarterly cash dividend of $0.2775 per share, payable on March 8, 2018 to shareholders of record at the close of business on February 15, 2018. |
The closing market price of our common stock on December 31, 2017 was $28.36 per share.
The amount of future cash dividends will be subject to determination based upon our results of operations and financial condition, our future business prospects, any applicable contractual restrictions and other factors that our Board of Directors considers relevant and will be declared at the discretion of the Board of Directors.
Repurchases of Equity Securities
During the quarter ended December 31, 2017, none of our equity securities registered pursuant to Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 were purchased by or on behalf of us or any of our “affiliated purchasers,” as defined in Rule 10b-18(a)(3) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
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