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

Market information

The principal United States trading market for Company shares is the NYSE, where the Company’s shares of common stock are traded under the symbol “FERG.” The Company’s principal foreign public trading market for Company shares is the LSE, where the Company’s shares of common stock are traded under the symbol “FERG.”

Holders

As of September 20, 2024, there were 3,758 holders of record of our shares of common stock.

Dividends

The Company currently anticipates that cash dividends will continue to be paid on a quarterly basis in amounts comparable to dividends paid in prior periods.

Performance graph

This graph is not “soliciting material,” is not deemed “filed” with the SEC and is not to be incorporated by reference into any of our filings under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, whether made before or after the date hereof and irrespective of any general incorporation language in any such filing.

The performance graph below compares the cumulative total shareholder return of the Company’s shares since July 31, 2019, with the cumulative total return for the same period of the S&P 500 Stock Index and the S&P 500 Industrials Stock Index. The graph assumes the investment of $100 in our shares at the closing price of our shares on the LSE prior to the Company’s listing on the NYSE on March 11, 2021, and on the NYSE on and following such date, and in each of the indices as of the market close on July 31, 2019 and also assumes the reinvestment of dividends. Performance data for the Company is provided as of the last trading day of each relevant fiscal year. The share price performance graph is not necessarily indicative of future share price performance.

(1)LSE data used from August 1, 2019 through March 10, 2021 with GBP values converted to USD using the daily foreign exchange rate. NYSE data used from March 11, 2021 onwards.

Unregistered sales of equity securities and use of proceeds

None.

Purchases of equity securities by the issuer and affiliated purchasers

(1) In September 2021, the Company announced a program to repurchase up to $1.0 billion of shares. In March 2022, September 2022, June 2023 and June 2024, the Company announced increases of $1.0 billion, $0.5 billion, $0.5 billion and $1.0 billion, respectively, bringing the total authorized repurchase program to $4.0 billion. As of July 31, 2024, the Company had completed $3.1 billion of the total authorized repurchase program.