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
PRINCIPAL MARKET
The principal market on which GE HealthCare’s common stock is traded is The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (“Nasdaq”) under the symbol “GEHC”.
A “when issued” trading market for GE HealthCare’s common stock began on Nasdaq on December 16, 2022, and “regular way” trading of GE HealthCare’s common stock began on January 4, 2023. Prior to December 16, 2022 there was no public market for GE HealthCare’s common stock.
SHAREHOLDERS
There were 198,387 shareholders of record of GE HealthCare common stock as of January 30, 2024.
DIVIDENDS
We declared and paid a quarterly dividend of $0.03 per share to our stockholders of record for the first, second, and third quarter of 2023. In the fourth quarter of 2023, we declared a dividend of $0.03 to be paid in the first quarter of 2024.
The timing, declaration, amount, and payment of future dividends to stockholders, if any, will fall within the discretion of the Board of Directors taking into consideration matters such as the capital needs of GE HealthCare and opportunities to retain future earnings for use in the operation of our business and to fund future growth.
STOCK PERFORMANCE GRAPH
The following graph compares the total return on the Company’s common stock for the last 12 months with the Standard & Poor’s (“S&P”) 500 and S&P 500 Healthcare indices. The graph assumes $100 was invested in each of these indices on the first day of “regular way” trading for our common stock, and that all dividends were reinvested.

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