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

Market Information for Common Stock

On May 9, 2013, our common stock began trading on the NYSE under the symbol “Q”. Prior to that time, there was no public market for our common stock. The following table sets forth the high and low sales prices per share of our common stock as reported by the NYSE for the periods indicated.

Holders of Record

On February 6, 2014, we had approximately 205 common stock holders of record. This number does not include beneficial owners for whom shares are held by nominees in street name.

Dividend Policy

We do not currently intend to pay dividends on our common stock. However, we expect to reevaluate our dividend policy on a regular basis and may, subject to compliance with the covenants contained in our credit facilities and other considerations, determine to pay dividends in the future. The declaration, amount and payment of any future dividends on shares of our common stock will be at the sole discretion of our Board, which may take into account general and economic conditions, our financial condition and results of operations, our available cash and current and anticipated cash needs, capital requirements, contractual, legal, tax and regulatory restrictions, the implications of the payment of dividends by us to our shareholders or by our subsidiaries to us, and any other factors that our Board may deem relevant. Our long-term debt arrangements contain usual and customary restrictive covenants that, among other things, place limitations on our ability to declare dividends. For additional information regarding these restrictive covenants, see Part II, Item 7 “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations—Liquidity and Capital Resources” and Note 10 to our audited consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

In October 2012, our Board declared a $2.09 per share dividend to shareholders of record on October 24, 2012. The dividend totaled approximately $241.7 million and was paid on November 1, 2012. In February 2012, our Board declared a $2.82 per share dividend to shareholders of record on February 29, 2012. The dividend totaled approximately $326.1 million and was paid on March 9, 2012. No dividends were declared or paid in 2013.

Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities

There were no unregistered sales of equity securities in 2013 that have not been previously reported in a Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

As contemplated in the prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act with the SEC on May 9, 2013, or the Prospectus, we used the net proceeds from the IPO as follows: (1) $308.9 million to pay all amounts outstanding under the $300.0 million term loan we obtained in February 2012, including accrued interest and related fees and expenses, (2) $50.0 million to repay indebtedness under our senior secured credit facilities, and (3) $25.0 million to pay a one-time fee to terminate our management agreement with GF Management Company, LLC (an entity controlled by Dennis B. Gillings, CBE, our Executive Chairman and a significant shareholder), or GFM, and the private investment firms of Bain Capital Partners, LLC, TPG Capital, L.P., 3i Corporation, Aisling Capital, LLC and Cassia Fund Management (Private) Limited, which are affiliates of certain of our shareholders.

On September 16, 2013, we used the remaining $105.7 million of net proceeds from the IPO, together with cash on hand, to complete the acquisition of Novella as described elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K. There have been no material differences between the actual use of proceeds and intended use of proceeds as originally described in the Prospectus. As of December 31, 2013, we have used all of the proceeds from the IPO.

No payments were made by us to directors, officers or persons owning 10% or more of our common stock or to their associates, or to our affiliates, other than the proceeds used to terminate the management agreement.

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Purchases of Equity Securities by the Issuer

The following table summarizes the equity repurchase program activity for the three months ended December 31, 2013 and the approximate dollar value of shares that may yet be purchased pursuant to our equity repurchase program:

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Stock Performance Graph

This performance graph shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Exchange Act, or incorporated by reference into any filing of Quintiles Transnational Holdings Inc. under the Exchange Act or under the Securities Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.

The following graph shows a comparison from May 9, 2013 (the date our common stock commenced trading on the NYSE) through December 31, 2013 of the cumulative total return for our common stock, the Standard & Poor’s 500 Stock Index, or S&P 500 Index, and the Standard & Poor’s Healthcare Sector Index, or S&P 500 Healthcare. The graph assumes that $100 was invested at the market close on May 9, 2013 in the common stock of Quintiles Transnational Holdings Inc., the S&P 500 Index and the S&P 500 Healthcare, and assumes reinvestments of dividends, if any. The stock price performance of the following graph is not necessarily indicative of future stock price performance.

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