Item 5. MARKET FOR REGISTRANT’S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES

Market Information and Trading Symbol for Common Stock

The Company’s common stock is currently quoted on the NYSE under the symbol “MP”.

Holders of Record

According to Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, the Company’s transfer agent, there were 128 active holders of record of the Company’s common stock as of February 15, 2024. The actual number of stockholders is greater than these numbers and includes holders who are beneficial owners, but whose shares are held in street name by brokers and other nominees. These numbers of active holders of record also do not include holders whose shares may be held in trust by other entities.

Dividends

The Company has not paid any cash dividends on its common stock to date. The payment of cash dividends in the future will be dependent upon the Company’s revenues and earnings, capital requirements and general financial condition. The payment of any cash dividends will be within the discretion of the Company’s Board of Directors at such time. In addition, the Company is not currently contemplating and does not anticipate declaring any stock dividends in the foreseeable future as it is currently expected that available cash resources will be utilized in connection with our ongoing operations and capital expenditures to support our development projects.

Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities

On August 18, 2023, the Company acquired a license to use patented technology, technical know-how, and other intellectual property pertaining to the development and manufacturing of magnetic products in exchange for 435,729 shares of its common stock. Pursuant to the terms of the agreement to acquire the license, 152,504 shares were issued immediately and the remaining shares will be issued as follows: 43,573 shares on each of the first, second, and third anniversaries of the acquisition date and an additional 152,506 shares on the fourth anniversary of the acquisition date. The securities were issued in reliance upon the exemption from registration available under Regulation S under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

Repurchase of Securities

During the three months ended December 31, 2023, neither the Company nor any of its affiliates repurchased shares of the Company’s common stock registered under Section 12 of the Exchange Act.

Stock Performance Graph

The following graph compares the cumulative total stockholder return for the Company’s common stock to the cumulative total returns for the Russell 2000 Index, S&P MidCap 400 Index and a peer group. The peer group consists of the following companies: Albemarle Corporation, Westlake Chemical Corporation, CF Industries Holdings, Inc., Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co., The Mosaic Company, Steel Dynamics, Inc., Axalta Coating Systems Ltd., Ashland Global Holdings Inc., Quaker Chemical Corporation, Cleveland-Cliffs Inc., Alcoa Corporation, Commercial Metals Company, Cabot Corporation and Compass Minerals International, Inc. The total cumulative return calculations are for the period commencing November 18, 2020, for investments in stock, or October 31, 2020, for investments in index, and ending December 31, 2023, and include the reinvestment of dividends. The stock price performance shown in this graph is based on historical data and is neither indicative of, nor intended to forecast, future stock price performance.

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*$100 invested on November 18, 2020, in stock or October 31, 2020, in index, including reinvestment of dividends. Fiscal year ended December 31st.


	11/18/20		12/31/20		12/31/21		12/31/22		12/31/23
MP Materials Corp.	$	100.00	$	213.19	$	300.99	$	160.90	$	131.54
Russell 2000 Index	$	100.00	$	128.68	$	147.75	$	117.55	$	137.45
S&P MidCap 400 Index	$	100.00	$	121.73	$	151.87	$	132.03	$	153.74
Peer Group	$	100.00	$	112.07	$	170.93	$	180.34	$	186.27

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