Item 5. MARKET FOR REGISTRANT’S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED SHAREHOLDER MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES
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Item 5. MARKET FOR REGISTRANT’S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED SHAREHOLDER MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES
As of February 16, 2023, there were 43,782 holders of record of PG&E Corporation common stock. A substantially greater number of holders of PG&E Corporation common stock are “street name” or beneficial holders, whose shares of record are held by banks, brokers, and other financial institutions. PG&E Corporation common stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange and is traded under the symbol “PCG.” Shares of common stock of the Utility are wholly owned by PG&E Corporation and do not trade in the public market.
For information regarding dividends, see “Liquidity and Financial Resources - Dividends” in Item 7. MD&A and PG&E Corporation’s Consolidated Statements of Equity, the Utility’s Consolidated Statements of Shareholders’ Equity, and Note 8 of the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements in Item 8.
Share Exchanges
On July 8, 2021, PG&E Corporation, the Utility, ShareCo and the Fire Victim Trust entered into the Share Exchange and Tax Matters Agreement, pursuant to which PG&E Corporation and the Utility made a “grantor trust” election for the Fire Victim Trust effective retroactively to the inception of the Fire Victim Trust. As a result of the grantor trust election, shares of PG&E Corporation common stock owned by the Fire Victim Trust are treated as held by the Utility and, in turn attributed to PG&E Corporation for income tax purposes. On the dates and in the amounts set forth in the table below, the Fire Victim Trust exchanged a total of 290,000,000 Plan Shares, for an equal number of New Shares in the manner contemplated by the Share Exchange and Tax Matters Agreement; in each case, the Fire Victim Trust thereafter reported that it sold the applicable New Shares.
| Date | Shares Exchanged | |||||||
| January 31, 2022 | 40,000,000 | |||||||
| April 14, 2022 | 60,000,000 | |||||||
| October 4, 2022 | 35,000,000 | |||||||
| October 27, 2022 | 35,000,000 | |||||||
| December 12, 2022 | 60,000,000 | |||||||
| January 9, 2023 | 60,000,000 | |||||||
| Total Shares Exchanged | 290,000,000 |
Each exchange was effected in reliance on the exemption from registration under Section 3(a)(10) of the Securities Act. See “Tax Matters” in Item 7. MD&A below and “Share Exchange and Tax Matters Agreement” in Note 6 of the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements in Item 8 of the 2021 Form 10-K for a detailed discussion of the exchange and the terms of the Share Exchange and Tax Matters Agreement, respectively.
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