Item 4. Controls and Procedures
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Item 4. Controls and Procedures
Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
Snap-on maintains a system of disclosure controls and procedures that is designed to provide reasonable assurance that material information relating to the company and its consolidated subsidiaries is timely communicated to the officers who certify Snap-on’s financial reports and to other members of senior management and the Board, as appropriate.
In accordance with Rule 13a-15(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”), the company’s management evaluated, with the participation of the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, the effectiveness of the design and operation of the company’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act) as of September 28, 2024. Based upon their evaluation of these disclosure controls and procedures, the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that the disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of September 28, 2024, to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the company in the reports it files or submits under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within the time period specified in the Securities and Exchange Commission rules and forms, and to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the company in the reports it files or submits under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to the company’s management, including its principal executive and principal financial officers, or persons performing similar functions, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.
Changes in Internal Control
There has been no change in the company’s internal control over financial reporting during the quarter ended September 28, 2024, that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the company’s internal control over financial reporting (as such term is defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)).
PART II. OTHER INFORMATION
Item 2: Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds
Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
The following chart discloses information regarding the shares of Snap-on’s common stock repurchased by the company during the third quarter of fiscal 2024, all of which were purchased pursuant to the Board’s authorizations that the company has publicly announced. Snap-on has undertaken stock repurchases from time to time to offset dilution related to equity plan issuances and for other corporate purposes, as well as when the company believes market conditions are favorable. The repurchase of Snap-on common stock is at the company’s discretion, subject to prevailing financial and market conditions, and pursuant to the Board’s authorizations that the company has publicly announced.
| Period | Shares purchased | Average price per share | Shares purchased as part of publicly announced plans or programs | Approximate value of shares that may yet be purchased under publicly announced plans or programs* | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 6/30/2024 to 7/27/2024 | 16,000 | $275.95 | 16,000 | $268.6 million | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 7/28/2024 to 8/24/2024 | 94,000 | $276.21 | 94,000 | $497.9 million | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 8/25/2024 to 9/28/2024 | 105,000 | $280.98 | 105,000 | $471.5 million | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total/Average | 215,000 | $278.52 | 215,000 | N/A | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| N/A: Not applicable |
- Subject to further adjustment pursuant to the 1996 Authorization described below, as of September 28, 2024, the approximate value of shares that may yet be
purchased pursuant to the outstanding Board authorizations discussed below is $471.5 million.
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In 1996, the Board authorized the company to repurchase shares of the company’s common stock periodically in the open market or in privately negotiated transactions (the “1996 Authorization”). The 1996 Authorization allows the repurchase of up to the number of shares issued or delivered from treasury under the various plans the company has in place that call for the issuance of the company’s common stock. Because the number of shares that are purchased pursuant to the 1996 Authorization will change as (i) the company issues shares under its various plans; and (ii) shares are repurchased pursuant to this authorization, the number of shares authorized to be repurchased will vary from time to time. The 1996 Authorization will expire when terminated by the Board.
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On November 4, 2021, the Board authorized the repurchase of up to $500 million of the company’s common stock (the “2021 Authorization”). On August 8, 2024, the Board authorized the repurchase of up to $500 million of the company’s common stock (the “2024 Authorization”). The 2024 Authorization replaced the 2021 Authorization (under which approximately $260 million remained as of the end of the second quarter of fiscal 2024) and, will expire when the aggregate repurchase price limit is met, unless terminated earlier by the Board.
Other Purchases or Sales of Equity Securities
The following chart discloses information regarding transactions by a counterparty in shares of Snap-on’s common stock during the third quarter of 2024 pursuant to a prepaid equity forward agreement (the “Agreement”) that is intended to reduce the impact of market risk associated with the stock-based portion of the company’s deferred compensation plans. The company’s stock-based deferred compensation liabilities increase as the company’s stock price rises and decrease as the company’s stock price declines. Pursuant to the Agreement, the counterparty may purchase or sell shares of the company’s common stock for its account in the market or in privately negotiated transactions. At termination, the Agreement settles in cash and does not provide for Snap-on to purchase or repurchase its shares.
| Period | Shares purchased (sold) | Average price per share | ||||||||||||
| 6/30/2024 to 7/27/2024 | (800) | $271.41 | ||||||||||||
| 7/28/2024 to 8/24/2024 | — | — | ||||||||||||
| 8/25/2024 to 9/28/2024 | 400 | $272.99 | ||||||||||||
| Total/Average | (400) | $271.94 |
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