Item 5. MARKET FOR THE REGISTRANT’S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED SHAREHOLDER

MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES

The Company’s common stock is listed on the NASDAQ stock exchange under the symbol “TECH”. Prior period results have been adjusted to reflect the four-for-one stock split effected in the form of a stock dividend on November 29,2022. See Note 1 for details.

Holders of Common Stock and Dividends Paid

As of August 16, 2023, there were over 150,000 beneficial shareholders of the Company’s common stock and over 140 shareholders of record. The Company paid annual cash dividends totaling $50.3 million, $50.2 million, and $49.6 million in fiscal 2023, 2022, and 2021, respectively. The Board of Directors periodically considers the payment of cash dividends, and there is no guarantee that the Company will pay comparable cash dividends, or any cash dividends, in the future.

On August 31, 2022, the Company entered into an amended and restated Credit Agreement that provides for a revolving credit facility of $1 billion, which can be increased by an additional $400 million subject to certain conditions. The credit facility is governed by a Credit Agreement dated August 31, 2022 and matures on August 1, 2027. The Credit Agreement that governs the revolving line of credit contains customary events of default and would prohibit payment of dividends to Company shareholders in the event of a default thereunder.

Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities

During the years ended June 30, 2023 and June 30, 2022, the Company repurchased 222,000 shares of its common stock at an average share price of $88.12 and 1,576,952 shares at an average share price of $102.06, respectively. The Company's previous share repurchase plan, implemented in fiscal 2019, granted management the discretion to mitigate the dilutive effect of stock option exercises for fiscal 2018, which then increases in each period subsequent to June 30, 2018 for additional dilutive impacts of stock options exercised in those future periods. On February 2, 2022, the Company replaced the prior share repurchase plan with a new share repurchase plan that authorizes the Company to purchase up to $400 million in stock. The Company repurchased 356,952 shares for $41.3 million in fiscal 2022 under the previous plan. The Company repurchased 1,220,000 shares for $119.7 million in fiscal 2022 under the new share repurchase plan. In fiscal 2023, the Company repurchased 222,000 for $19.6 million also under the new share repurchase plan. As of June 30, 2023, the Company had $260.8 million available to repurchase under our existing plan.

Stock Performance Graph

The following chart compares the cumulative total shareholder return on the Company’s common stock with the S&P 500 Index and the S&P 500 Life Sciences Tools and Services Index. The comparison assumes $100 was invested on the last trading day before July 1, 2017 in the Company’s common stock and in each of the foregoing indices and assumes reinvestment of dividends. The Company became part of the S&P 500 Index during fiscal 2022.

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