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

Market Information

Our Class A common stock currently trades on the NYSE under the symbol “VRT”.

Holders of Common Stock

As of February 16, 2024, there were 19 holders of record of the Company's common shares. Such number does not include DTC participants or beneficial owners holding shares through nominee names.

Cash Dividends

On November 29, 2023, we declared a dividend of $0.025 per share, paid on December 27, 2023 to our shareholders of record, as of December 11, 2023. We are a holding company without any direct operations and have no significant assets other than our ownership interest in Vertiv Holdings. Accordingly, our ability to pay dividends depends upon the financial condition, liquidity and results of operations of, and our receipt of dividends, loans or other funds from, our subsidiaries. Our subsidiaries are separate and distinct legal entities and have no obligation to make funds available to us. In addition, there are various statutory, regulatory and contractual limitations and business considerations on the extent, if any, to which our subsidiaries may pay dividends, make loans or otherwise provide funds to us. For example, the ability of our subsidiaries to make distributions, loans and other payments to us for the purposes described above and for any other purpose may be limited by the terms of the Senior Secured Credit Facilities and agreements with respect to any of our other outstanding indebtedness.

The declaration and payment of dividends is also at the discretion of our Board and depends on various factors including our results of operations, financial condition, cash requirements, prospects and other factors deemed relevant by our Board. In addition, under Delaware law, our Board may declare dividends only to the extent of our surplus (which is defined as total assets at fair market value minus total liabilities, minus statutory capital) or, if there is no surplus, out of our net profits for the then-current and/or immediately preceding fiscal year.

Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities; Use of Proceeds from Registered Securities; Repurchases of Securities

On November 29, 2023, the Board of Directors of the Company approved a stock repurchase program, which authorizes the repurchase of shares of Company Class A common stock in an aggregate amount of up to $3.0 billion through December 31, 2027. The stock repurchase program does not obligate the Company to repurchase any specific dollar amount or number of shares of Class A common stock and the Board's authorization of the program may be modified, suspended or discontinued at any time. The Company did not repurchase any shares of Class A common stock during the fourth quarter of 2023.

Stock Performance Graph

The following graph provides a comparison of the cumulative total stockholder return on our common stock from December 31, 2018 through December 31, 2023 to the returns of the S&P MidCap 400 and Russell 1000. The graph assumes that $100 was invested on December 31, 2018 in our Class A common stock and that any dividends were reinvested. The graph is not, and is not intended to be, indicative of future performance of our common stock.