UL Solutions Inc
For the period ended Dec 31, 2024. Filed Feb 20, 2025.
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FY2024 · Filed Feb 20, 2025
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PART II
ITEM 5. Market for the Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
The Company’s common stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”), trading under the symbol “ULS.”
As of February 12, 2025, there was one holder of record of the Company’s Class A common stock. The number of record holders is based upon the actual number of holders registered on the Company’s books at such date based on information provided by the Company’s transfer agent and does not include holders of shares in “street name” or other holders identified in security position listings maintained by depository trust companies.
There is no established public trading market for the Company’s Class B common stock. As of February 12, 2025, the Company’s Class B common stock was held by one stockholder, ULSE Inc.
Dividends
The Company currently intends to continue paying a regular cash dividend on its common stock. The Company intends to periodically assess the size of the regular quarterly dividend based on its dividend policy and the factors noted below. However, the Company cannot give any assurance that it will continue to declare dividends in any particular amounts, or at all, in the future.
A summary of cash dividends per share on the outstanding UL Solutions common stock declared to shareholders by the Company’s Board during the twelve months ended December 31, 2024 is presented below:
| Declaration Date | Shareholders of Record as of Close of Business Date | Payment Date | Dividends per share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3/14/2024 | 3/14/2024 | 3/29/2024 | $0.125 |
| 5/22/2024 | 6/3/2024 | 6/18/2024 | $0.125 |
| 8/13/2024 | 8/30/2024 | 9/9/2024 | $0.125 |
| 11/13/2024 | 11/29/2024 | 12/9/2024 | $0.125 |
On February 11, 2025, the Company declared a regular cash dividend of $0.13 per share, an increase from the previous $0.125 per share.
Under the Company’s dividend policy, any determination as to the declaration and payment of dividends, if any, is at the discretion of the Company’s board of directors, subject to capital availability, applicable laws and compliance with contractual restrictions and covenants in the agreements governing the Company’s current and future indebtedness, as well as the Company’s Charter and the Stockholder Agreement. Any such determination will also depend upon periodic determinations by the Company’s board of directors that cash dividends are in the best interest of the Company’s stockholders, and upon the Company’s earnings, cash flow, business outlook and prospects, results of operations, financial condition, liquidity, future cash requirements and availability and other factors that the Company’s board of directors may deem relevant.
Comparative Stock Performance Graph
The graph below compares the cumulative total shareholder return on the Company’s ordinary shares with the cumulative total return of companies on the Standard & Poor’s (“S&P’s”) 500 Stock Index and the companies on the S&P 500 Industrials Index. This graph assumes an investment of $100 at the market close on April 12, 2024, the date our Class A common stock began trading. Data in the graph assumes reinvestment of all dividends since that date. The graph uses the closing market price on April 12, 2024 of $34.94 per share as the initial value of the Company’s Class A common stock. The comparisons in the graph below are based upon historical data and are not indicative of, nor intended to forecast, future performance of the Company’s Class A common stock.
Information used in the graph was obtained from a source we believe to be reliable, but we do not assume responsibility for any errors or omissions in such information. This performance graph shall not be deemed “soliciting material” or to be “filed” with the SEC for purposes of Section 18 of the Exchange Act, or otherwise subject to the liabilities under that Section, and shall not be deemed to be incorporated by reference into any of the Company’s filings under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act.
Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
None.
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