Company: ST
Filing Date: 2025-05-08
Form Type: 10-Q
Source: 0001477294-25-000067
Chunk: 88

Company: Sensata Technologies Holding plc
Filing Date: 2025-05-08
Form: 10-Q
Item: Item 8
Chunk 88
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 any permitted indebtedness). These provisions were not triggered during the three months ended March 31, 2025. 

The Credit Agreement and the Senior Notes Indentures contain restrictions and covenants that limit the ability of our wholly-owned subsidiary, STBV, and certain of its subsidiaries to, among other things, incur subsequent indebtedness, sell assets, pay dividends, and make other restricted payments. For a full discussion of these restrictions and covenants, refer to Part II, Item 7: Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations—Capital Resources included in our 2024 Annual Report. These restrictions and covenants, which are subject to important exceptions and qualifications set forth in the Credit Agreement and Senior Notes Indentures, were taken into consideration when we established our share repurchase programs and will be evaluated periodically with respect to future potential funding of those programs. As of March 31, 2025, we believe we were in compliance with all covenants and default provisions under our credit arrangements.

Share repurchase programs

From time to time, our Board of Directors has authorized various share repurchase programs, which may be modified or terminated by our Board at any time. We currently have authorization for the September 2023 Program, under which approximately $302.5 million remained available as of March 31, 2025. In the three months ended March 31, 2025, and 2024, we repurchased 3.5 million and 0.3 million ordinary shares under the September 2023 Program. 

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Dividends

In the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, we paid aggregate cash dividends of $17.9 million and $18.1 million, respectively. On April 21, 2025, we announced that our Board of Directors approved a quarterly dividend of $0.12 per share, payable on May 28, 2025 to shareholders of record as of May 14, 2025.

Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates

For a discussion of the critical accounting policies that require the use of significant judgments and estimates by management, refer to Part II, Item 7: Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations—Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates included in our 2024 Annual Report. The preparation of consolidated financial statements in accordance with U.S. GAAP requires us to exercise judgment in the process of applying our accounting policies. It also requires that we make estimates and