Company: CLH
Filing Date: 2025-02-19
Form Type: 10-K
Source: 0000822818-25-000007
Chunk: 295

Company: CLEAN HARBORS INC
Filing Date: 2025-02-19
Form: 10-K
Item: Item 5
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 restricted shares granted under our long-term equity incentive programs.

(2)    The average price paid per share of common stock repurchased under our stock repurchase program includes commissions paid to the brokers.

(3)    On December 5, 2023, our Board authorized a $500.0 million expansion of the Company’s then-existing share repurchase program. As of December 31, 2024, the amount available for repurchase under the expanded plan is $499.1 million. We have funded and intend to fund repurchases through available cash resources. The stock repurchase program authorizes us to purchase our common stock on the open market, pursuant to pre-set trading plans meeting the requirements of Rule 10b5-1 under the Exchange Act, in privately negotiated transactions periodically in a manner that complies with applicable U.S. securities laws or otherwise. The number of shares purchased and the timing of the purchases has depended and will depend on several factors, including share price, cash required for business plans, trading volume and other conditions. During the three months ended December 31, 2024, no shares were repurchased under the Rule 10b5-1 plan. We have no obligation to repurchase stock under this program and may suspend or terminate the repurchase program at any time.

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COMPARISON OF 5-YEAR CUMULATIVE TOTAL RETURN

AMONG CLEAN HARBORS, INC.,

NYSE COMPOSITE INDEX, S&P MIDCAP 400 INDEX AND A CUSTOM PEER GROUP

Performance Graph

The following performance graph shall not be deemed “soliciting material” or to be “filed” with the SEC for purposes 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 filing of the Company under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act.

The following graph compares the five-year return from investing $100 in each of our common stock, the NYSE Composite Index, the S&P Midcap 400 Index and a new custom peer group as well as the custom peer group used in our 2023 annual report. In 2024, we reassessed our peers to create a new a custom peer group that more closely aligns with the breadth and size of our current operations and reflects changes of ownership in private transactions. This new peer group is comprised of ABM Industries Incorporated, Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc., APi Group Corporation, Chemed Corporation, Darling Ingredients,