In addition to the following notes, see Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations, Part IV—Consolidated Financial Statements and accompanying notes and previously filed Annual Reports on Form 10-K for further information regarding our consolidated results of operations and financial position for periods reported therein and for known factors that will affect the comparability of future results. Also see Part IV—Note 17, Stockholders’ equity, to the Consolidated Financial Statements, for information regarding cash dividends declared per share of common stock for each of the four quarters of 2018, 2017 and 2016. In addition, our Board of Directors declared dividends per share of $0.79 and $0.61 that were paid in each of the four quarters of 2015 and 2014, respectively.
(1)
In 2017, we recorded a net charge of $6.1 billion as a result of the 2017 Tax Act. See Part IV—Note 7, Income taxes, to the Consolidated Financial Statements.
(2)
See Part IV—Note 16, Financing arrangements, to the Consolidated Financial Statements, for discussion of our financing arrangements. In 2015, we issued $3.5 billion of debt and repaid $2.4 billion of debt. In 2014, we issued $4.5 billion of debt and repaid $5.6 billion of debt.
(3)
Throughout the five years ended December 31, 2018, we had a stock repurchase program authorized by the Board of Directors, through which we repurchased $17.9 billion, $3.1 billion, $3.0 billion, $1.9 billion and $0.2 billion, respectively, of Amgen common stock.