Item 12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters

The information required by Item 403 of Regulation S-K will be included under the caption “Stock Ownership Information” in the 2022 Proxy Statement, and that information is incorporated by reference herein.

Equity Compensation Plan Information

Our equity compensation plans approved by our shareholders provide for the issuance of common stock to officers and other employees, directors and consultants. The following table sets forth information regarding outstanding options and units, and shares available for future issuance under these plans as of December 31, 2021:


Plan Category	Number of shares to be issued upon exercise of outstanding options and units	Weighted-average exercise price of outstanding options	Number of securities remaining available for future issuance under equity compensation plans (excluding shares reflected in column (a))
	(a)	(b)	(c)
Equity compensation plans approved by shareholders
Stock options	1,709,379	$121.83
Deferred compensation	1,075,168
Other stock units(1)	8,296,087
Equity compensation plans not approved by shareholders	None	None	None
Total(2)	11,080,634	$121.83	7,922,062

(1) Includes 766,802 shares issuable in respect of Performance-Based Restricted Stock Units subject to the satisfaction of performance criteria and assumes payout at maximum levels.

(2) Excludes the potential Performance Awards which the Compensation Committee has the discretion to pay in cash, stock or a combination of both after the three-year performance periods which end in 2022 and 2023.

For further information, see Note 17 to our Consolidated Financial Statements.

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