Item 1A. Risk Factors

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Item 1A. Risk Factors

There have been no material changes to the risk factors previously disclosed in Part I, Item 1A of our Annual Report on Form 10-K (2021 10-K) for the year ended December 31, 2021 filed with Securities and Exchange Commission. You should carefully consider the risks included in our 2021 10-K, together with all the other information in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, including the forward-looking statements in Part I, Item 2 of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q under the heading "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations."

Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

Share repurchases

The following table summarizes our repurchases of our common stock during the first quarter of 2022:


Period	Total number of shares purchased	Average price paid per share		Total number of shares purchased as part of publicly announced plans or programs	Approximate dollar value of shares that may yet be purchased under the plans or programs
	(dollars and shares in thousands, except per share data)
January 1-31, 2022	1,031	$	111.04	1,031	$	2,269,501
February 1-28, 2022	406	109.95		406	$	2,224,806
March 1-31, 2022	667	111.26		667	$	2,150,621
	2,104	$	110.90	2,104

Effective on December 17, 2021, the Company's Board increased the Company's existing authorization by $2.0 billion. The Company is authorized to make purchases from time to time in the open market or in privately negotiated transactions, including without limitation, through accelerated share repurchase transactions, derivative transactions, tender offers, Rule 10b5-1 plans or any combination of the foregoing, depending upon market conditions and other considerations.

As of May 4, 2022, we had a total of $2.063 billion available under the current authorization for additional share repurchases. Although this share repurchase authorization does not have an expiration date, we remain subject to share repurchase limitations including under our current senior secured credit facilities.

Items 3, 4 and 5 are not applicable

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