Item 1. Legal Proceedings.

Incorporated by reference herein is information regarding certain legal proceedings in which we are involved as set forth under “Litigation” contained in Note 7 – “Commitments and Contingencies” in the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements in Item 1 of Part I of this quarterly report on Form 10-Q.

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

(c)

ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES


					Approximate
					Dollar Value of
					Shares that May
				Total Number of	Yet Be
				Shares Purchased	Purchased
	Total Number	Average		as Part of Publicly	Under the Plans
	of Shares	Price Paid Per		Announced Plans	or Programs(4)
Period(1)	Purchased(2)	Share(2)		or Programs(3)	(in millions)
First four weeks
August 15, 2021 to September 11, 2021	892,809	$	45.15	892,809	$	755
Second four weeks
September 12, 2021 to October 9, 2021	3,141,603	$	40.70	3,112,447	$	639
Third four weeks
October 10, 2021 to November 6, 2021	3,296,363	$	39.58	3,296,180	$	511
Total	7,330,775	$	40.74	7,301,436	$	511

(1)	The reported periods conform to our fiscal calendar composed of thirteen 28-day periods. The third quarter of 2021 contained three 28-day periods.

(2)

Includes (i) shares repurchased under the June 2021 Repurchase Program described below in (4), (ii) shares repurchased under a program announced on December 6, 1999 to repurchase common shares to reduce dilution resulting from our employee stock option and long-term incentive plans, under which repurchases are limited to proceeds received from exercises of stock options and the tax benefits associated therewith (“1999 Repurchase Program”) and (iii) 29,339 shares that were surrendered to the Company by participants under our long-term incentive plans to pay for taxes on restricted stock awards.

(3)	Represents shares repurchased under the June 2021 Repurchase Program and the 1999 Repurchase Program.

(4)

On June 16, 2021, our Board of Directors approved a $1.0 billion share repurchase program to reacquire shares via open market purchase or privately negotiated transactions, block trades, or pursuant to trades intending to comply with Rule 10b5-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “June 2021 Repurchase Program”). The amounts shown in this column reflect the amount remaining under the June 2021 Repurchase Program as of the specified period end dates. Amounts available under the 1999 Repurchase Program are dependent upon option exercise activity. The June 2021 Repurchase Program and the 1999 Repurchase Program do not have an expiration date but may be suspended or terminated by our Board of Directors at any time.

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