Item 1A. Risk Factors

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Item 1A. Risk Factors

In addition to the other information set forth in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, you should carefully consider the risk factors discussed in Part I, “Item 1A. Risk Factors” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2020, which could materially affect our business, financial condition or results of operations. There have been no material changes to our risk factors from those disclosed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2020 and in Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2021.

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

In the third quarter of 2021, we purchased shares of our common stock as follows:

Total Number of Shares Purchased (1)Average Price Paid per Share (including fees)Total Number of Shares Purchased As Part of Publicly Announced PlansApproximate Dollar Value of Shares that may yet be Purchased under our Share Repurchase Plans (in millions) (2)
July 1 through July 31796$329.44—$1,046.0
August 1 through August 28530,291$328.54517,598$846.0
August 29 through September 3095,268$330.1590,882$846.0
626,355608,480

(1) Includes 17,875 shares of common stock we repurchased in July, August and September of 2021 to satisfy employee tax-withholding obligations in connection with the exercise of long-term incentive awards.

(2) After $200.0 million related to the repurchase under the ASR agreement executed in August 2021. The stock repurchase was executed pursuant to a previously announced repurchase plan. In July 2021, the Board of Directors authorized an additional $1.0 billion of stock repurchases. See Note 5 in the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statement for further details.

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