Item 1A. - Risk Factors

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Item 1A. - Risk Factors

There have been no material changes in the Company’s risk factors from those disclosed in Part I, “Item 1A. Risk Factors” in our Annual Report filed with the SEC on March 27, 2023.

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

Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities

The following table sets forth information with respect to purchases of the Company’s common stock on a trade date basis made during the three months ended May 5, 2023:


	Total Number of Shares Purchased 1	Average Price Paid per Share		Total Number of Shares Purchased as Part of Publicly Announced Plans or Programs 2	Approximate Dollar Value of Shares that May Yet Be Purchased Under the Plans or Programs 2, 3
February 4, 2023 - March 3, 2023 4	3,075,592	$	197.52	3,075,346	$	19,977,480,160
March 4, 2023 - April 7, 2023	2,659,061	199.41		2,007,678	19,577,481,132
April 8, 2023 - May 5, 2023 4	4,860,663	204.23		4,860,272	18,727,456,212
As of May 5, 2023	10,595,316	$	201.07	9,943,296	$	18,727,456,212

1**The total number of shares repurchased includes shares withheld from employees to satisfy either the exercise price of stock options or the statutory withholding tax liability upon the vesting of share-based awards.

2**On December 7, 2022, the Company announced that its Board of Directors authorized an additional $15.0 billion of share repurchases, in addition to the $13.0 billion of share repurchases authorized by the Board of Directors in December 2021, with no expiration.

3**Beginning January 1, 2023, the Company’s share repurchases in excess of issuances are subject to a 1% excise tax enacted by the Inflation Reduction Act. Any excise tax incurred on share repurchases is recognized as part of the cost basis of the shares acquired in the consolidated statements of shareholders’ deficit.

4**In March 2023, the Company entered into an Accelerated Share Repurchase (ASR) agreement with a third-party financial institution to repurchase the Company’s common stock. At inception, pursuant to the agreement, the Company paid $750 million to the financial institution and received an initial delivery of 3.1 million shares. In May, prior to the end of the first quarter, the Company finalized the transaction and received an additional 0.7 million shares. The average price paid per share in settlement of the ASR agreement included in the table above was determined with reference to the volume-weighted average price of the Company’s common stock over the term of the ASR agreement. See Note 8 to the consolidated financial statements included herein for additional information regarding share repurchases.


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