Item 1A. Risk Factors.
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Item 1A. Risk Factors.
There were no material changes to the risk factors disclosed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022.
Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds.
Our stock repurchase activity for each of the three months in the quarter ended March 31, 2023 was:
| Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period | Total Number of Shares Purchased (1) | Average Price Paid per Share (1) | Total Number of Shares Purchased as Part of Publicly Announced Plans or Programs (2) (3) | Approximate Dollar Value of Shares That May Yet Be Purchased Under the Plans or Programs (2) | |||||||||||||||||||
| January 1-31, 2023 | 2,917,541 | $ | 65.71 | 2,916,179 | $ | 5,808 | |||||||||||||||||
| February 1-28, 2023 | 1,990,633 | 65.87 | 1,552,803 | 5,706 | |||||||||||||||||||
| March 1-31, 2023 | 1,698,800 | 66.57 | 1,697,054 | 5,593 | |||||||||||||||||||
| For the Quarter Ended March 31, 2023 | 6,606,974 | $ | 65.98 | 6,166,036 |
(1)The total number of shares purchased (and the average price paid per share) reflects: (i) shares purchased pursuant to the repurchase program described in (2) below; and (ii) shares tendered to us by employees who used shares to exercise options and to pay the related taxes for grants of deferred stock that vested, totaling 1,362 shares, 437,830 shares and 1,746 shares for the fiscal months of January, February and March 2023, respectively.
(2)Dollar values stated in millions. Effective January 1, 2023, our Board of Directors authorized a program for the repurchase of up to $6.0 billion of our Common Stock through December 31, 2025, excluding excise tax. Since the program inception on January 1, 2023 through March 31, 2023, we have repurchased $406.6 million. As of March 31, 2023, we had approximately $5.6 billion share repurchase authorization remaining. See related information in Note 11, Stock Plans.
(3)As of January 1, 2023, our 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 equity.
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