Item 1A. RISK FACTORS
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Item 1A. RISK FACTORS
There have been no material changes to the risk factors as disclosed in the Company’s Form 10-K for the year ended January 1, 2022 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 22, 2022.
ITEM 2. UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS
Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
The following table provides information about the Company’s purchases of equity securities that are registered by the Company pursuant to Section 12 of the Exchange Act during the three months ended April 2, 2022:
| 2022 | Total Number Of Shares Purchased (a) | Average Price Paid Per Share | Total Number Of Shares Purchased As Part Of A Publicly Announced Plan Or Program | (In Millions) Maximum Number Of Shares That May Yet Be Purchased Under The Program (b) | |||||||||||||||||||
| January 2 - February 5 | — | $ | — | — | 20 | ||||||||||||||||||
| February 6 - March 5 | 12,681,866 | 154.82 | 10,756,770 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||
| March 6 - April 2 | 47,851 | 145.10 | — | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Total | 12,729,717 | $ | 154.79 | 10,756,770 | 7 |
(a)Shares of common stock in this column totaling 36,495 and 47,851 for the months ended March 5, 2022 and April 2, 2022, respectively, were deemed surrendered to the Company by participants in various benefit plans of the Company to satisfy the participants’ taxes related to vesting or delivery of time-vesting restricted share units under those plans. Shares in this column totaling 1,888,601 for the month ended March 5, 2022 were open market share repurchases.
(b)On February 16, 2022, the Board of Directors terminated the previous repurchase program (the "April 2021 Program") and approved a new repurchase program of up to the greater of (i) 20.0 million shares of the Company’s common stock; and (ii) the number of shares of the Company’s common stock in the aggregate that can be purchased for an amount up to $2.5 billion (the "February 2022 Program"). On April 21, 2022, the Board terminated the February 2022 Program and approved a new share repurchase program of up to 20 million shares of the Company’s common stock (the “April 2022
Program”). The April 2022 Program does not have an expiration date. The Company may repurchase shares under the April 2022 Program through open market purchases, privately negotiated transactions or share repurchase programs, including one or more accelerated share repurchase programs (under which an initial payment for the entire repurchase amount may be made at the inception of the program). Such repurchases may be funded from cash on hand, short-term borrowings or other sources of cash at the Company’s discretion, and the Company is under no obligation to repurchase any shares pursuant to the repurchase program. The currently authorized shares available for repurchase under the April 2022 Program do not include (i) approximately 3.6 million shares reserved and authorized for purchase under the Company’s approved repurchase program in place prior to the April 2022 Program relating to a forward share purchase contract entered into in March 2015; or (ii) the shares reserved and authorized for repurchase under the February 2022 Program relating to the remaining shares to be delivered pursuant to the ASR (defined below) in the second quarter of 2022. In March 2022, the Company executed an accelerated share repurchase ("ASR") with a notional amount of $2.0 billion, which was funded through borrowings under one of its existing 364-Day committed credit facilities. The ASR terms provide for an initial delivery of 85% of the total notional share equivalent at execution, or approximately 10.8 million shares. The final delivery of the remaining shares under the ASR is expected to be completed by the end of the second quarter of 2022. The total amount of shares to be ultimately delivered will be determined at the end of the calculation period based on the volume weighted average price ("VWAP") of the Company's stock (inclusive of a VWAP discount) during that period. In the event that the Company's stock price increases significantly during the calculation period, the Company may be required to settle the transaction by delivering common shares or may elect to make a cash payment. Refer to Note J, Equity Arrangements, of the Notes to (Unaudited) Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements in Part I, Item 1 for further discussion.
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