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Item 1A. Risk Factors

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Item 1A. Risk Factors

There have been no material changes to our risk factors contained in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the period ended December 31, 2023. For further discussion of our risk factors, refer to Item 1A. "Risk Factors" contained in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the period ended December 31, 2023.

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

Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities

The following table provides information with respect to purchases of our ordinary shares during the first quarter of 2024:

PeriodTotal number of shares purchased (000's) (a) (b)Average price paid per share (a) (b)Total number of shares purchased as part of program (000's) (a)Approximate dollar value of shares still available to be purchased under the program ($000's) (a)
January 1 - January 31331.2$245.67328.7$2,449,773
February 1 - February 29464.1276.28366.12,348,929
March 1 - March 31408.4290.50408.42,230,285
Total1,203.7$272.681,103.2

(a) Share repurchases are made from time to time in accordance with management's capital allocation strategy, subject to market conditions and regulatory requirements. In February 2022, our Board of Directors authorized a share repurchase program of up to $3.0 billion of our ordinary shares (2022 Authorization). During the three months ended March 31, 2024, we repurchased approximately $300 million of our ordinary shares, consistent with our capital allocation strategy, leaving $2.2 billion remaining under the 2022 Authorization as of March 31, 2024.

(b) We may also reacquire shares outside of the repurchase program from time to time in connection with the surrender of shares to cover taxes on vesting of share-based awards. We reacquired 2,487 shares in January, 98,001 shares in February, and 25 shares in March in transactions outside of the repurchase programs.

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