Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities
ITEM 2. UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS
Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
Period Total Number of Shares Purchased (1)
Average Price Paid per Share Total Number of Shares Purchased as Part of a Publicly Announced Program (2)
Number of Shares Remaining to be Purchased Under the Program (2)
January 1, 2024 to
January 31, 2024 4,654,264 $ 70.260 4,653,786 47,379,648
February 1, 2024 to
February 29, 2024 412,208 52.976 — 47,379,648
March 1, 2024 to
March 31, 2024 9,325,919 60.387 8,880,986 38,498,662
Total 14,392,391 $ 63.368 13,534,772 38,498,662
(1) Total shares purchased represent those shares purchased in the open market as part of the Company’s publicly announced share repurchase program described below, shares received as payment for the exercise price of stock option exercises, and shares received as payment for the withholding taxes on vested restricted stock awards. During the three-month period ended March 31, 2024, there were 857,619 shares received as payments for the withholding taxes on vested restricted stock awards.
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ITEM 4. UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS (Continued)
(2) On November 5, 2014, the Company’s Board of Directors approved a stock repurchase program authorizing the Company to repurchase up to 100,000,000 shares of the Company’s common stock during the period commencing January 1, 2015 and ending December 31, 2019. On August 7, 2019, the Company’s Board of Directors approved the extension of the stock repurchase program through December 31, 2024 and the repurchase of up to an additional 100,000,000 shares under the extended program.
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