Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities
ITEM 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds
(c) The following table provides information about Company purchases of equity securities that are registered by the Company pursuant to Section 12 of the Exchange Act during the quarter ended June 29, 2024:
Period Total
Number of
Shares
Purchased
Average
Price Paid
per Share (1)
Total Number
of Shares
Purchased as
Part of Publicly
Announced
Plans or
Programs Maximum
Number of
Shares that
May Yet Be
Purchased
Under the
Plans or
Programs (2)
March 31, 2024 - April 30, 2024
3,127,592 $ 115.33 3,127,592 388 million
May 1, 2024 - May 31, 2024
6,421,513 104.35 6,421,513 381 million
June 1, 2024 - June 29, 2024
4,624,500 101.42 4,624,500 377 million
Total 14,173,605 105.82 14,173,605 377 million
(1) Amounts exclude the one percent excise tax on stock repurchases imposed by the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022.
(2) Under a share repurchase program implemented effective February 7, 2024, the Company is authorized to repurchase a total of 400 million shares of its common stock. The repurchase program does not have an expiration date.
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ITEM 5. Other Items
Rule 10b5-1 Trading Arrangements
On May 10, 2024 and May 17, 2024 , respectively, Horacio E. Gutierrez , the Company’s Senior Executive Vice President, Chief Legal and Compliance Officer , and Sonia L. Coleman , the Company’s Senior Executive Vice President, Chief Human Resources Officer , each adopted a trading plan intended to satisfy the affirmative defense of Rule 10b5-1(c) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Mr. Gutierrez’s trading plan provides for the sale of up to 65,401 gross shares (which includes shares vesting during the duration of the trading plan pursuant to certain equity awards previously granted to Mr. Gutierrez and shares underlying performance-based equity awards calculated at target), plus any related dividend-equivalent shares subsequently earned with respect to such shares and excluding any shares withheld to satisfy tax withholding obligations in connection with the net settlement of the equity awards. Ms. Coleman’s trading plan provides for the sale of up to 12,294 gross shares (which includes shares vesting during the duration of the trading plan pursuant to certain equity awards previously granted to Ms. Coleman), plus any related dividend-equivalent shares subsequently earned with respect to such shares and excluding any shares withheld to satisfy tax withholding obligations in connection with the net settlement of the equity awards. Mr. Gutierrez’s trading plan is scheduled to terminate on August 13, 2025 and Ms. Coleman’s trading plan is scheduled to terminate on April 1, 2025 , in each case subject to early termination.
Data Compromise
The Company is conducting an ongoing investigation of the exfiltration and unauthorized release of over a terabyte of data from one of the communication systems used by the Company. The Company has notified a data protection regulator and may make future notifications to other data protection regulators and individuals regarding impacted employee information.
The incident has not had a material impact on the Company’s operations. Based on the investigation to date, the Company does not expect the incident to have a material impact on the Company, including its financial condition or results of operations.
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ITEM 6. Exhibits
INDEX OF EXHIBITS
Number and Description of Exhibit
(Numbers Coincide with Item 601 of Regulation S-K) Document Incorporated by Reference from a Previous Filing or Filed Herewith, as Indicated below
22 List of Guarantor Subsidiaries
Filed herewith
31(a) Rule 13a-14(a) Certification of Chief Executive Officer of the Company in accordance with Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
Filed herewith
31(b) Rule 13a-14(a) Certification of Chief Financial Officer of the Company in accordance with Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
Filed herewith
32(a) Section 1350 Certification of Chief Executive Officer of the Company in accordance with Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 *
Furnished
32(b) Section 1350 Certification of Chief Financial Officer of the Company in accordance with Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 *
Furnished
101 The following materials from the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 29, 2024 formatted in Inline Extensible Business Reporting Language (iXBRL): (i) the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations, (ii) the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (Loss), (iii) the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets, (iv) the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows, (v) the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Equity and (vi) related notes Filed herewith
104 Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document) Filed herewith
* This certification is deemed not filed for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liability of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended or the Exchange Act.
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SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
THE WALT DISNEY COMPANY
(Registrant)
By: /s/ HUGH F. JOHNSTON
Hugh F. Johnston,
Senior Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
August 7, 2024
Burbank, California
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