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Ordinary Shares, $0.01 par value 25,525
−Removed: As of September 30, 2024, approximately $1.7 billion remains available under the share repurchase program which was authorized by the Company's Board of Directors in March 2021.
−Removed: The share repurchase authorization does not have an expiration date and may be amended or terminated by the Board of Directors at any time without prior notice.
−Removed: During fiscal 2024, the Company repurchased $1.2 billion of its ordinary shares on the open market.
+Added: The Company and its predecessors has paid a consecutive dividend since 1887, including most recently a dividend of $0.40 per share in the first fiscal quarter of 2026, a $0.03 cent increase over the previous quarterly dividend.
+Added: The timing, declaration and payment of future dividends to holders of the Company’s ordinary shares will depend upon many factors, including the Company’s financial condition and results of operations, the capital requirements of its businesses, industry practice and any other relevant factors.
+Added: In June 2025, the Company's Board of Directors approved a $9.0 billion increase to the Company's share repurchase authorization, adding to the $1.1 billion remaining as of March 31, 2025 under the prior share repurchase authorization approved in 2021.
+Added: The share repurchase authorization does not have an expiration date and may be amended or terminated by
+Added: the Board of Directors at any time without prior notice.
+Added: On August 7, 2025, the Company entered into accelerated share repurchase transactions (the “ASR Transactions”) to repurchase an aggregate of $5.0 billion (the “Repurchase Price”) of the Company’s ordinary shares (the “Shares”).
+Added: The ASR Transactions are being completed under the Company’s current share repurchase authorization.
+Added: Under the terms of the ASR Transactions, on August 11, 2025, the Company paid the Repurchase Price to the Counterparties in exchange for an initial delivery of approximately 43,140,640 Shares.
+Added: The total number of Shares to be repurchased under the ASR Transactions will be based on volume-weighted average prices of the Shares during the term of the ASR Transactions, less a discount and subject to customary adjustments.
+Added: The ASR Transactions are scheduled to terminate in the second quarter of fiscal 2026.
The following table presents information regarding the repurchase of the Company’s ordinary shares by the Company as part of the publicly announced program during the three months ended September 30, 2025.
−Removed: Period Total Number of Shares Purchased Average Price Paid per Share Total Number of Shares Purchased as Part of the Publicly Announced Program Approximate Dollar Value of Shares that May Yet be Purchased under the Programs
+Added: Total Number of Shares Purchased
+Added: Average Price Paid per Share
+Added: Total Number of Shares Purchased as Part of the Publicly Announced Program
+Added: Approximate Dollar Value of Shares that May Yet be Purchased under the Programs
7/1/25 - 7/31/25
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8/1/25 - 8/31/25
+Added: 43,140,640 115.90 43,140,640 4,753,103,166
+Added: 9/1/25 - 9/30/25
+Added: - - - 4,753,103,166
During the three months ended September 30, 2025, acquisitions of shares by the Company from certain employees in order to satisfy employee tax withholding requirements in connection with the vesting of restricted shares were not material.
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The following information in Item 5 is not deemed to be "soliciting material" or to be "filed" with the SEC or subject to Regulation 14A or 14C under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ("Exchange Act") or to the liabilities of Section 18 of the Exchange Act, and will not be deemed to be incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act of 1933 or the Exchange Act, except to the extent the Company specifically incorporates it by reference into such a filing.
−Removed: The line graph below compares the cumulative total shareholder return on the Company's ordinary shares with the cumulative total return of companies on the Standard & Poor’s ("S&P’s") 500 Stock Index and the companies on the S&P 500 Industrials Index.
+Added: The line graph below compares the cumulative total shareholder return on the Company's ordinary shares with the cumulative total return of companies on the Standard & Poor’s ("S&P") 500 Stock Index and the companies on the S&P 500 Industrials Index.
This graph assumes the investment of $100 on September 30, 2020 and the reinvestment of all dividends since that date.
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