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Announced Plans or
−Removed: Under the Plans or
+Added: Under the Plans
Paid Per Share
−Removed: Programs (2) (3)
+Added: or Programs (2) (3)
October 1 - 31, 2021
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Total shares purchased through the share repurchase program were 54.8 million shares at a cost of $2.4 billion for a weighted average cost of $44.52 per share through December 31, 2021.
−Removed: (3) On February 12, 2020, the Company’s Board of Directors authorized a new share repurchase program for up to an additional 10 million shares of the Company’s common stock.
+Added: (3) On February 12, 2020, the Company’s Board of Directors authorized a new share repurchase program for up to an additional 10 million of the Company’s common shares.
The following line graph compares the yearly percentage change in the cumulative total shareholder return on the Company’s common stock against the cumulative total return of the S&P Composite 500 Stock Index ("S&P 500") and the S&P 400 MidCap Index ("S&P 400") for the five-year calendar period commencing January 1, 2017 and ending December 31, 2021.
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A peer-group index for the welding industry, in general, is not readily available because the industry is comprised of a large number of privately held competitors and competitors that are smaller parts of large publicly traded companies.
−Removed: SELECTED FINANCIA DATA
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