Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities
Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds.
Our stock repurchase activity for each of the three months in the quarter ended September 30, 2023 was:
Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
Period Total
Number
of Shares
Purchased (1)
Average
Price Paid
per Share (1)
Total Number of
Shares Purchased
as Part of Publicly
Announced Plans
or Programs (2) (3)
Approximate Dollar Value of Shares That May Yet Be Purchased Under the Plans or Programs (2)
July 1-31, 2023 786,602 $ 72.92 781,549 $ 5,341
August 1-31, 2023 3,243 73.78 — 5,341
September 1-30, 2023 1,054 71.23 — 5,341
For the Quarter Ended September 30, 2023 790,899 $ 72.92 781,549
(1) The total number of shares purchased (and the average price paid per share) reflects: (i) shares purchased pursuant to the repurchase program described in (2) below; and (ii) shares tendered to us by employees who used shares to exercise options and to pay the related taxes for grants of deferred stock that vested, totaling 5,053 shares, 3,243 shares and 1,054 shares for the fiscal months of July, August and September 2023, respectively.
(2) Dollar values stated in millions. Effective January 1, 2023, our Board of Directors authorized a program for the repurchase of up to $6.0 billion of our Common Stock through December 31, 2025, excluding excise tax. Since the program inception on January 1, 2023 through September 30, 2023, we have repurchased $659 million. As of September 30, 2023, we had approximately $5.3 billion share repurchase authorization remaining. See related information in Note 11, Stock Plans .
(3) As of January 1, 2023, our share repurchases in excess of issuances are subject to a 1% excise tax enacted by the Inflation Reduction Act. Any excise tax incurred on share repurchases is recognized as part of the cost basis of the shares acquired in the consolidated statements of equity.
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