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Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
−Removed: A summary of the share repurchase activity for the company’s third quarter of 2025 follows:
+Added: A summary of the share repurchase activity for the company’s first quarter of 2026 follows:
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 (2) Maximum dollar amount of shares that may yet be purchased under the plans or programs (1)(2)
(in millions)
−Removed: Fiscal July (Jun.
+Added: Fiscal January (Jan.
31) 4,869,851 $ 616.04 4,869,851 $ 2,000
−Removed: Fiscal August (Aug.
+Added: Fiscal February (Feb.
28) — — — 2,000
−Removed: Fiscal September (Aug.
+Added: Fiscal March (Mar.
28) — — — 2,000
−Removed: Total third quarter 2,116,219 $ 472.54 2,116,219 $ —
+Added: Total first quarter 4,869,851 $ 616.04 4,869,851 $ 2,000
(1) Amounts exclude excise taxes and other transaction costs.
−Removed: (2) On November 15, 2024, the Board of Directors announced that it replaced the existing authorization to repurchase the company’s common stock, of which $1.00 billion was remaining, with a new authorization to repurchase up to $4.00 billion of the company’s common stock.
−Removed: All of the shares of common stock repurchased by the company during the third quarter of 2025 were under this program, depleting the 2024 authorization.
+Added: (2) On November 6, 2025, the Board of Directors authorized the repurchase of up to $5.00 billion of the company’s common stock.
+Added: All of the shares of common stock repurchased by the company during the first three months of 2026 were under this program.
+Added: THERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC INC.
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