Share Repurchases

6 Months Ended

Jan. 28, 2018

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Share Repurchases

Share Repurchases

In March 2017, the Board authorized a share repurchase program to purchase up to $1,500. The program has no expiration date, but it may be suspended or discontinued at any time. In addition to this publicly announced program, we have a separate Board authorization to purchase shares to offset the impact of dilution from shares issued under our stock compensation plans. With the pending acquisition of Snyder's-Lance, we suspended our share repurchases in the second quarter of 2018.

During the six-month period ended January 28, 2018, we repurchased 2 million shares at a cost of $86. Of this amount, $75 was used to repurchase shares pursuant to our March 2017 publicly announced share repurchase program. Approximately $1,296 remained available under the March 2017 program as of January 28, 2018. During the six-month period ended January 29, 2017, we repurchased 4 million shares at a cost of $234.