Stockholders' Equity

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2022

Equity [Abstract]

Stockholders' Equity

21. Stockholders' Equity

Share Repurchases

In November 2020, the Company's Board of Directors approved a new standing share repurchase authorization, whereby the Company may repurchase up to 20 million shares beginning on January 1, 2021 through December 31, 2023. This share repurchase authorization replaced the February 2018 share repurchase authorization.

The Company's prior February 2018 share repurchase authorization, whereby the Company was authorized to repurchase up to 20 million shares of its common stock, expired on December 31, 2020. Upon expiration, there were 7,380,879 shares remaining.

On August 31, 2022, the Company entered into a $500,000 accelerated share repurchase agreement (the "ASR Agreement") with Bank of America N.A. ("Bank of America") to repurchase its shares in an accelerated share repurchase program (the "ASR Program"). The ASR Program is classified as equity, initially recorded at fair value with no subsequent remeasurement. The Company conducted the ASR Program under the November 2020 share repurchase authorization. The Company funded the ASR Program with net proceeds from commercial paper.

Under the terms of the ASR Agreement, the Company paid Bank of America $500,000 on September 1, 2022 and on that date received initial deliveries of 3,201,025 shares, representing a substantial majority of the shares expected to be retired over the course of the ASR Agreement. In December 2022, Bank of America delivered 691,270 additional shares which completed the ASR Program. During 2022, the Company received a total of 3,892,295 shares upon completion of the ASR

Agreement. The total number of shares ultimately repurchased under the ASR Agreement was based on the volume-weighted average share price of Dover's common stock during the calculation period of the ASR Program, less a discount, which was $128.46 over the term of the ASR Program.

During the years ended December 31, 2022, 2021, and 2020, exclusive of the ASR Program, the Company repurchased 641,428, 182,951, and 979,165 shares of common stock at a total cost of $85,000, $21,637, and $106,279 or $132.52, $118.27, and $108.54 per share, respectively.

As of December 31, 2022, 15,283,326 shares remain authorized for repurchase under the November 2020 share repurchase authorization.