Shareholders' Equity

6 Months Ended

Mar. 28, 2020

Equity [Abstract]

Shareholders' Equity

Shareholders’ Equity

As of March 28, 2020, the Company was authorized to purchase up to $175 billion of the Company’s common stock under a share repurchase program, of which $134.6 billion had been utilized. During the six months ended March 28, 2020, the Company repurchased 135.0 million shares of its common stock for $38.5 billion, including 30.4 million shares initially delivered under a $10.0 billion accelerated share repurchase arrangement (“ASR”) dated November 2019. On April 30, 2020, the Company announced the Board of Directors increased the share repurchase program authorization by $50 billion. The Company’s share repurchase program does not obligate it to acquire any specific number of shares. Under this program, shares may be repurchased in privately negotiated and/or open market transactions, including under plans complying with Rule 10b5-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”).

Under the Company’s ASR, financial institutions deliver shares of the Company’s common stock during the purchase period in exchange for an up-front payment. The total number of shares ultimately delivered under the ASR, and therefore the average repurchase price paid per share, is determined based on the volume-weighted average price of the Company’s common stock during the purchase period, which will end in May 2020. The shares received are retired in the periods they are delivered, and the up-front payment is accounted for as a reduction to retained earnings in the Company’s Condensed Consolidated Statement of Shareholders’ Equity in the period the payment is made.