Shareholders' Equity

9 Months Ended

Jun. 27, 2020

Equity [Abstract]

Shareholders' Equity

Shareholders’ Equity

Share Repurchase Program

As of June 27, 2020, the Company was authorized to purchase up to $225 billion of the Company’s common stock under a share repurchase program, of which $150.6 billion had been utilized. During the nine months ended June 27, 2020, the Company repurchased 186.4 million shares of its common stock for $54.5 billion, including 35.2 million shares delivered under a $10.0 billion November 2019 accelerated share repurchase arrangement (“ASR”) and 15.2 million shares initially delivered under a $6.0 billion May 2020 ASR. 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 ASRs, financial institutions deliver shares of the Company’s common stock during the purchase period of each ASR in exchange for an up-front payment. The total number of shares ultimately delivered under the May 2020 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 or before August 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.

Common Stock Split

On July 30, 2020, the Company announced a four-for-one split of its common stock to shareholders of record as of the close of business on August 24, 2020. Trading of the Company’s common stock will begin on a split-adjusted basis on August 31, 2020.