STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY

12 Months Ended

Jan. 29, 2023

Stockholders' Equity Attributable to Parent [Abstract]

STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY

STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

Acquisition of Treasury Shares

The Company’s Board of Directors has authorized over time since 2015 an aggregate $3.0 billion stock repurchase program through June 3, 2026, which includes a $1.0 billion increase in the authorization and a three year extension of the program approved by the Board of Directors on April 11, 2022. Repurchases under the program may be made from time to time over the period through open market purchases, accelerated share repurchase programs, privately negotiated transactions or other methods, as the Company deems appropriate. Purchases are made based on a variety of factors, such as price, corporate requirements and overall market conditions, applicable legal requirements and limitations, trading restrictions under the Company’s insider trading policy and other relevant factors. The program may be modified by the Board of Directors, including to increase or decrease the repurchase limitation or extend, suspend or terminate the program at any time, without prior notice.

The Company suspended share repurchases under the stock repurchase program beginning in March 2020, following the purchase of 1.4 million shares in open market transactions for $110.7 million completed earlier in the first quarter of 2020, in response to the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on its business. In addition, under the terms of the June 2020 Amendment, the Company was not permitted to make share repurchases during the relief period. However, effective June 10, 2021, the relief period under the June 2020 Amendment was terminated and the Company was permitted to resume share repurchases at management’s discretion, which it did starting in the third quarter of 2021. Please see Note 8, “Debt,” for further discussion of the terms of the June 2020 Amendment and the relief period.

During 2022, 2021 and 2020, the Company purchased 6.2 million shares, 3.3 million shares and 1.4 million shares, respectively, of its common stock under the program in open market transactions for $399.4 million, $349.7 million and $110.7 million, respectively. As of January 29, 2023, the repurchased shares were held as treasury stock and $823.5 million of the authorization remained available for future share repurchases.

Treasury stock activity also includes shares that were withheld in conjunction with the settlement of RSUs to satisfy tax withholding requirements.

Common Stock Dividends

The Company declared a $0.0375 per share dividend payable to its common stockholders of record on March 4, 2020, in respect of which the Company made dividend payments totaling $2.7 million on March 31, 2020. The Company suspended its dividends following the payment of the dividend on March 31, 2020 in response to the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on its business. In addition, under the terms of the June 2020 Amendment, the Company was not permitted to declare or pay dividends during the relief period. However, effective June 10, 2021, the relief period under the June 2020 Amendment was terminated and the Company was permitted to declare and pay dividends on its common stock at the discretion of the Board of Directors. Please see Note 8, “Debt,” for further discussion of the terms of the June 2020 Amendment and the relief period. Following termination of the relief period, the Company declared a $0.0375 per share dividend payable to its common stockholders of record on November 24, 2021, in respect of which the Company made dividend payments totaling $2.7 million on December 17, 2021. The Company declared and paid four $0.0375 per share dividends payable to its common stockholders in 2022 totaling $10.1 million.