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Share Repurchases
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2015
Other Liabilities Disclosure [Abstract]  
Share Repurchases
13. Share Repurchases

Our share repurchases have been made in accordance with financial plans approved by our Board of Directors. We announced in February 2015, that the Board of Directors has authorized up to $1 billion in future share repurchases. Any future share repurchases pursuant to this authorization will be made at the discretion of management.

During 2014 and 2015, we entered into accelerated share repurchase (“ASR”) agreements as discussed below:

2015 ASR Agreements — In May 2015, we entered into an ASR agreement with a financial institution to repurchase an aggregate of $300 million of our common stock. At the beginning of the ASR repurchase period, we delivered $300 million in cash and received 4.2 million shares, which represented 70% of the shares expected to be repurchased based on then-current market prices. This agreement was completed in June 2015 and we received an additional 1.9 million shares. The final weighted average per share price for the completed ASR agreement was $49.17.

 

In July 2015, we entered into an ASR agreement with a financial institution to repurchase an aggregate of $300 million of our common stock. At the beginning of the ASR repurchase period, we delivered $300 million in cash and received 4.3 million shares, which represented 70% of the shares expected to be repurchased based on then-current market prices. This agreement was completed in September 2015 and we received an additional 1.6 million shares. The final weighted average per share price for the completed ASR agreement was $50.50.

2014 ASR Agreements — In February 2014, the Board of Directors authorized up to $600 million in share repurchases. During the third quarter of 2014, we entered into ASR agreements with two financial institutions to repurchase an aggregate of $600 million of our common stock. At the beginning of the ASR repurchase periods, we delivered $600 million in cash and received 9.6 million shares, which represented 70% of the shares expected to be repurchased based on then-current market prices. These agreements were completed in February 2015 and we received an additional 2.8 million shares. The final weighted average per share price for the completed ASR agreements was $48.58.

Each ASR agreement was accounted for as two separate transactions: (i) as shares of reacquired common stock for the shares delivered to us upon effectiveness of the ASR agreements and (ii) as a forward contract indexed to our own common stock for the undelivered shares. The initial delivery of shares was included in treasury stock at cost, and resulted in an immediate reduction of the outstanding shares used to calculate the weighted-average common shares outstanding for basic and diluted earnings per share. The forward contracts indexed to our own stock met the criteria for equity classification, and these amounts were initially recorded in additional paid-in capital and reclassified to treasury stock upon completion of the ASR agreements.