Common Stock Repurchase Program	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2018
Common Stock Repurchase Program
Common Stock Repurchase Program	11. Common Stock Repurchase Program The Company repurchases shares of its common stock as part of capital allocation programs authorized by our Board of Directors. In February 2018, we entered into an accelerated share repurchase (“ASR”) agreement to repurchase $250 million of our common stock. At the beginning of the repurchase period, we delivered $250 million in cash and received 2.3 million shares based on a stock price of $85.13. This agreement was completed in March 2018 and we received 0.6 million additional shares. The final weighted average per share price for the completed ASR agreement was $85.15. In March 2018, after completion of the ASR agreement, we repurchased 0.1 million additional shares in open market transactions under a 10b5-1 plan for $8 million, inclusive of per-share commissions, and made payment in April 2018. We account for ASR agreements as two separate transactions: (i) as shares of reacquired common stock for the shares delivered to us upon effectiveness of the ASR agreement and (ii) as a forward contract indexed to our own common stock for the undelivered shares. The initial delivery of shares is included in treasury stock at cost and results 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 common stock meet the criteria for equity classification, and these amounts are initially recorded in additional paid-in capital and reclassified to treasury stock upon completion of the ASR agreement. As of March 31, 2018, the Company has authorization for $992 million of future share repurchases. Any future share repurchases pursuant to this authorization of our Board of Directors will be made at the discretion of management and will depend on factors similar to those considered by the Board of Directors in making dividend declarations, including our net earnings, financial condition and cash required for future business plans.

11. Common Stock Repurchase Program

The Company repurchases shares of its common stock as part of capital allocation programs authorized by our Board of Directors. In February 2018, we entered into an accelerated share repurchase (“ASR”) agreement to repurchase $250 million of our common stock. At the beginning of the repurchase period, we delivered $250 million in cash and received 2.3 million shares based on a stock price of $85.13. This agreement was completed in March 2018 and we received 0.6 million additional shares. The final weighted average per share price for the completed ASR agreement was $85.15. In March 2018, after completion of the ASR agreement, we repurchased 0.1 million additional shares in open market transactions under a 10b5-1 plan for $8 million, inclusive of per-share commissions, and made payment in April 2018.

We account for ASR agreements as two separate transactions: (i) as shares of reacquired common stock for the shares delivered to us upon effectiveness of the ASR agreement and (ii) as a forward contract indexed to our own common stock for the undelivered shares. The initial delivery of shares is included in treasury stock at cost and results 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 common stock meet the criteria for equity classification, and these amounts are initially recorded in additional paid-in capital and reclassified to treasury stock upon completion of the ASR agreement.

As of March 31, 2018, the Company has authorization for $992 million of future share repurchases. Any future share repurchases pursuant to this authorization of our Board of Directors will be made at the discretion of management and will depend on factors similar to those considered by the Board of Directors in making dividend declarations, including our net earnings, financial condition and cash required for future business plans.