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Treasury Stock
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2014
Equity [Abstract]  
TREASURY STOCK
TREASURY STOCK
Stock Repurchase Programs
The Company’s Board of Directors authorized an ongoing stock repurchase program with a total repurchase authority granted to the Company of $5.4 billion, of which $1.5 billion was approved in April 2014. The Company may use the approved dollar authority to repurchase stock at any time until the approved amount is exhausted. The objective of the Company’s stock repurchase program is to improve stockholders’ returns. At March 31, 2014, approximately $429.3 million was available to repurchase common stock pursuant to the stock repurchase program. All shares repurchased are recorded as treasury stock. A portion of the funds used to repurchase stock over the course of the program was provided by proceeds from employee stock option exercises and the related tax benefit.
The Company is authorized to make open market purchases of its common stock using general corporate funds through open market purchases or pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 plan.
During the three months ended March 31, 2014, the Company had no open market purchases. During the three months ended March 31, 2013, the Company expended approximately $61.4 million on open market purchases, repurchasing 860,500 shares of outstanding common stock at an average price of $71.31.
See Note 16 to the Company's condensed consolidated financial statements for detailed information on the Convertible Notes offering and the transactions related thereto, including the accelerated share repurchase program (the "ASR").
Shares for Tax Withholding
During the three months ended March 31, 2014, the Company withheld 368,310 shares from stock units that vested, totaling $21.2 million, to satisfy minimum tax withholding obligations that arose on the vesting of stock units. During the three months ended March 31, 2013, the Company withheld 322,538 shares from stock units that vested, totaling $23.2 million, to satisfy minimum tax withholding obligations that arose on the vesting of stock units. These shares are reflected as treasury stock in the Company’s condensed consolidated balance sheets and the related cash outlays do not reduce the Company’s total stock repurchase authority.