TREASURY STOCK

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2022

Equity [Abstract]

TREASURY STOCK

TREASURY STOCK

As of December 31, 2022 and 2021, there were 6.8 million and 4.9 million shares of treasury stock outstanding with a cost of $362.9 million and $234.4 million, respectively, at a weighted average cost per share of $53.18 and $47.86, respectively.

On January 26, 2023, the Company entered into a $150 million accelerated share repurchase ("2023 ASR") and received 2.1 million shares of the Company common stock at inception of the 2023 ASR, which represented approximately 80% of the expected total shares of under the 2023 SAR. The remaining repurchase transactions are expected to be completed in the first half of 2023.

On April 26 2022, the Board of Directors authorized the Company to repurchase up to $225 million of the Company’s common stock. The program allows the Company to repurchase its shares opportunistically from time to time. The repurchase authorization expires in December 2024. This stock repurchase authorization replaces the previous $225 million stock repurchase authorization, of which $100 million remained authorized at the time of its replacement, and which was otherwise set to expire on December 31, 2022. Purchases may be affected through one or more open market transactions, privately negotiated transactions, transactions structured through investment banking institutions, or a combination of the foregoing.

On January 12, 2022, the Company entered into a $125 million accelerated share repurchase ("2022 ASR") and received 1.48 million shares of Company common stock at inception of the 2022 ASR, which represented approximately 80% of the expected total shares under the 2022 ASR. In March 24, 2022, the early exercise provision was exercised by the 2022 ASR counterparty. Upon settlement on March 24, 2022, the Company received an additional 0.46 million shares determined using the volume-weighted average price of the Company's common stock during the term of the 2022 ASR.

For the year ended December 31, 2021, there were no repurchases of the Company’s common stock as part of the share repurchase authorization.

On August 16, 2022, the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (the “Act”) was signed into law. The Act implements a new excise tax of 1% on the net share repurchases made by the company effective for share repurchases performed January 1, 2023, or after.