STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2019

STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

Repurchases of Common Stock

During the six months ended June 30, 2019, we repurchased 1.6 million shares of our common stock for $500 million. The total remaining authorization for future common share repurchases under our share repurchase program was $2.5 billion as of June 30, 2019. As we repurchase our common shares, we reduce common stock for the $1 of par value of the shares repurchased, with the excess purchase price over par value recorded as a reduction of additional paid-in capital. If additional paid-in capital is reduced to zero, we record the remainder of the excess purchase price over par value as a reduction of retained earnings. Due to the volume of repurchases and the prices at which these were made, additional paid-in capital was reduced to zero, with the remainder of the excess purchase price over par value of $278 million and $460 million recorded as a reduction to retained earnings during the six months ended June 30, 2019 and June 24, 2018.

Dividends

We declared cash dividends totaling $1.2 billion ($4.40 per share) and $1.9 billion ($6.60 per share) during the quarter and six months ended June 30, 2019. The 2019 dividend amounts include the declaration of our 2019 third quarter dividend totaling $624 million ($2.20 per share), which will be paid in September 2019. We declared cash dividends totaling $572 million ($2.00 per share) and $1.1 billion ($4.00 per share) during the quarter and six months ended June 24, 2018.

Restricted Stock Unit Grants

During the six months ended June 30, 2019, we granted certain employees approximately 0.6 million RSUs with a grant date fair value of $303.96 per RSU. The grant date fair value of these RSUs is equal to the closing market price of our common stock on the grant date less a discount to reflect the delay in payment of dividend-equivalent cash payments that are made only upon vesting, which is generally three years from the grant date. We recognize the grant date fair value of RSUs, less estimated forfeitures, as compensation expense ratably over the requisite service period, which is shorter than the vesting period if the employee is retirement eligible on the date of grant or will become retirement eligible before the end of the vesting period.

Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss

Changes in the balance of AOCL, net of tax, consisted of the following (in millions):



	Postretirement Benefit Plans			Other, net			AOCL
Balance at December 31, 2018	$	(14,254	)	$	(67	)	$	(14,321	)
Other comprehensive income before reclassifications	—			13			13
Amounts reclassified from AOCL
Recognition of net actuarial losses ^(a)	574			—			574
Amortization of net prior service credits ^(a)	(120		)	—			(120		)
Other	—			15			15
Total reclassified from AOCL	454			15			469
Total other comprehensive income	454			28			482
Balance at June 30, 2019	$	(13,800	)	$	(39	)	$	(13,839	)

Balance at December 31, 2017	$	(12,559	)	$	20		$	(12,539	)
Other comprehensive loss before reclassifications	—			(62		)	(62		)
Amounts reclassified from AOCL
Recognition of net actuarial losses ^(a)	728			—			728
Amortization of net prior service credits ^(a)	(128		)	—			(128		)
Other	—			14			14
Total reclassified from AOCL	600			14			614
Total other comprehensive income (loss)	600			(48		)	552
Reclassification of income tax effects from tax reform^(b)	(2,396		)	(12		)	(2,408		)
Balance at June 24, 2018	$	(14,355	)	$	(40	)	$	(14,395	)

^(a)

Reclassifications from AOCL related to our postretirement benefit plans were recorded as a component of net periodic benefit cost for each period presented (see “Note 7 – Postretirement Benefit Plans”). These amounts include $227 million and $300 million, net of tax, for the quarters ended June 30, 2019 and June 24, 2018, which are comprised of the recognition of net actuarial losses of $287 million and $364 million for the quarters ended June 30, 2019 and June 24, 2018 and the amortization of net prior service credits of $(60) million and $(64) million for the quarters ended June 30, 2019 and June 24, 2018.

^(b)

Upon adoption of ASU 2018-02, Income Statement - Reporting Comprehensive Income (Topic 220) during the first quarter of 2018, we reclassified the impact of the income tax effects related to the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the Tax Act) from AOCL to retained earnings by the same amount with zero impact to total equity.