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Shareholders' Equity (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Mar. 28, 2015
Cash Dividends Declared and Paid Per Share | The Company declared and paid cash dividends per share during the periods presented as follows:
|  | Dividends Per Share |  |  | Amount (in millions) |
2015: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Second quarter |  | $ | 0.47 |  |  | $ | 2,734 |
First quarter |  |  | 0.47 |  |  |  | 2,750 |
Total cash dividends declared and paid |  | $ | 0.94 |  |  | $ | 5,484 |
2014: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Fourth quarter |  | $ | 0.47 |  |  | $ | 2,807 |
Third quarter |  |  | 0.47 |  |  |  | 2,830 |
Second quarter |  |  | 0.44 |  |  |  | 2,655 |
First quarter |  |  | 0.44 |  |  |  | 2,739 |
Total cash dividends declared and paid |  | $ | 1.82 |  |  | $ | 11,031 |
Accelerated Share Repurchase Activity and Related Information | The following table shows the Company’s ASR activity and related information during the six months ended March 28, 2015 and the year ended September 27, 2014:
|  | Purchase Period End Date |  |  | Number of Shares (in thousands) |  |  | Average Repurchase Price Per Share |  |  | ASR Amount (in millions) |
August 2014 ASR |  |  | February 2015 |  |  |  | 81,525 (1) |  |  | $ | 110.40 |  |  | $ | 9,000 |
January 2014 ASR |  |  | December 2014 |  |  |  | 134,247 |  |  | $ | 89.39 |  |  | $ | 12,000 |
April 2013 ASR |  |  | March 2014 |  |  |  | 172,548 |  |  | $ | 69.55 |  |  | $ | 12,000 |
| (1) | Includes 59.9 million shares delivered and retired at the beginning of the purchase period, which began in the fourth quarter of 2014, 8.3 million net shares delivered and retired in the first quarter of 2015 and 13.3 million shares delivered and retired at the end of the purchase period, which concluded in the second quarter of 2015. |
Repurchases of Common Shares in Open Market | Additionally, the Company repurchased shares of its common stock in the open market, which were retired upon repurchase, during the periods presented as follows:
|  | Number of Shares (in thousands) |  |  | Average Repurchase Price Per Share |  |  | Amount (in millions) |
2015: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Second quarter |  |  | 56,400 |  |  | $ | 124.11 |  |  | $ | 7,000 |
First quarter |  |  | 45,704 |  |  | $ | 109.40 |  |  |  | 5,000 |
Total open market common stock repurchases |  |  | 102,104 |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ | 12,000 |
2014: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Fourth quarter |  |  | 81,255 |  |  | $ | 98.46 |  |  | $ | 8,000 |
Third quarter |  |  | 58,661 |  |  | $ | 85.23 |  |  |  | 5,000 |
Second quarter |  |  | 79,749 |  |  | $ | 75.24 |  |  |  | 6,000 |
First quarter |  |  | 66,847 |  |  | $ | 74.79 |  |  |  | 5,000 |
Total open market common stock repurchases |  |  | 286,512 |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ | 24,000 |

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