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Accelerated Share Repurchase Agreements (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Jan. 29, 2017

Accelerated Share Repurchase [Abstract]

Accelerated Share Repurchases

The following table provides the terms for each of the ASR agreements the Company entered into during the last three fiscal years. Each of these agreements followed the structure outlined above (amounts in millions):

Agreement Date		Settlement Date		Amount				Initial Shares Delivered			Additional Shares Delivered		Total Shares Delivered
Q1 2014		Q1 2014		$	950			9.5			2.6		12.1
Q2 2014		Q3 2014		$	1,750			16.9			4.5		21.4
Q1 2015		Q1 2015		$	850			7.0			0.5		7.5
Q2 2015		Q3 2015		$	1,500			12.0			1.3		13.3
Q3 2015		Q4 2015		$	1,375			10.1			1.3		11.4
Q4 2015		Q4 2015		$	1,500			9.7			1.7		11.4

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Accelerated Share Repurchase [Abstract]

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Tabular disclosure of accelerated share repurchase (ASR) programs. An ASR is a combination of transactions that permits an entity to purchase a targeted number of shares immediately with the final purchase price of those shares determined by an average market price over a fixed period of time. An accelerated share repurchase program is intended to combine the immediate share retirement benefits of a tender offer with the market impact and pricing benefits of a disciplined daily open market stock repurchase program. ASRs can be disclosed as part of stockholders' equity.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 505
-SubTopic 30
-Section 25
-Paragraph 5
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6405686&loc=d3e22802-112653

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