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Stock Repurchase Program
3 Months Ended
Mar. 01, 2024
Stock Repurchase Program [Abstract]  
STOCK REPURCHASE PROGRAM STOCK REPURCHASE PROGRAM
To facilitate our stock repurchase program, designed to return value to our stockholders and minimize dilution from stock issuances, we may repurchase our shares in the open market or enter into structured repurchase agreements with third parties. In December 2020, our Board of Directors granted authority to repurchase up to $15 billion in our common stock through the end of fiscal 2024.
During the three months ended March 1, 2024 and March 3, 2023, we entered into accelerated share repurchase agreements (“ASRs”) with large financial institutions whereupon we provided them with prepayments of $2 billion and $1.4 billion, respectively. Under the terms of our ASRs, the financial institutions agree to deliver a portion of shares to us at contract
inception and the remaining shares at settlement. The total number of shares delivered and average purchase price paid per share are determined upon settlement based on the Volume Weighted Average Price (“VWAP”) over the term of the ASR, less an agreed upon discount.
We also enter into structured stock repurchase agreements in which financial institutions agree to deliver shares to us at monthly intervals during the respective contract terms, and the number of shares delivered each month are determined based on the total notional amount of the contracts, the number of trading days in the intervals and the VWAP during the intervals, less an agreed upon discount.
During the three months ended March 1, 2024, we repurchased a total of 3.1 million shares, including approximately 0.6 million shares at an average price of $626.68 through a structured repurchase agreement entered into during fiscal 2023, as well as 2.5 million shares from the initial delivery of the ASR entered into during the three months ended March 1, 2024. During the three months ended March 3, 2023, we repurchased a total of 5.0 million shares, including approximately 1.8 million shares at an average price of $330.52 through a structured repurchase agreement entered into during fiscal 2022, as well as 3.2 million shares from the initial delivery of the ASR entered into during the three months ended March 3, 2023.
For the three months ended March 1, 2024, the prepayments were classified as treasury stock, a component of stockholders’ equity on our condensed consolidated balance sheets, at the payment date, though only shares physically delivered to us by March 1, 2024 were excluded from the computation of net income per share. As of March 1, 2024, a portion of the $2 billion prepayment under our outstanding ASR was evaluated as an unsettled forward contract indexed to our own stock, classified within stockholders’ equity. Subsequent to March 1, 2024, the outstanding ASR was settled which resulted in total repurchases of 3.5 million shares at an average price of $578.11.
Subsequent to March 1, 2024, our Board of Directors granted us additional authority to repurchase up to $25 billion in our common stock through March 14, 2028. Thereafter, as part of both the December 2020 and March 2024 stock repurchase authorities, we entered into an ASR with a large financial institution whereupon we provided them with a prepayment of $2.5 billion and received an initial delivery of 3.6 million shares, which represents approximately 75% of our prepayment. Upon completion of the $2.5 billion ASR, $22.65 billion remains under our March 2024 authority and there is no remaining balance under our December 2020 authority.