Stockholders' Equity Taxes related to Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Three months ended July 31, | | Nine months ended July 31, | | 2018 | | 2017 | | 2018 | | 2017 | | In millions | Taxes on change in net unrealized (losses) gains on available-for-sale securities: | |
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| | | | | Tax provision on net unrealized (losses) gains arising during the period | $ | — |
| | $ | (1 | ) | | $ | — |
| | $ | (2 | ) | | — |
| | (1 | ) | | — |
| | (2 | ) | Taxes on change in net unrealized gains (losses) on cash flow hedges: | |
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| | | | | Tax (provision) benefit on net unrealized gains (losses) arising during the period | (20 | ) | | 47 |
| | (6 | ) | | 20 |
| Tax provision (benefit) on net (gains) losses reclassified into earnings | 5 |
| | (10 | ) | | (11 | ) | | 35 |
| | (15 | ) | | 37 |
| | (17 | ) | | 55 |
| Taxes on change in unrealized components of defined benefit plans: | |
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| | | | | Tax benefit (provision) on (losses) gains arising during the period | 3 |
| | (13 | ) | | 2 |
| | (38 | ) | Tax provision on amortization of actuarial loss and prior service benefit | (4 | ) | | (4 | ) | | (10 | ) | | (15 | ) | Tax provision on curtailments, settlements and other | (5 | ) | | (41 | ) | | (12 | ) | | (55 | ) | | (6 | ) | | (58 | ) | | (20 | ) | | (108 | ) | Tax benefit (provision) on change in cumulative translation adjustment | 2 |
| | (4 | ) | | 3 |
| | (3 | ) | Tax provision on other comprehensive income | $ | (19 | ) | | $ | (26 | ) | | $ | (34 | ) | | $ | (58 | ) |
Changes and reclassifications related to Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), net of taxes | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Three months ended July 31, | | Nine months ended July 31, | | 2018 | | 2017 | | 2018 | | 2017 | | In millions | Other comprehensive income, net of taxes: | |
| | |
| | | | | Change in net unrealized (losses) gains on available-for-sale securities: | |
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| | | | | Net unrealized (losses) gains arising during the period | $ | (2 | ) | | $ | 6 |
| | $ | (1 | ) | | $ | (12 | ) | Gains reclassified into earnings | — |
| | — |
| | (9 | ) | | — |
| | (2 | ) | | 6 |
| | (10 | ) | | (12 | ) | Change in net unrealized gains (losses) on cash flow hedges: | |
| | |
| | | | | Net unrealized gains (losses) arising during the period | 129 |
| | (86 | ) | | 44 |
| | 27 |
| Net (gains) losses reclassified into earnings(1) | (38 | ) | | 5 |
| | 67 |
| | (196 | ) | | 91 |
| | (81 | ) | | 111 |
| | (169 | ) | Change in unrealized components of defined benefit plans: | |
| | |
| | | | | (Losses) gains arising during the period | (22 | ) | | 197 |
| | (21 | ) | | 662 |
| Amortization of actuarial gain and prior service benefit(2) | 43 |
| | 52 |
| | 133 |
| | 215 |
| Curtailments, settlements and other | 4 |
| | (35 | ) | | (1 | ) | | (46 | ) | | 25 |
| | 214 |
| | 111 |
| | 831 |
| Change in cumulative translation adjustment | (38 | ) | | 45 |
| | (37 | ) | | 10 |
| Other comprehensive income, net of taxes | $ | 76 |
| | $ | 184 |
| | $ | 175 |
| | $ | 660 |
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| | (1) | For more details on the reclassification of pre-tax net (gains) losses on cash flow hedges into the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Earnings, see Note 12, "Financial Instruments". |
| | (2) | These components are included in the computation of net pension and post-retirement benefit cost in Note 6, "Retirement and Post-Retirement Benefit Plans". |
The components of Accumulated other comprehensive loss, net of taxes as of July 31, 2018, and changes during the nine months ended July 31, 2018 were as follows: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Net unrealized gains (losses) on available-for-sale securities | | Net unrealized gains (losses) on cash flow hedges | | Unrealized components of defined benefit plans | | Cumulative translation adjustment | | Accumulated other comprehensive loss | | In millions | Balance at beginning of period | $ | 29 |
| | $ | (48 | ) | | $ | (2,690 | ) | | $ | (186 | ) | | $ | (2,895 | ) | Activity related to separation and merger transactions | — |
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| — |
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| — |
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| (186 | ) |
| (186 | ) | Other comprehensive (loss) income before reclassifications | (1 | ) | | 44 |
| | (21 | ) | | (37 | ) | | (15 | ) | Reclassifications of (gains) losses into earnings | (9 | ) | | 67 |
| | 132 |
| | — |
| | 190 |
| Balance at end of period | $ | 19 |
| | $ | 63 |
| | $ | (2,579 | ) | | $ | (409 | ) | | $ | (2,906 | ) |
Share Repurchase Program For the nine months ended July 31, 2018, the Company retired a total of 160 million shares under its share repurchase program through open market repurchases, which included 1.7 million shares that were unsettled open market repurchases as of October 31, 2017. Additionally, as of July 31, 2018, the Company had unsettled open market repurchases of 1.5 million shares. Shares repurchased during the nine months ended July 31, 2018 were recorded as a $2.6 billion reduction to stockholders' equity. On February 21, 2018, the Company's Board of Directors authorized an additional $2.5 billion under the share repurchase program. As of July 31, 2018, the Company had a remaining authorization of $5.7 billion for future share repurchases. On February 22, 2018, the Company announced an increase to the regular quarterly dividend from $0.075 per share to $0.1125 per share, which was effective in the third quarter of fiscal 2018. |