Stockholders' Equity

12 Months Ended

Nov. 30, 2024

Share-Based Payment Arrangement [Abstract]

STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY:

Share Repurchase Program

In January 2023, the Board of Directors authorized a three-year $1.0 billion share repurchase program. In March 2024, the Board of Directors authorized a new $2.0 billion share repurchase program (the "March 2024 share repurchase program"), supplementing the $196.7 million remaining authorization under the prior program, pursuant to which the Company may repurchase its outstanding common stock from time to time in the open market or through privately negotiated transactions, including pursuant to one or more Rule 10b5-1 trading plans adopted in accordance with Rule 10b5-1 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. The March 2024 share repurchase program does not have an expiration date.

On January 31, 2024, March 27, 2024, and April 4, 2024, the Company announced the closing of secondary public offerings (the "Offerings") of an aggregate of 26.2 million shares in total (which includes approximately 2.7 million of additional shares that underwriters had the option to purchase) of its common stock that were sold by certain entities managed by affiliates of Apollo Global Management, Inc. (the "Selling Stockholders"). All the shares in the Offerings were sold by the Selling Stockholders. The Company did not receive any of the proceeds from the sale of shares by the Selling Stockholders in the Offerings. Also pursuant to the related underwriting agreements, the Company repurchased a total of 3.6 million shares of its common stock from the respective underwriters as part of the Offerings, for a total purchase price in the aggregate of approximately $392.3 million (the "Concurrent Share Repurchases"). The Offerings reduced the Selling Stockholders' ownership interest in the Company to zero.

The Concurrent Share Repurchases were all made under the Company's share repurchase programs described above, and are included within the caption "Shares of treasury stock purchased under share repurchase program" in the table below.

As of November 30, 2024, the Company had $1.8 billion available for future repurchases of its common stock under the authorized share repurchase program.

The Company's treasury stock activity during the year ended November 30, 2024, including common share repurchases, is summarized as follows:


(shares in thousands, except per share amounts)	Shares	Weighted-average price per share
Treasury stock balance as of November 30, 2023	10,343	$	91.82
Shares of treasury stock repurchased under share repurchase program (1)	5,547	110.31
Shares of treasury stock repurchased for tax withholdings on equity awards	219	112.84
Shares of treasury stock reissued for employee benefit plans	(820)	96.08
Treasury stock balance as of November 30, 2024	15,289	$	98.96

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(1) Weighted-average price per share excludes broker's commissions and excise taxes. "Repurchases of common stock" in the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the twelve months ended November 30, 2024 and 2023 excludes amounts related to excise tax that when accrued are recorded in "Other current liabilities" and "Treasury stock" on the Consolidated Balance Sheets. Excise taxes paid are classified as operating activities in the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows.

Dividends

The Company declared cumulative cash dividends of $1.60, $1.40 and $1.20 per share during the years ended November 30, 2024, 2023 and 2022, respectively. On January 10, 2025, the Company announced a cash dividend of $0.44 per share to stockholders of record as of January 24, 2025, payable on January 31, 2025. Dividends are subject to continued capital availability and the declaration by the Board of Directors in the best interest of the Company’s stockholders.