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GENERAL INFORMATION (Tables)
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2024
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]  
Schedule of Transfer of Financial Assets Accounted for as Sales The following table summarizes the activity under these programs for the six months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively:
Six Months Ended June 30,
In millions20242023
Receivables Sold and Derecognized
$1,809 $1,897 
Proceeds Collected on Behalf of Financial Institutions1,796 1,809 
Net Proceeds (Paid to) Received from Financial Institutions(31)41 
Deferred Purchase Price at June 30(a)
27 15 
Pledged Receivables at June 30152 211 
(a) Included in Other Current Assets on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets and represents a beneficial interest in the receivables sold to the financial institutions, which is a Level 3 fair value measure.
Schedule Of Share Repurchases During The Period
The following table presents the Company's share repurchases under the 2019 and 2023 share repurchase programs for the six months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023 respectively:

Amount repurchased in millions, except share and per share amountsAmount RepurchasedNumber of Shares RepurchasedAverage Price per Share
2024(a)(b)
$200 7,243,734 $27.61 
2023$29 1,224,232 $24.07 
(a) Including $65 million shares repurchased under the 2019 share repurchase program thereby completing that program.
(b) Excluding $2 million of excise taxes incurred in 2024.
Schedule of Dividends Declared
During the first six months of 2024, the Company's board of directors declared two regular quarterly dividends of $0.10 per share of common stock to shareholders of record as follows:

Date DeclaredRecord DatePayment Date
February 16, 2024March 15, 2024April 5, 2024
May 23, 2024June 15, 2024July 5, 2024
Schedule of Restructuring and Other Special Items
The following table summarizes the transactions recorded in Business Combinations, Exit Activities and Other Special Items, Net in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations:

Three Months Ended June 30,Six Months Ended June 30,
In millions2024202320242023
Charges Associated with Business Combinations(a)
$— $$$
Exit Activities(b)
13 22 17 
(Gains)/Charges Associated with Divestitures(c)
(74)(72)
Other Special Items(d)
10 
Total
$(56)$19 $(39)$34 
(a) These costs relate to the Tama Paperboard, LLC (“Tama”) and Bell Incorporated (“Bell”) acquisitions.
(b) Relates to the Company's closures of its three smaller recycled paperboard manufacturing facilities (which includes Tama), and the closures of multiple packaging facilities (see “Note 13 - Exit Activities”).
(c) Includes the sale of the Augusta, Georgia bleached paperboard manufacturing facility (the “Augusta divestiture”) in 2024 and the sale of the Company's Russian operations in 2023 (see “Note 14 - Divestitures”).
(d) These costs include $3 million related to the devaluation of the Nigerian Naira and $6 million related to the change in terms of the 2024 grant of restricted stock units under the Graphic Packaging Holding Company 2014 Omnibus Stock and Incentive Compensation Plan (see “Note 5 - Stock Incentive Plans”) through June 30, 2024. In 2023, $7 million related to the devaluation of the Nigerian Naira in June 2023.