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| STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY | STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY Dividends The following table provides details of dividend payments, excluding dividend equivalent rights for unvested stock awards, during 2024 under our Board approved quarterly cash dividend policy:
In February 2024, the Board declared a cash dividend of $0.885 per share payable on April 26, 2024 to stockholders of record on March 29, 2024. In April 2024, the Board declared a cash dividend of $0.885 per share payable on July 26, 2024 to stockholders of record as of the close of business on June 28, 2024. Declaration and payment of future quarterly dividends are at the discretion of our Board and may be adjusted as business needs or market conditions change. Stock Repurchases Our Board of Directors may authorize the purchase of our common stock shares. Under the share repurchase authorization, shares may be purchased from time to time at prevailing prices in the open market, by block purchases, through plans designed to comply with Rule 10b5-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or in privately-negotiated transactions, including pursuant to accelerated share repurchase agreements with investment banks, subject to certain regulatory restrictions on volume, pricing, and timing. Effective February 16, 2024, the Board of Directors replaced the February 2023 repurchase authorization (of which approximately $824 million remained unused) with a new share repurchase authorization for repurchases of up to $3 billion of our common shares exclusive of shares repurchased in connection with employee stock plans, expiring as of February 15, 2027, which we refer to as the 2024 repurchase authorization. During the three months ended March 31, 2024, we repurchased 1.8 million shares in open market transactions for $702 million at an average price of $388.78 under the February 2023 and 2024 share repurchase authorizations. During the three months ended March 31, 2023, we repurchased 0.1 million shares in open market transactions for $67 million at an average price of $495.68 under the February 2023 share repurchase authorization. Our remaining repurchase authorization was $2.96 billion as of April 23, 2024. In connection with employee stock plans, we acquired 0.04 million common shares for $15 million and 0.05 million common shares for $27 million during the three months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively. For additional information regarding our stockholders' equity, refer to Note 16 to the audited Consolidated Financial Statements included in Part II, Item 8, "Financial Statements and Supplementary Data" in our 2023 Form 10-K.
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