Shareholders' Equity

Ordinary Shares

In April 2012, the Company's Board of Directors authorized a share repurchase program under which up to $5.0 billion of Class A Ordinary Shares may be repurchased (the "2012 Share Repurchase Program"). In November 2014, the Company's Board of Directors authorized a new $5.0 billion share repurchase program in addition to the existing program (the "2014 Share Repurchase Program" and, together, the "Repurchase Programs"). Under each program, shares may be repurchased through the open market or in privately negotiated transactions, from time to time, based on prevailing market conditions, and will be funded from available capital.

In the three months ended September 30, 2016, the Company repurchased 2.7 million shares at an average price per share of $110.26 for a total cost of approximately $301 million under the Repurchase Programs. During the nine months ended September 30, 2016, the Company repurchased 10.4 million shares at an average price per share of $101.16 for a total cost of approximately $1.1 billion under the Repurchase Programs. Included in the 2.7 million shares and 10.4 million shares repurchased during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016 was 128 thousand shares that did not settle until October 2016. These shares were settled at an average price per share of $112.00 and total cost of $14.3 million. In the three months ended September 30, 2015, the Company repurchased 6.3 million shares at an average price per share of $95.75 for a total cost of approximately $600 million. During the nine months ended September 30, 2015, the Company repurchased 11.7 million shares at an average price per share of $98.00 for a total cost of $1.15 billion. In August 2015, the $5 billion of Class A Ordinary Shares authorized under the 2012 Share Repurchase Program was exhausted. At September 30, 2016, the remaining authorized amount for share repurchase under the 2014 Share Repurchase Program was $3.0 billion. Under the Repurchase Programs, the Company has repurchased a total of 88.4 million shares for an aggregate cost of approximately $7.0 billion.

Net Income Per Share

Weighted average shares outstanding are as follows (in millions):



	Three months ended September 30,		Nine months ended September 30,
	2016	2015	2016	2015
Shares for basic earnings per share	267.5	280.9	269.1	283.2
Common stock equivalents	2.1	2.9	1.9	2.7
Shares for diluted earnings per share	269.6	283.8	271.0	285.9

Certain ordinary share equivalents may be excluded from the computation of diluted net income per share if their inclusion would be antidilutive. There were no shares excluded from the calculation for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016 and no shares excluded from the calculation for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2015.

Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss

Changes in Accumulated other comprehensive loss by component, net of related tax, are as follows (in millions):



	Change in Fair Value of Financial Instruments (1)			Foreign Currency Translation Adjustments			Post-Retirement Benefit Obligation (2)			Total
Balance at December 31, 2015	$	(25	)	$	(771	)	$	(2,627	)	$	(3,423	)
Other comprehensive (loss) income before reclassifications, net	(16		)	(227		)	(234		)	(477		)
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive loss:
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive loss	7			—			136			143
Tax benefit	(2		)	—			(34		)	(36		)
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive loss, net	5			—			102			107
Net current period other comprehensive (loss) income	(11		)	(227		)	(132		)	(370		)
Balance at September 30, 2016	$	(36	)	$	(998	)	$	(2,759	)	$	(3,793	)

(1) Reclassifications from this category included in Accumulated other comprehensive loss are recorded in Other income, Other general expenses, and Compensation and benefits. See Note 12 "Derivatives and Hedging" for additional information regarding the Company's derivative and hedging activity.

(2) Reclassifications from this category included in Accumulated other comprehensive loss are recorded in Compensation and benefits.

In March 2016, the Company entered into an insurance contract that covers a portion of the assets within select U.K. pension schemes. The transaction resulted in a decrease in Prepaid pension assets and Accumulated other comprehensive income of $267 million as the fair value in the insurance policies was deemed to be the present value of the current obligation.