STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2021

STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

Dividends

The following table provides details of dividend payments, excluding dividend equivalent rights for unvested stock awards, in 2020 and 2021 under our Board approved quarterly cash dividend policy:


Record Date	Payment Date	Amount per Share		Total Amount
				(in millions)
2020 payments
12/31/2019	1/31/2020	$	0.550	$	73
3/31/2020	4/24/2020	$	0.625	$	83
6/30/2020	7/31/2020	$	0.625	$	83
9/30/2020	10/30/2020	$	0.625	$	83
2021 payments
12/31/2020	1/29/2021	$	0.625	$	81

In February 2021, the Board declared a cash dividend of $0.70 per share payable on April 30, 2021 to stockholders of record on March 31, 2021.

In April 2021, the Board declared a cash dividend of $0.70 per share payable on July 30, 2021 to stockholders of record on June 30, 2021.

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.

On July 30, 2019, the Board of Directors replaced a previous share repurchase authorization of up to $3 billion (of which approximately $1.03 billion remained unused) with a new authorization for repurchases of up to $3 billion of our common shares exclusive of shares repurchased in connection with employee stock plans, expiring on June 30, 2022.

On July 31, 2019, we entered into an accelerated stock repurchase agreement, the July 2019 ASR, with Citibank, N.A., or Citi, to repurchase $1 billion of our common stock. On August 2, 2019, we made a payment of $1 billion to Citi and received an initial delivery of 2.7 million shares of our common stock. We recorded the payment to Citi as a reduction to stockholders’ equity, consisting of an $800 million increase in treasury stock, which reflects the value of the initial 2.7 million shares received upon initial settlement, and a $200 million decrease in capital in excess of par value, which reflects the value of stock held back by Citi pending final settlement of the July 2019 ASR. Upon final settlement of the July 2019 ASR on December 26, 2019, we received an additional 0.7 million shares as determined by the average daily volume weighted-averages share price of our common stock during the term of the agreement, less a discount, of $296.19, bringing the total shares received under the July 2019 ASR to 3.4 million. In addition, upon settlement we reclassified the $200 million value of stock initially held back by Citi from capital in excess of par value to treasury stock.

On December 22, 2020, we entered into separate accelerated stock repurchase agreements, ("the December 2020 ASR Agreements"), with Citibank, N.A., or Citi, and JPMorgan Chase Bank, or JPM, to repurchase $1.75 billion of our common stock as part of the $3 billion repurchase program authorized by the Board of Directors on July 30, 2019. On December 23, 2020, in accordance with the December 2020 ASR Agreements, we made a payment of $1.75 billion ($875 million to Citi and $875 million to JPM) and received an initial delivery of 3.8 million shares of our common stock (1.9 million shares each from Citi and JPM). We recorded the payments to Citi and JPM as a

reduction to stockholders’ equity, consisting of an $1.5 billion increase in treasury stock, which reflects the value of the initial 3.8 million shares received upon initial settlement, and a $262.5 million decrease in capital in excess of par value, which reflects the value of stock held back by Citi and JPM pending final settlement of the December 2020 ASR Agreements. The final number of shares that we may receive, or be required to remit, under the December 2020 ASR Agreements, will be determined based on the daily volume-weighted average share price of our common stock over the term of the December 2020 ASR Agreements, less a discount and subject to adjustments pursuant to the terms and conditions of the December 2020 ASR Agreements. We expect final settlement under the December 2020 Agreements to occur during the second quarter of 2021. The December 2020 Agreements contain provisions customary for agreements of this type, including provisions for adjustments to the transaction terms upon certain specified events, the circumstances generally under which final settlement of the agreement may be accelerated, extended, or terminated early by Citi, JPM or Humana as well as various acknowledgments and representations made by the parties to each other. At final settlement, under certain circumstances, we may be entitled to receive additional shares of our common stock from Citi and JPM or we may be required to make a payment. If we are obligated to make a payment, we may elect to satisfy such obligation in cash or shares of our common stock.

On February 18, 2021, the Board of Directors replaced the previous share repurchase authorization of up to $3 billion (of which approximately $250 million remained unused) with a new 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 18, 2024. Our remaining repurchase authorization was $3 billion as of April 27, 2021.

In connection with employee stock plans, we acquired 0.08 million common shares for $30 million and 0.04 million common shares for $17 million during the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively.