Stockholders' Equity

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2011

Stockholders' Equity

Stockholders' Equity

10. STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY

Dividends

In April 2011, our Board of Directors approved the initiation of a quarterly cash dividend policy. Declaration and payment of future quarterly dividends is at the discretion of the Board and may be adjusted as business needs or market conditions change.

The following table provides details of our dividend payments in 2011:

Record Date	Payment Date		Amount per Share		Total Amount
					(in millions)
6/30/2011		7/28/2011	$	0.25	$	41.5
9/30/2011		10/28/2011	$	0.25	$	40.7

In addition, in October 2011, our Board of Directors declared a cash dividend to stockholders of $0.25 per share payable on January 31, 2012 to stockholders of record on December 30, 2011.

Stock Repurchases

In April 2011, the Board of Directors replaced its previously approved share repurchase authorization of up to $250 million with a new authorization for repurchases of up to $1 billion of our common shares exclusive of shares repurchased in connection with employee stock plans.The new authorization will expire June 30, 2013. Under this share repurchase authorization, shares could be purchased from time to time at prevailing prices in the open market, by block purchases, or in privately-negotiated transactions, subject to certain regulatory restrictions on volume, pricing, and timing. During the nine months ended September 30, 2010, we repurchased 1.99 million shares in open market transactions for $100.0 million at an average price of $50.17 under the previously approved share repurchase authorization. During the nine months ended September 30, 2011, we repurchased 0.8 million shares in open market transactions for $52.6 million at an average price of $63.73 under the previously approved share repurchase authorization and we repurchased 5.9 million shares in open market transactions for $438.9 million at an average price of $74.01 under the new authorization. As of October 31, 2011, the remaining authorized amount under the new authorization totaled $561.3 million.

In connection with employee stock plans, we acquired 0.8 million common shares for $48.7 million and 0.2 million common shares for $8.2 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010, respectively.