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NOTE 19 Shareholders’ Equity Under the authorization from the Company’s Board of Directors, shares may be purchased from time to time, at the Company’s discretion and subject to the availability of stock, market conditions, the trading price of the stock, alternative uses for capital, the Company’s financial performance and other potential factors. These purchases may be carried out through open market purchases, block trades, accelerated share repurchase plans of up to $100.0 million each (unless otherwise approved by the Board of Directors), negotiated private transactions or pursuant to any trading plan that may be adopted in accordance with Rule 10b5-1 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. On May 1, 2019, the Company's Board of Directors authorized the purchasing of up to an additional $372.5 million of the Company's outstanding common stock.
During 2018, the Company entered into accelerated share repurchase agreement (“ASR”) with an investment bank to purchase an aggregate $100.0 million of the Company’s common stock. As part of the ASR, the company received an initial share delivery of 2,910,150 shares of the Company’s common stock with a fair market value of approximately $80.0 million in 2018. On May 17, 2019, this agreement was completed with the delivery of 566,599 shares of the Company’s common stock, which in total all shares purchased under this ASR represented an average price of $28.76 per share. In addition to the settlement of the ASR, during 2019, the Company made share repurchases in the open market of 1,087,914 shares at a total cost of $38.7 million, at an average price of $35.55 per share. During 2020, the Company repurchased 1,234,417 shares at an average price of $44.63 for a total cost of $55.1 million under the current share repurchase authorization. At December 31, 2020, the remaining amount authorized by our Board of Directors for share repurchases was approximately $406.2 million. Under the authorized repurchase programs, the Company has repurchased a total of approximately 16.7 million shares for an aggregate cost of approximately $591.3 million between 2014 and 2020. |