NOTE 18 — STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

Shares Outstanding

Shares of common stock outstanding were as follows:

 

Share Repurchases

On September 16, 2013, our Board of Directors approved a share repurchase program authorizing up to $40.0 billion in share repurchases. This share repurchase program became effective on October 1, 2013, and was completed on December 22, 2016.

On September 20, 2016, our Board of Directors approved a share repurchase program authorizing up to an additional $40.0 billion in share repurchases. This share repurchase program commenced on December 22, 2016 following completion of the prior program approved on September 16, 2013, has no expiration date, and may be suspended or discontinued at any time without notice. As of June 30, 2017, $36.8 billion remained of this $40.0 billion share repurchase program.

We repurchased the following shares of common stock under the share repurchase programs:

 

Shares repurchased during the third and fourth quarter of fiscal year 2017 were under the share repurchase program approved September 20, 2016. All other shares repurchased were under the share repurchase program approved September 16, 2013. The above table excludes shares repurchased to settle statutory employee tax withholding related to the vesting of stock awards. All repurchases were made using cash resources.

Dividends

In fiscal year 2017, our Board of Directors declared the following dividends:

 

The dividend declared on June 13, 2017 will be paid after the filing date of the 2017 Form 10-K and was included in other current liabilities as of June 30, 2017.

In fiscal year 2016, our Board of Directors declared the following dividends:

 

The dividend declared on June 14, 2016 was included in other current liabilities as of June 30, 2016.