11. SHARE REPURCHASE PROGRAM

On February 22, 2019, our Board authorized the 2019 Repurchase Program, pursuant to which the Company may purchase up to $200.0 million of our common stock.  Share repurchases may be executed through various means including, without limitation, open market purchases, privately negotiated transactions, accelerated share repurchase transactions or otherwise.  The 2019 Share Repurchase Program does not obligate the Company to purchase any shares and has no expiration date.  Authorization for the 2019 Share Repurchase Program may be terminated, increased, or decreased by the Board at its discretion at any time.

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Effective November 7, 2018, under the 2017 Repurchase Program, we entered into the 2018 ASR Agreement. We paid JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. $50.0 million in exchange for an initial delivery of 796,925 shares of our common stock on November 8, 2018, representing an estimated 85% of the total number of shares we expected to receive under the 2018 ASR Agreement, at the time we entered into the agreement.  During the quarter ended March 31, 2019, we received an additional 176,327 shares of our common stock from JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., representing the final settlement of the 2018 ASR Agreement.  We purchased a total of 973,252 shares of our common stock under the 2018 ASR Agreement at an average price per share of $51.37.

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On May 5, 2017, under the 2017 Repurchase Program, we entered into the 2017 ASR Agreement. When the agreement became effective on July 5, 2017, we paid BofA $100.0 million in exchange for an initial delivery of 1.5 million shares of our common stock, representing an estimated 80% of the total number of shares we expected to receive under the 2017 ASR Agreement, at the time we entered into the agreement. During the three months ended March 31, 2018, we received an additional 13,657 shares of our common stock from BofA, representing the final settlement of the 2017 ASR Agreement.  We purchased a total of 1,521,100 shares of our common stock under the 2017 ASR Agreement at an average price per share of $65.74.

The following table sets forth our share repurchases under the 2019 and 2017 Repurchase Programs during the periods presented:

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(a) The six months ended June 30, 2018 includes 13,657 shares we received as final settlement of our 2017 ASR Agreement.

(b) The six months ended June 30, 2019 includes 176,327 shares we received as final settlement of our 2018 ASR Agreement.