Share-Based Compensation
Share-Based Compensation
Share-based compensation totaled $851 million in 2008, $952 million in 2007, and $1.4 billion in 2006. Share-based compensation was included in cost of sales and operating expenses. The decrease in share-based compensation from 2006 to 2007 was a result of fewer equity awards vesting in 2007 compared to 2006.
As of December 27, 2008, unrecognized share-based compensation costs and the weighted average periods over which the costs are expected to be recognized were as follows:
| (Dollars in Millions) | Unrecognized Share-Based Compensation Costs |
Weighted Average Period |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stock options | $ | 335 | 1.2 years | |||
| Restricted stock units | $ | 937 | 1.4 years | |||
| Stock purchase plan | $ | 18 | 1 month | |||
