Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Employee Equity Incentive Plans

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Employee Equity Incentive Plans
9 Months Ended
Sep. 28, 2013
Employee Benefits and Share-based Compensation [Abstract]  
Employee Equity Incentive Plans [Text Block]
Note 12: Employee Equity Incentive Plans
Our equity incentive plans are broad-based, long-term programs intended to attract and retain talented employees and align stockholder and employee interests.
In May 2013, stockholders approved an extension of the 2006 Equity Incentive Plan (the 2006 Plan). Stockholders approved 123 million additional shares for issuance, increasing the total shares of common stock authorized for issuance as equity awards to employees and non-employee directors to 719 million shares. The approval also extended the expiration date of the 2006 Plan to June 2016. A maximum of 517 million of these shares can be awarded as non-vested shares (restricted stock) or non-vested share units (restricted stock units). As of September 28, 2013, 306 million shares remained available for future grant under the 2006 Plan.
The 2006 Stock Purchase Plan allows eligible employees to purchase shares of our common stock at 85% of the value of our common stock on specific dates. Rights to purchase shares are granted during the first and third quarters of each year. Under the 2006 Stock Purchase Plan, we made 373 million shares of common stock available for issuance through August 2016. As of September 28, 2013, 216 million shares were available for issuance under the 2006 Stock Purchase Plan.
Share-Based Compensation
We recognized $268 million of share-based compensation in the third quarter of 2013 and $855 million for the first nine months of 2013 ($276 million in the third quarter of 2012 and $830 million for the first nine months of 2012).
We estimate the fair value of restricted stock unit awards with time-based vesting using the value of our common stock on the date of grant, reduced by the present value of dividends expected to be paid on our common stock prior to vesting. We estimate the fair value of market-based restricted stock units using a Monte Carlo simulation model on the date of grant. We based the weighted average estimated values of restricted stock unit grants, as well as the weighted average assumptions that we used in calculating the fair value, on estimates at the date of grant, as follows:
 
 
 
Three Months Ended
 
Nine Months Ended
 
 
Sep 28,
2013
 
Sep 29,
2012
 
Sep 28,
2013
 
Sep 29,
2012
Estimated values
 
$
21.20

 
$
23.77

 
$
21.43

 
$
25.42

Risk-free interest rate
 
0.3
%
 
0.3
%
 
0.2
%
 
0.3
%
Dividend yield
 
3.9
%
 
3.5
%
 
3.8
%
 
3.3
%
Volatility
 
24
%
 
27
%
 
25
%
 
26
%

We use the Black-Scholes option pricing model to estimate the fair value of options granted under our equity incentive plans and rights to acquire stock granted under our stock purchase plan. We based the weighted average estimated values of employee stock option grants and rights granted under the stock purchase plan, as well as the weighted average assumptions used in calculating these values, on estimates at the date of grant, as follows:
 
 
 
Stock Options
 
Stock Purchase Plan
 
 
Three Months Ended
 
Nine Months Ended
 
Three Months Ended
 
Nine Months Ended
 
 
Sep 28,
2013
 
Sep 29,
2012
 
Sep 28,
2013
 
Sep 29,
2012
 
Sep 28,
2013
 
Sep 29,
2012
 
Sep 28,
2013
 
Sep 29,
2012
Estimated values
 
$
3.25

 
$
3.97

 
$
3.11

 
$
4.26

 
$
4.74

 
$
5.42

 
$
4.52

 
$
5.47

Expected life (in years)
 
5.2

 
5.3

 
5.2

 
5.3

 
0.5

 
0.5

 
0.5

 
0.5

Risk-free interest rate
 
1.5
%
 
0.7
%
 
0.8
%
 
1.0
%
 
0.1
%
 
0.2
%
 
0.1
%
 
0.1
%
Dividend yield
 
3.9
%
 
3.5
%
 
3.9
%
 
3.2
%
 
3.9
%
 
3.5
%
 
4.0
%
 
3.3
%
Volatility
 
24
%
 
27
%
 
25
%
 
25
%
 
22
%
 
24
%
 
22
%
 
24
%

Restricted Stock Unit Awards
Activity with respect to outstanding restricted stock units (RSUs) in the first nine months of 2013 was as follows:
 
 
 
Number of
RSUs
(In Millions)
 
Weighted Average
Grant-Date
Fair Value
(Per RSU)
December 29, 2012
 
109.3

 
$
22.03

Granted
 
51.3

 
$
21.43

Vested
 
(42.7
)
 
$
20.30

Forfeited
 
(3.7
)
 
$
22.08

September 28, 2013
 
114.2

 
$
22.41



The aggregate fair value of awards that vested during the first nine months of 2013 was $959 million, which represents the market value of our common stock on the date that the restricted stock units vested. The grant-date fair value of awards that vested during the first nine months of 2013 was $867 million. The number of restricted stock units vested includes shares that we withheld on behalf of employees to satisfy the minimum statutory tax withholding requirements.
As of September 28, 2013, 3.3 million of the outstanding restricted stock units were market-based restricted stock units.
Stock Option Awards
Activity with respect to outstanding stock options in the first nine months of 2013 was as follows:
 
 
 
Number of
Options
(In Millions)
 
Weighted Average
Exercise Price
(Per Option)
December 29, 2012
 
202.8

 
$
20.20

Granted
 
19.1

 
$
22.94

Exercised
 
(50.2
)
 
$
18.71

Cancelled and forfeited
 
(2.4
)
 
$
22.21

Expired
 
(1.6
)
 
$
21.30

September 28, 2013
 
167.7

 
$
20.92

Options exercisable as of:
 
 
 
 
December 29, 2012
 
139.8

 
$
19.76

September 28, 2013
 
107.3

 
$
20.35


During the first nine months of 2013, the aggregate intrinsic value of stock option exercises was $184 million, which represents the difference between the exercise price and the value of our common stock at the time of exercise.
Stock Purchase Plan
Employees purchased 20.5 million shares in the first nine months of 2013 for $369 million (17.4 million shares in the first nine months of 2012 for $355 million) under the 2006 Stock Purchase Plan.