Share-Based Compensation

3 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2016

Disclosure of Compensation Related Costs, Share-based Payments [Abstract]

We recognized $10.7 million and $10.8 million of pre-tax share-based compensation expense during the three months ended December 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015, respectively. Our annual grant of share-based compensation takes place during the first quarter of each fiscal year. The number of shares granted to employees and non-employee directors and the weighted average fair value per share during the periods presented were (in thousands, except per share amounts):



	Three Months Ended December 31,
	2016			2015
	Grants	Wtd. Avg. Share Fair Value		Grants	Wtd. Avg. Share Fair Value
Stock options	943	$	25.27	1,122	$	21.20
Performance shares	42	174.37		96	87.64
Restricted stock and restricted stock units	41	135.17		56	103.90
Unrestricted stock	6	120.57		6	100.36

- Definition

The entire disclosure for compensation-related costs for equity-based compensation, which may include disclosure of policies, compensation plan details, allocation of equity compensation, incentive distributions, equity-based arrangements to obtain goods and services, deferred compensation arrangements, employee stock ownership plan details and employee stock purchase plan details.

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