Stockholders' Equity And Stock-Based Compensation (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2017

Stockholders' Equity And Stock-Based Compensation [Abstract]

Summary Of Stock Options Issued To Officers, Directors, And Employees Under 2000 Stock Incentive Plan And 2005 Stock Plan

The following table summarizes information about all stock options issued under our 2005 Stock Plan:

	Shares		Weighted-Average Exercise Price		Weighted-Average Remaining Contractual Life	Aggregate Intrinsic Value (1)
	(in thousands)				(in years)	(in thousands)
Options outstanding at September 30, 2016	8,690		$	35.98
Grants	2,052		46.25
Exercises	(1,025	)	34.66
Forfeitures and cancellations	(179	)	37.26
Options outstanding at June 30, 2017	9,538		38.31		6.9	$	102,312
Options vested and expected to vest at June 30, 2017	8,895		38.05		6.8	97,680
Options exercisable at June 30, 2017	5,099		$	35.66	5.8	68,079

(1) Aggregate intrinsic value is based on the closing price of our Class A common stock on June 30, 2017 of $48.96 and excludes the impact of options that were not in-the-money.

Summary Of Restricted Stock Units Issued To Officers, Directors And Employees Under 2005 Stock Incentive Plan

The following table summarizes information about RSUs issued under our 2005 Stock Plan:

	Shares		Weighted-Average Grant Date Fair Value
	(in thousands)
Non-vested at September 30, 2016	2,872		$	40.16
Granted	1,162		46.44
Vested	(1,062	)	36.50
Forfeitures	(118	)	39.62
Non-vested at June 30, 2017	2,854		$	44.10

Schedule Of Fair Value Of Stock-Based Awards Estimated Using Weighted-Average Assumptions

The weighted-average assumptions used in the determination of the fair value of our stock options were as follows:

	Fiscal Quarter Ended				Fiscal Year-To-Date Ended
	June 30, 2017		July 1, 2016		June 30, 2017		July 1, 2016
Expected term (in years)	5.13		5.24		5.13		5.24
Risk-free interest rate	1.8	%	1.2	%	2.1	%	1.7	%
Expected stock price volatility	25.1	%	30.1	%	27.4	%	29.8	%
Dividend yield	1.1	%	1.1	%	1.1	%	1.4	%

Schedule of Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Allocation of Recognized Period Costs

The following two tables separately present stock-based compensation expense both by award type and classification in our consolidated statements of operations (in thousands):

Expense - By Award Type

	Fiscal Quarter Ended						Fiscal Year-To-Date Ended
	June 30, 2017			July 1, 2016			June 30, 2017			July 1, 2016
Compensation Expense - By Type
Stock options	$	4,489		$	4,980		$	13,867		$	16,344
Restricted stock units	10,349			10,080			32,446			32,423
Employee stock purchase plan	904			947			2,627			2,706
Total stock-based compensation	15,742			16,007			48,940			51,473
Benefit from income taxes	(4,568		)	(4,655		)	(14,231		)	(15,067		)
Total stock-based compensation, net of tax	$	11,174		$	11,352		$	34,709		$	36,406

Expense - By Income Statement Line Item Classification

	Fiscal Quarter Ended						Fiscal Year-To-Date Ended
	June 30, 2017			July 1, 2016			June 30, 2017			July 1, 2016
Compensation Expense - By Classification
Cost of products	$	229		$	220		$	710		$	719
Cost of services	126			113			383			356
Research and development	4,551			4,243			13,987			13,618
Sales and marketing	6,187			6,451			19,563			20,602
General and administrative	4,649			4,980			14,297			16,178
Total stock-based compensation	15,742			16,007			48,940			51,473
Benefit from income taxes	(4,568		)	(4,655		)	(14,231		)	(15,067		)
Total stock-based compensation, net of tax	$	11,174		$	11,352		$	34,709		$	36,406

Schedule of Tax Benefit from Exercise of Options

This benefit was as follows (in thousands):

	Fiscal Quarter Ended				Fiscal Year-To-Date Ended
	June 30, 2017		July 1, 2016		June 30, 2017		July 1, 2016
Tax benefit - shares issued under ESPP	$	367	$	358	$	786	$	481

Schedule of Stock Repurchase Authorizations

The following table summarizes the initial amount of authorized repurchases as well as additional repurchases approved by our Board of Directors as of June 30, 2017 (in thousands):

Authorization Period	Authorization Amount
Fiscal 2010: November 2009	$	250,000
Fiscal 2010: July 2010	300,000
Fiscal 2011: July 2011	250,000
Fiscal 2012: February 2012	100,000
Fiscal 2015: October 2014	200,000
Fiscal 2017: January 2017	200,000
Total	$	1,300,000

Schedule of Stock Repurchase Activity

The following table provides information regarding share repurchase activity under the program during fiscal 2017:

Quarterly Repurchase Activity	Shares Repurchased	Cost (1)		Average Price Paid Per Share (2)
		(in thousands)
Q1 - Quarter ended December 30, 2016	531,465	$	25,001	$	47.02
Q2 - Quarter ended March 31, 2017	519,917	24,999		48.07
Q3 - Quarter ended June 30, 2017	485,179	24,994		51.50
Total	1,536,561	$	74,994

(1) Cost of share repurchases includes the price paid per share and applicable commissions.

(2) Average price paid per share excludes commission costs.

Dividends Declared

In October 2014, our Board of Directors initiated a recurring quarterly dividend program for our stockholders. The following table summarizes dividend payments to be made under the program in relation to fiscal 2017:

Fiscal Period	Declaration Date	Record Date	Payment Date	Cash Dividend Per Common Share		Dividend Payment
Fiscal 2017
Q1 - Quarter ended December 30, 2016	January 25, 2017	February 6, 2017	February 15, 2017	$	0.14	$14.3 million
Q2 - Quarter ended March 31, 2017	April 26, 2017	May 8, 2017	May 16, 2017	$	0.14	$14.3 million
Q3 - Quarter ended June 30, 2017	July 24, 2017	August 7, 2017	August 15, 2017	$	0.14	$14.3 million	(1)

(1) The amount of the dividend payment is estimated based on the number of shares of our Class A and Class B common stock that we estimate will be outstanding as of the Record Date.