Equity (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2016

Equity

Schedule of dividends and cash distributions to shareholders

Approval Date	Payment Type	Annual Payment Per Share	Payment Dates
March 2013	Dividend payment out of contributed surplus	CHF 0.96 (equivalent to $1.00), payable in four quarterly installments of $0.25	Third quarter of fiscal 2013 Fourth quarter of fiscal 2013 First quarter of fiscal 2014 Second quarter of fiscal 2014
March 2014	Dividend payment out of contributed surplus	CHF 1.04 (equivalent to $1.16), payable in four quarterly installments of $0.29	Third quarter of fiscal 2014 Fourth quarter of fiscal 2014 First quarter of fiscal 2015 Second quarter of fiscal 2015
March 2015	Dividend payment out of contributed surplus	$1.32 (equivalent to CHF 1.27), payable in four quarterly installments of $0.33	Third quarter of fiscal 2015 Fourth quarter of fiscal 2015 First quarter of fiscal 2016 Second quarter of fiscal 2016
March 2016	Dividend payment out of contributed surplus	$1.48 (equivalent to CHF 1.48), payable in four quarterly installments of $0.37	Third quarter of fiscal 2016 Fourth quarter of fiscal 2016 First quarter of fiscal 2017 Second quarter of fiscal 2017

Schedule of common shares repurchased

	Fiscal
	2016		2015		2014
	(in millions)
Number of common shares repurchased		43		18		11
Amount repurchased	$	2,610	$	1,163	$	604