Stockholders' Equity (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2011

Schedule of Common Stock as Converted

The number of shares of each class and the number of shares of class A common stock outstanding on an as-converted basis at September 30, 2011, are as follows:

(in millions except conversion rate)	Shares Outstanding at September 30, 2011		Conversion Rate Into Class A Common Stock		Class A Common Stock As Converted(1)
Class A common stock		520		—		520
Class B common stock		245		0.4881		120
Class C common stock		47		1.0000		47
Total						687

⁽¹⁾  Figures may not sum due to rounding. As-converted class A common stock count is calculated based on whole numbers.

Share Repurchase Program Disclosure

The following table presents share repurchases in the open market during the following fiscal years:

	2011		2010
	(in millions, except per share data)
Shares repurchased in the open market		26.6		12.9
Weighted-average repurchase price per share	$	76.08	$	77.48
Total cost	$	2,024	$	1,000

During fiscal 2011 and 2010, the Company completed three share repurchase programs previously authorized by the board of directors in April, 2011, October, 2010 and October, 2009, for an aggregate of $2.6 billion. All repurchased shares have been retired and constitute authorized but unissued shares. The Company made no share repurchases in the open market during fiscal 2009.

In July, 2011, the Company’s board of directors authorized a new $1 billion share repurchase program. The authorization will be in effect through July 20, 2012, and the terms of the program are subject to change at the discretion of the board of directors. At September 30, 2011, the July share repurchase program had remaining authorized funds of $577 million. In October, 2011, the Company announced that its board of directors authorized a $1 billion increase to the existing share repurchase program, subject to the same terms of the July authorization.

During fiscal 2011 and 2010, the Company made deposits of $400 million, $800 million and $500 million into the litigation escrow account on March 31, 2011, October 8, 2010 and May 28, 2010, respectively. Under the terms of the retrospective responsibility plan, when the Company makes deposits into the escrow account, the shares of class B common stock are subject to dilution through an adjustment to the conversion rate of the shares of class B common stock to shares of class A common stock. This has the same effect on earnings per share as repurchasing the Company’s class A common stock, by reducing the as-converted class B common stock share count as shown in the table below.

	Fiscal 2011				Fiscal 2010
	March 2011		October 2010		May 2010
	(in millions except per share data and conversion rate)
Deposits under the retrospective responsibility plan	$	400	$	800	$	500
Effective price per share(1)	$	73.81	$	72.74	$	74.22
Equivalent shares of class A common stock repurchased		5.4		11.0		6.7
Conversion rate of class B common stock to class A common stock after deposits		0.4881		0.5102		0.5550
As-converted class B common stock after deposits		120		125		136

⁽¹⁾  Effective price per share calculated using the volume-weighted average price of the Company’s class A common stock over a pricing period in accordance with the Company’s amended and restated certificate of incorporation.