Stock Transactions And Stock-Based Compensation (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Apr. 03, 2015

Assumptions Used In The Black-Scholes Model To Value Options Granted

The following summarizes the assumptions used in the Black-Scholes Merton option pricing model ("Black-Scholes") to value options granted during the three months ended April 3, 2015:



Risk-free interest rate	1.55% - 1.86%
Weighted average volatility	23.3	%
Dividend yield	0.6	%
Expected years until exercise	5.5 - 8.0

Components Of Stock-Based Compensation Program

The following summarizes the components of the Company’s stock-based compensation expense ($ in millions):



	Three Months Ended
	April 3, 2015			March 28, 2014
RSUs/PSUs:
Pre-tax compensation expense	$	19.4		$	17.9
Income tax benefit	(5.9		)	(5.2		)
RSU/PSU expense, net of income taxes	13.5			12.7
Stock options:
Pre-tax compensation expense	12.0			11.1
Income tax benefit	(3.6		)	(3.4		)
Stock option expense, net of income taxes	8.4			7.7
Total stock-based compensation:
Pre-tax compensation expense	31.4			29.0
Income tax benefit	(9.5		)	(8.6		)
Total stock-based compensation expense, net of income taxes	$	21.9		$	20.4

Option Activity Under The Company's Stock Plans

The following summarizes option activity under the Company’s stock plans (in millions, except exercise price and number of years):



	Options		Weighted Average Exercise Price		Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Term (in years)	Aggregate Intrinsic Value
Outstanding as of December 31, 2014	24.3		$	48.92
Granted	1.2		87.04
Exercised	(1.7	)	34.02
Cancelled/forfeited	(0.3	)	56.16
Outstanding as of April 3, 2015	23.5		$	51.74	6	$	767.4
Vested and expected to vest as of April 3, 2015 ⁽¹⁾	22.4		$	50.89	6	$	747.6
Vested as of April 3, 2015	12.8		$	39.06	4	$	577.0


(1)	The “Expected to vest” options are the net unvested options that remain after applying the forfeiture rate assumption to total unvested options.

RSUs Activity

The following summarizes information on unvested RSU and PSU activity (in millions, except weighted average grant-date fair value):



	Number of RSUs/PSUs		Weighted Average Grant-Date Fair Value
Unvested as of December 31, 2014	4.9		$	61.64
Granted	0.5		85.28
Vested	(0.6	)	47.92
Forfeited	(0.2	)	63.83
Unvested as of April 3, 2015	4.6		$	66.13

- Definition

Tabular disclosure of components of a stock option or other award plan under which equity-based compensation is awarded to employees, typically comprised of the amount of unearned compensation (deferred compensation cost), compensation expense, and changes in the quantity and fair value of the shares (or other type of equity) granted, exercised, forfeited, and issued and outstanding pertaining to that plan. Disclosure may also include nature and general terms of such arrangements that existed during the period and potential effects of those arrangements on shareholders, effect of compensation cost arising from equity-based payment arrangements on the income statement, method of estimating the fair value of the goods or services received, or the fair value of the equity instruments granted, during the period, cash flow effects resulting from equity-based payment arrangements and, for registrants that accelerate vesting of out of the money share options, reasons for the decision to accelerate.

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