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Employee Benefit Plans
 12 Months Ended
Sep. 27, 2026
Employee Benefit and Share-Based Payment Arrangement, Noncash Expense [Abstract]  
Employee Benefit Plans Employee Benefit Plans
Equity Compensation Plans. On March 17, 2026, our stockholders approved the Amended and Restated Qualcomm Incorporated 2023 Long-Term Incentive Plan (the 2023 Plan), including an increase in the share reserve by 24 million shares. The 2023 Plan provides for the grant of RSUs and other stock-based awards. The RSUs generally include dividend-equivalent rights and vest over three years from the date of grant. The Board of Directors may amend or terminate the 2023 Plan at any time. Certain amendments, including an increase in the share reserve, require stockholder approval. At September 27, 2026, approximately 64 million shares were available for future grant under the 2023 Plan.
The following is a summary of employee RSU transactions that contain only service requirements to vest:
Number of Shares
(in millions)		Weighted-Average
Grant Date Fair Value
RSUs outstanding at September 28, 202528 $151.75 
RSUs granted23 176.02 
RSUs assumed in acquisition1 169.56 
RSUs canceled/forfeited(3)165.88 
RSUs vested(19)152.52 
RSUs outstanding at September 27, 202630 169.02 
The weighted-average estimated grant date fair values of employee RSUs that contain only service requirements to vest granted during fiscal 2025 and 2024 were $163.17 and $134.31 per share, respectively. Upon vesting, we issue new shares of common stock. For the majority of RSUs, shares are issued on the vesting dates net of the amount of shares needed to satisfy statutory tax withholding requirements to be paid by us on behalf of the employees. As a result, the actual number of shares issued will be fewer than the number of RSUs outstanding. The annual pre-vest forfeiture rate for RSUs was estimated to be approximately 6% in fiscal 2026, 2025 and 2024.
At September 27, 2026, total unrecognized compensation expense related to such non-vested RSUs granted prior to that date was $4.1 billion, which is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of 1.9 years. The total vest-date fair value of such RSUs that vested during fiscal 2026, 2025 and 2024 was $3.3 billion, $3.3 billion and $4.0 billion, respectively. The total shares withheld to satisfy statutory tax withholding requirements related to all share-based awards were 7 million, 7 million and 6 million in fiscal 2026, 2025 and 2024, respectively, and were based on the value of the awards on their vesting dates as determined by our closing stock price.
The total tax benefits realized, including the excess tax benefits, related to share-based awards during fiscal 2026, 2025 and 2024 were $698 million, $683 million and $840 million, respectively.
Employee Stock Purchase Plan. We have an employee stock purchase plan that allows eligible employees to purchase shares of common stock at 85% of the value of our common stock on specific dates through periodic payroll deductions. The shares reserved for future issuance under the employee stock purchase plan were 10 million at September 27, 2026. We recorded cash received from the exercise of purchase rights of $222 million, $402 million and $379 million during fiscal 2026, 2025 and 2024, respectively.
Share-based Compensation Expense. Total share-based compensation expense, related to all of our share-based awards, was comprised as follows (in millions):
202620252024
Cost of revenues$101 $89 $89 
Research and development2,569 2,141 2,024 
Selling, general and administrative782 553 535 
Share-based compensation expense before income taxes3,452 2,783 2,648 
Related income tax benefit(441)(616)(662)
$3,011 $2,167 $1,986