Equity Incentive Plan (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2019

Share-based Payment Arrangement, Expensed and Capitalized, Amount [Abstract]

The following table shows total stock-based compensation expense recorded from our stock-based awards as reflected in our Consolidated Statements of Operations:



(in thousands)	Year ended September 30,
	2019		2018		2017
Cost of license revenue	$	509	$	144	$	(148	)
Cost of support and cloud services revenue	5,004		4,302		6,643
Cost of professional services revenue	6,426		7,079		6,116
Sales and marketing	32,026		24,893		15,373
Research and development	22,019		13,488		13,968
General and administrative	20,416		33,033		34,756
Total stock-based compensation expense	$	86,400	$	82,939	$	76,708

Restricted Stock And Restricted Stock Unit Grants



Restricted stock unit activity for the year ended September 30, 2019 (in thousands except grant date fair value data)	Shares		Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value		Aggregate Intrinsic Value as of September 30, 2019
Balance of outstanding restricted stock units October 1, 2018	3,284		$	65.93
Granted (1)	1,836		$	82.77
Vested	(1,494	)	$	55.11
Forfeited or not earned	(394	)	$	66.20
Balance of outstanding restricted stock units September 30, 2019	3,232		$	80.52	$	220,358

(1) Restricted stock granted includes approximately 141,000 shares from prior period TSR awards that were earned upon achievement of the performance criteria and vested in November 2019.

(1) Substantially all the performance-based RSUs were granted to our executive officers. Approximately 160,000 shares are eligible to vest based upon annual performance measures, measured over a three-year period. RSUs not earned for a period may be earned in the third period. To the extent earned, those performance-based RSUs will vest in three substantially equal installments on November 15, 2019, 2020 and 2021, or the date the Compensation Committee determines the extent to which the applicable performance criteria have been achieved for each performance period. An additional 213,000 performance-based RSUs are eligible to be earned based upon a 2019 performance measure, which RSUs will be forfeited to the extent the performance measure is not achieved. These RSUs would have vest, to the extent earned, in three substantially equal installments on November 15, 2019, 2020 and 2021. These RSUs were not earned and were forfeited.

(2) The service-based RSUs were granted to employees, our executive officers and our directors. Substantially all service-based RSUs will vest in three substantially equal annual installments on or about the anniversary of the date of grant.

Value Of Stock Option And Stock-Based Award Activity



(in thousands)	Year ended September 30,
Value of stock option and stock-based award activity	2019		2018		2017
Total fair value of restricted stock unit awards vested	$	131,659	$	127,525	$	78,573

(Number of Units in thousands)

Restricted Stock Units

Restricted stock unit grants

Performance-based RSUs ⁽¹⁾

Service-based RSUs ⁽²⁾

Year ended September 30, 2019