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401(k) Plan
The Company’s 401(k) Plan (the “401(k) Plan”) is a deferred salary arrangement under Section 401(k) of the
Internal Revenue Code. Under the 401(k) Plan, participating U.S. employees may defer a portion of their pre-tax
earnings, up to the IRS annual contribution limit ($17,500 for calendar year 2013). The Company matches 50%
to 100% of each employee’s contributions, depending on length of service, up to a maximum 6% of the
employee’s eligible earnings. The Company’s matching contributions to the 401(k) Plan were $135 million, $114
million and $90 million in 2013, 2012 and 2011, respectively.
Restricted Stock Units
A summary of the Company’s RSU activity and related information for 2013, 2012 and 2011, is as follows:
Number of
RSUs
(in thousands)
Weighted-
Average
Grant
Date Fair
Value
Aggregate
Intrinsic
Value
(in millions)
Balance at September 25, 2010 ................................... 13,034 $165.63
RSUs granted ............................................. 6,667 $312.63
RSUs vested ............................................. (4,513) $168.08
RSUs cancelled ........................................... (742) $189.08
Balance at September 24, 2011 ................................... 14,446 $231.49
RSUs granted ............................................. 7,799 $431.35
RSUs vested ............................................. (6,305) $205.27
RSUs cancelled ........................................... (935) $256.01
Balance at September 29, 2012 ................................... 15,005 $344.87
RSUs granted ............................................. 5,631 $547.62
RSUs vested ............................................. (6,042) $321.73
RSUs cancelled ........................................... (1,268) $401.17
Balance at September 28, 2013 ................................... 13,326 $435.70 $6,433
The fair value as of the respective vesting dates of RSUs was $3.1 billion, $3.3 billion and $1.5 billion for 2013,
2012 and 2011, respectively. The majority of RSUs that vested in 2013, 2012 and 2011 were net-share settled
such that the Company withheld shares with value equivalent to the employees’ minimum statutory obligation
for the applicable income and other employment taxes, and remitted the cash to the appropriate taxing
authorities. The total shares withheld were approximately 2.2 million, 2.3 million and 1.6 million for 2013, 2012
and 2011, respectively, and were based on the value of the RSUs on their respective vesting dates as determined
by the Company’s closing stock price. Total payments for the employees’ tax obligations to taxing authorities
were $1.1 billion, $1.2 billion and $520 million in 2013, 2012 and 2011, respectively, and are reflected as a
financing activity within the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows. These net-share settlements had the effect
of share repurchases by the Company as they reduced and retired the number of shares that would have otherwise
been issued as a result of the vesting and did not represent an expense to the Company.
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