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Annual Report
Each restricted stock right granted reduces the number of shares available for grant by 1.43 shares under our
Equity Plan. The following table summarizes our restricted stock rights activity, excluding performance-based
restricted stock unit activity which is discussed below, for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2011:
Restricted Stock
Rights
(in thousands)
Weighted-
Average Grant
Date Fair Values
Balance as of March 31, 2010 ........................................ 14,300 $24.45
Granted ....................................................... 8,090 17.38
Vested ........................................................ (6,520) 21.81
Forfeited or cancelled ............................................ (1,899) 21.32
Balance as of March 31, 2011 ........................................ 13,971 22.01
The weighted-average grant date fair value of restricted stock rights is based on the quoted market price of our
common stock on the date of grant. The weighted-average grant date fair values of restricted stock rights granted
during fiscal years 2011, 2010 and 2009 were $17.38, $18.10 and $32.42, respectively. The total grant date fair
values of restricted stock rights that vested during fiscal years 2011, 2010 and 2009 were $142 million, $129
million and $90 million, respectively.
Performance-Based Restricted Stock Units
Our performance-based restricted stock units vest contingent upon the achievement of pre-determined
performance-based milestones. If these performance-based milestones are not met, the restricted stock units will
not vest, in which case, any compensation expense we have recognized to date will be reversed.
The following table summarizes our performance-based restricted stock unit activity for the fiscal year ended
March 31, 2011:
Performance-
Based Restricted
Stock Units
(in thousands)
Weighted-
Average Grant
Date Fair Values
Balance as of March 31, 2010 ........................................ 2,326 $49.04
Granted ....................................................... 120 15.39
Forfeited or cancelled ............................................ (453) 49.11
Balance as of March 31, 2011 ........................................ 1,993 47.00
The weighted-average grant date fair value of performance-based restricted stock units is based on the quoted
market price of our common stock on the date of grant. The weighted-average grant date fair values of
performance-based restricted stock units granted during fiscal years 2011, 2010 and 2009 were $15.39, $20.93
and $46.05, respectively. The total grant date fair values of performance-based restricted stock units that vested
during fiscal years 2010 and 2009 were $5 million and $3 million, respectively. No performance-based restricted
stock units vested during fiscal year 2011.
ESPP
Pursuant to our ESPP, eligible employees may authorize payroll deductions of between 2 percent and 10 percent
of their compensation to purchase shares at 85 percent of the lower of the market price of our common stock on
the date of commencement of the offering or on the last day of each six-month purchase period.
At our Annual Meeting of Stockholders, held on August 5, 2010, our stockholders approved amendments to the
ESPP to increase the number of shares authorized under the ESPP by 2 million shares. As of March 31, 2011, we
had 5 million shares of common stock reserved for future issuance under the ESPP.
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