STOCK PROGRAMS

6 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2021

Share-based Payment Arrangement [Abstract]

Additional information relating to the Company's stock programs and the DECIEM stock options are included in the notes to consolidated financial statements in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2021.

The Company's Stock Programs

Total net stock-based compensation expense is attributable to the granting of, and the remaining requisite service periods of stock options, restricted stock units (“RSUs”), performance share units (“PSUs”), long-term PSUs, including long-term price-vested units and share units. Compensation expense attributable to net stock-based compensation was $113 million and $105 million for the three months ended December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively, and was $192 million and $169 million for the six months ended December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively.

Stock Options

During the six months ended December 31, 2021, the Company granted stock options in respect of approximately 1.1 million shares of Class A Common Stock with an exercise price per share of $344.09 and a weighted-average grant date fair value per share of $85.56. The fair value of each option grant was estimated on the date of grant using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model. The aggregate intrinsic value of stock options exercised during the six months ended December 31, 2021 was $178 million.

Restricted Stock Units

The Company granted RSUs in respect of approximately 0.7 million shares of Class A Common Stock during the six months ended December 31, 2021 with a weighted-average grant date fair value per share of $343.71 that, at the time of grant, are scheduled to vest at 0.3 million, 0.2 million, and 0.2 million shares per year, in fiscal 2023, fiscal 2024 and fiscal 2025, respectively. Vesting of RSUs is generally subject to the continued employment or the retirement of the grantees. The RSUs are accompanied by dividend equivalent rights, payable upon settlement of the RSUs either in cash or shares (based on the terms of the particular award) and, as such, were generally valued at the closing market price of the Company’s Class A Common Stock on the date of grant.

Performance Share Units

During the six months ended December 31, 2021, the Company granted PSUs with a target payout of approximately 0.1 million shares of Class A Common Stock with a grant date fair value per share of $344.06, which will be settled in stock subject to the achievement of the Company’s net sales and diluted net earnings per common share for the three fiscal years ending June 30, 2024, all subject to continued employment or the retirement of the grantees. For PSUs granted, no settlement will occur for results below the applicable minimum threshold. PSUs are accompanied by dividend equivalent rights that will be payable in cash upon settlement of the PSUs and, as such, were valued at the closing market value of the Company’s Class A Common Stock on the date of grant.

In September 2021, approximately 0.2 million shares of the Company’s Class A Common Stock were issued, and related accrued dividends were paid, relative to the target goals set at the time of the issuance, in settlement of 0.2 million PSUs with a performance period ended June 30, 2021.

DECIEM Stock Options

The DECIEM stock options are liability-classified awards as they are expected to be settled in cash and are remeasured to fair value at each reporting date through date of settlement. Total stock-based compensation expense is attributable to the exchange or replacement of and the remaining requisite service period of stock options. The total stock option expense for the three and six months ended December 31, 2021 was not material. There were no stock options exercised during the six months ended December 31, 2021.

The initial fair value of the DECIEM stock option liability was calculated using the acquisition date fair value multiplied by the number of options replaced (consisting of vested and partially vested stock options) on the day following the acquisition date. As discussed in Note 2 – Acquisition of Business, DECIEM stock options, with total fair value of $295 million, were reported as part of the total consideration transferred. The DECIEM stock options are reported as a stock option liability of $138 million and $141 million in Other noncurrent liabilities in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets at December 31, 2021 and June 30, 2021, respectively. The fair value of the stock options were calculated using the following key assumptions into the Monte Carlo Method:


	December 31, 2021	June 30, 2021	May 18, 2021
Risk-free rate	1.00%	0.50%	0.50%
Term to mid of last twelve-month period	1.92 years	2.42 years	2.54 years
Operating leverage adjustment	0.45	0.45	0.45
Net sales discount rate	3.90%	3.40%	3.30%
EBITDA discount rate	7.40%	6.90%	6.80%
EBITDA volatility	40.40%	37.70%	38.30%
Net sales volatility	18.20%	17.00%	17.20%