Business Acquisition

On September 1, 2011, the Company completed its acquisition of all of the outstanding common shares of optionsXpress Holdings, Inc. (optionsXpress) for total consideration of $714 million. optionsXpress is an online brokerage firm primarily focused on equity option securities and futures. The optionsXpress^® brokerage platform provides active investors and traders trading tools, analytics and education to execute a variety of investment strategies. The combination of optionsXpress and Schwab offers active investors an additional level of service and platform capabilities.

Under the terms of the merger agreement, optionsXpress stockholders received 1.02 shares of the Company’s common stock for each share of optionsXpress stock. As a result, the Company issued 59 million shares of the Company’s common stock valued at $710 million, based on the closing price of the Company’s common stock on September 1, 2011. The Company also assumed optionsXpress’ stock-based compensation awards valued at $4 million. In allocating the purchase price based on estimated fair values of assets and liabilities assumed as of the acquisition date, the Company preliminarily recorded $511 million of goodwill and $285 million of intangible assets. The allocation of the purchase price is preliminary and subject to further adjustment as information relative to closing date fair values and related tax balances are finalized. The results of optionsXpress’ operations have been included in the Company’s condensed consolidated statements of income from the date of acquisition. The amounts of optionsXpress’ net revenues and net income for the second quarter of 2012 were $49 million and $6 million, respectively. The amounts of optionsXpress’ net revenues and net income for the first half of 2012 were $101 million and $8 million, respectively.

The following table presents pro forma financial information as if optionsXpress had been acquired prior to January 1, 2011. Pro forma net income reflects the impact of amortizing purchase accounting adjustments relating to intangible assets, net of tax, of $5 million and $10 million in the second quarter and first half of 2011, respectively.


	Three Months Ended June 30, 2011		Six Months Ended June 30, 2011
Net revenues	$	1,249	$	2,522
Net income	$	242	$	494
Basic EPS	$	.19	$	.39
Diluted EPS	$	.19	$	.39

The pro forma financial information above is presented for illustrative purposes only and is not necessarily indicative of the results that actually would have occurred had the acquisition been completed prior to January 1, 2011, nor is it indicative of the results of operations for future periods.