Accounting for Share-Based Compensation (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2016

Disclosure of Compensation Related Costs, Share-based Payments [Abstract]

The Company recognized share-based compensation in the following line items in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations for the periods indicated:



	Three Months Ended December 31,						Nine Months Ended December 31,
	2016			2015			2016			2015
	(in millions)
Costs of licensing and maintenance	$	2		$	2		$	5		$	5
Cost of professional services	1			1			3			3
Selling and marketing	9			9			28			25
General and administrative	8			9			27			25
Product development and enhancements	6			4			17			12
Share-based compensation expense before tax	$	26		$	25		$	80		$	70
Income tax benefit	(8		)	(8		)	(26		)	(22		)
Net share-based compensation expense	$	18		$	17		$	54		$	48

Unrecognized share-based compensation costs

The following table summarizes information about unrecognized share-based compensation costs at December 31, 2016:



	Unrecognized Share-Based Compensation Costs		Weighted Average Period Expected to be Recognized
	(in millions)		(in years)
Stock option awards	$	5	2.0
Restricted stock units	20		2.0
Restricted stock awards	76		1.9
Performance share units	33		2.5
Total unrecognized share-based compensation costs	$	134	2.1

Weighted average fair values and assumptions used for options granted

The weighted average fair values and assumptions used for the options granted were as follows:



	Nine Months Ended December 31,
	2016			2015
Weighted average fair value	$	4.42		$	4.68
Dividend yield	3.56		%	3.37		%
Expected volatility factor ⁽¹⁾	22		%	23		%
Risk-free interest rate ⁽²⁾	1.5		%	1.9		%
Expected life (in years) ⁽³⁾	6.0			6.0


(1)	Expected volatility is measured using historical daily price changes of the Company’s common stock over the respective expected term of the options and the implied volatility derived from the market prices of the Company’s traded options.


(2)	The risk-free rate for periods within the contractual term of the stock options is based on the U.S. Treasury yield curve in effect at the time of grant.


(3)	The expected life is the number of years the Company estimates that options will be outstanding prior to exercise. The Company’s computation of expected life was determined based on the simplified method (the average of the vesting period and option term).

Summary of RSAs and RSUs granted under 1-year PSUs for Incentive Plans



		RSAs		RSUs
Incentive Plans for Fiscal Years	Performance Period	Shares (in millions)	Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value	Shares (in millions)	Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value
2016	1 year	0.6	$31.53	0.1	$30.53
2015	1 year	0.5	$31.41	0.1	$30.42

Summary of shares of common stock issued under 3-year PSUs for Incentive Plans



Incentive Plans for Fiscal Years	Performance Period	Shares of Common Stock (in millions)	Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value
2014	3 years	0.3	$31.53
2013	3 years	0.1	$31.41

Summary of RSAs and RSUs granted under 1-year PSUs for Sales Retention Equity Programs



		RSAs		RSUs
Incentive Plans for Fiscal Years	Performance Period	Shares (in millions)	Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value	Shares (in millions)	Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value
2016	1 year	0.3	$31.53	0.1	$28.52
2015	1 year	0.2	$30.45	0.1	$27.50

Summary of all RSAs and RSUs granted, including grants made pursuant to long-term incentive plans

The table below summarizes all of the RSAs and RSUs, including grants made pursuant to the long-term incentive plans discussed above, granted during the three and nine months ended December 31, 2016 and 2015:



	Three Months Ended December 31,						Nine Months Ended December 31,
	2016			2015			2016		2015
	(shares in millions)
RSAs:
Shares	—		⁽³⁾	—		⁽³⁾	2.9		2.8
Weighted average grant date fair value ⁽¹⁾	$	31.99		$	26.53		$	31.56	$	30.63
RSUs:
Shares	—			—			1.0		0.9
Weighted average grant date fair value ⁽²⁾	$	—		$	—		$	30.16	$	28.72


(1)	The fair value is based on the quoted market value of the Company’s common stock on the grant date.


(2)	The fair value is based on the quoted market value of the Company’s common stock on the grant date reduced by the present value of dividends expected to be paid on the Company’s common stock prior to vesting of the RSUs, which is calculated using a risk-free interest rate.


(3)	Less than 0.1 million.