Stock-based Compensation

9 Months Ended

Jun. 29, 2013

Share-based Compensation, Allocation and Classification in Financial Statements [Abstract]

Stock-Based Compensation

Stock-based Compensation

We measure the cost of employee services received in exchange for restricted stock and restricted stock unit (RSU) awards based on the fair value of our common stock on the date of grant. That cost is recognized over the period during which an employee is required to provide service in exchange for the award.

Our equity incentive plan provides for grants of nonqualified and incentive stock options, common stock, restricted stock, RSUs and stock appreciation rights to employees, directors, officers and consultants. We award RSUs as the principal equity incentive awards, including certain performance-based awards that are earned based on achievement of performance criteria established by the Compensation Committee of our Board of Directors. Each RSU represents the contingent right to receive one share of our common stock.

Our equity incentive plans are described more fully in Note K to the Consolidated Financial Statements included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2012.

Restricted stock unit activity for the nine months ended June 29, 2013	Shares		Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value (Per Share)
	(in thousands)
Balance of outstanding restricted stock units October 1, 2012	5,134		$	19.99
Granted	2,612		$	22.79
Vested	(2,185	)	$	19.26
Forfeited or not earned	(350	)	$	21.12
Balance of outstanding restricted stock units June 29, 2013	5,211		$	21.63

	Restricted Stock Units
Grant Period	Performance-based (1)	Time-based (2)
	(Number of Units in thousands)
First nine months of 2013	422	2,190

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(1) Of these performance-based RSUs, 90,859 will be eligible to vest to the extent earned in three substantially equal installments on the later of November 15, 2013 and the date the Compensation Committee determines the extent to which the performance criteria have been achieved, November 15, 2014 and November 15, 2015 and 317,197 will be eligible to vest in three substantially equal installments on (i) the later of November 15, 2013 and the date the Compensation Committee determines the extent to which performance criteria have been achieved, (ii) the later of November 15, 2014 and the date the Compensation Committee determines the extent to which the applicable performance criteria have been achieved, and (iii) the later of November 15, 2015 and the date the Compensation Committee determines the extent to which the applicable performance criteria have been achieved; RSUs not earned for a period may be earned in subsequent periods. The remaining 14,046 will vest on the later of November 15, 2013 and the date the Compensation Committee determines the extent to which the performance criteria have been achieved.

(2) The time-based RSUs were issued to employees, including some of our executive officers, and the Board of Directors. Of these time-based RSUs, 1,363,705 will vest in three substantially equal annual installments in November 2013, 2014 and 2015; 7,681 will vest in three substantially equal installments in March 2014, 2015, and 2016; 752,950 will vest in three substantially equal installments in May 2014, 2015, and 2016; and 9,185 will vest in three substantially equal installments in June 2014, 2015, and 2016. The remaining 56,144 will vest the earlier of the date of the 2014 Annual Meeting of Stockholders or March 15, 2014.

Compensation expense recorded for our stock-based awards was classified in our consolidated statements of operations as follows:

	Three months ended				Nine months ended
	June 29, 2013		June 30, 2012		June 29, 2013		June 30, 2012
	(in thousands)				(in thousands)
Cost of license revenue	$	4	$	4	$	17	$	16
Cost of service revenue	1,372		1,314		4,404		4,235
Cost of support revenue	722		736		2,383		2,499
Sales and marketing	2,693		3,334		7,986		10,368
Research and development	2,139		1,886		6,475		6,675
General and administrative	4,247		6,057		13,615		15,612
Total stock-based compensation expense	$	11,177	$	13,331	$	34,880	$	39,405