Stock-based Compensation (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2018

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

Schedule of Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Unit Activity



Restricted stock unit activity for the six months ended March 31, 2018	Shares		Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value (Per Share)
	(in thousands)
Balance of outstanding restricted stock units October 1, 2017	3,487		$	45.57
Granted (1)	1,355		$	62.86
Vested	(1,376	)	$	44.42
Forfeited or not earned	(471	)	$	51.37
Balance of outstanding restricted stock units March 31, 2018	2,995		$	53.03

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(1) Restricted stock granted includes 184,000 shares from prior period TSR awards that were earned upon achievement of the performance criteria and vested in November 2018.

Schedule of Restricted Stock Unit Grants for the Period



	Restricted Stock Units
Grant Period	Performance-based RSUs (1)	Service-based RSUs (2)
	(Number of Units in thousands)
First six months of 2018	461	710

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(1)

Substantially all the performance-based RSUs were granted to our executive officers. Approximately 189,000 shares are eligible to vest based upon annual performance measures, measured over a three-year period. RSUs not earned for a period may be earned in the third period. An additional 250,000 shares are eligible to vest based upon a 2018 performance measure. To the extent earned, those performance-based RSUs will vest in three substantially equal installments on November 15, 2018, November 15, 2019 and November 15, 2020, or the date the Compensation Committee determines the extent to which the applicable performance criteria have been achieved for each performance period.


(2)	The service-based RSUs were granted to employees, our executive officers and our directors. Substantially all service-based RSUs will vest in three substantially equal annual installments on or about the anniversary of the date of grant.

Schedule of Classification of Compensation Expense

Compensation expense recorded for our stock-based awards was classified in our Consolidated Statements of Operations as follows:



	Three months ended				Six months ended
	March 31, 2018		April 1, 2017		March 31, 2018		April 1, 2017
	(in thousands)
Cost of license and subscription revenue	$	408	$	314	$	821	$	607
Cost of support revenue	690		1,355		1,498		2,499
Cost of professional services revenue	1,669		1,539		3,375		2,995
Sales and marketing	5,038		4,130		9,917		7,751
Research and development	3,383		3,951		6,343		6,948
General and administrative	5,838		10,288		13,403		18,765
Total stock-based compensation expense	$	17,026	$	21,577	$	35,357	$	39,565