J. Equity Arrangements

In the third quarter of 2011, the Company entered into a forward share purchase contract on its common stock. This contract obligates the Company to pay $350.0 million to the financial institution counterparty not later than August 2013, or earlier at the Company’s option, for the 5,581,400 shares purchased. The transaction enables an immediate reduction of shares outstanding at inception of the forward share purchase contract on a weighted average basis.

In May 2011, the Company purchased from a financial institution over the counter 3 month “in-the-money” capped call options, subject to adjustments for standard anti-dilution provisions, on 2,448,558 shares of its common stock for an aggregate premium of $19.6 million, or an average of $8.00 per option. The initial term of the capped call options was one month which was subsequently extended in an addendum to the agreement with the counterparty to a three month term. The purpose of the capped call options was to reduce share price volatility on potential future share repurchases by establishing the prices at which the Company could elect to repurchase 2,448,558 shares in the three month term. In accordance with ASC 815-40 the premium paid was recorded as a reduction to Shareowners’ equity. The contracts for this series of options generally provided that the options might, at the Company’s election, be cash settled, physically settled or net-share settled (the default settlement method). This series of options had various expiration dates within the month of August 2011. The applicable lower strike price was $70.16 and the applicable upper strike price was $80.35. The capped calls were terminated in July 2011. The Company elected to net share settle the transaction and received 3,052 shares valued at $0.2 million.

Convertible Preferred Units and Equity Option

As described more fully in Note H, Long-Term Debt and Financing Arrangements of the Company’s 2010 Annual Report on Form 10K for the fiscal year ended January 1, 2011, in November 2010 the Company issued Convertible Preferred Units comprised of $632,500,000 of Notes due November 17, 2018 and Purchase Contracts. There have been no changes to the terms of the Convertible Preferred Units. The Purchase Contracts obligate the holders to purchase, on the earlier of (i) November 17, 2015 (the Purchase Contract Settlement date) or (ii) the triggered early settlement date, 6,325,000 shares, for $100 per share, of the Company’s 4.75% Series B Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock (the “Convertible Preferred Stock”), resulting in cash proceeds to the Company of up to $632.5 million.

Following the issuance of Convertible Preferred Stock upon settlement of a holder’s Purchase Contracts, a holder of Convertible Preferred Stock may, at its option, at any time and from time to time, convert some or all of its outstanding shares of Convertible Preferred Stock at a conversion rate of 1.3333 shares of the Company’s common stock per share of Convertible Preferred Stock (subject to customary anti-dilution provisions), which is equivalent to an initial conversion price of approximately $75.00 per share of common stock. Assuming conversion of the 6,325,000 shares of Convertible Preferred Stock at the 1.3333 initial conversion rate a total of 8.43 million shares of the Company’s common stock may be issued upon conversion. As of October 1, 2011, due to the customary anti-dilution provisions, the conversion rate on the Convertible Preferred Stock was 1.3373 (equivalent to a conversion price of approximately $74.78 per common share). In the event that holders elect to settle their Purchase Contracts prior to November 17, 2015, the Company will deliver a number of shares of Convertible Preferred Stock equal to 85% of the Purchase Contacts tendered, together with cash in lieu of fractional shares. Upon a conversion on or after November 15, 2015 the Company may elect to pay or deliver, as the case may be, solely shares of common stock, together with cash in lieu of fractional shares (“physical settlement”), solely cash (“cash settlement”), or a combination of cash and common stock (“combination settlement”). The Company may redeem some or all of the Convertible Preferred Stock on or after December 22, 2015 at a redemption price equal to 100% of the $100 liquidation preference per share plus accrued and unpaid dividends to the redemption date.

In November 2010, contemporaneously with the issuance of the Convertible Preferred Units described above, the Company paid $50.3 million, or an average of $5.97 per option, to enter into capped call transactions (equity options) on 8.43 million shares of common stock with certain major financial institutions. The purpose of the capped call transactions is to offset the common shares that may be deliverable upon conversion of shares of Convertible Preferred Stock. With respect to the impact on the Company, the capped call transactions and the Convertible Preferred Stock, when taken together, result in the economic equivalent of having the conversion price on the Convertible Preferred Stock at $97.65, the upper strike price of the capped call (as of October 1, 2011). Refer to Note H, Long-Term Debt and Financing Arrangements, and Note K Capital Stock under the caption Equity Option, of the Company’s 2010 Annual Report on Form 10K for the fiscal year ended January 1, 2011 for further discussion. . In accordance with ASC 815-40 the $50.3 million premium paid was recorded as a reduction to equity.

The capped call transactions cover, subject to customary anti-dilution adjustments, the number of shares of common stock equal to the number of shares of common stock underlying the maximum number of shares of Convertible Preferred Stock issuable upon settlement of the Purchase Contracts. Each of the capped call transactions has a term of approximately five years and initially has a lower strike price of $75.00, which corresponded to the initial conversion price of the Convertible Preferred Stock, and an upper strike price of $97.95, which was approximately 60% higher than the closing price of the common stock on November 1, 2010. The capped call transactions may be settled by net share settlement (the default settlement method) or, at the Company’s option and subject to certain conditions, cash settlement, physical settlement or modified physical settlement.

A summary of the capped call (equity options) issued is as follows:


			(Per Share)
Series	Original Number of Options	Net Premium Paid (In millions)	Adjusted Lower Strike Price	Adjusted Upper Strike Price
Series I	2,811,041	$16.8	$74.78	$97.65
Series II	2,811,041	$16.8	$74.78	$97.65
Series III	2,811,041	$16.7	$74.78	$97.65
	8,433,123	$ 50.3	$ 74.78	$ 97.65