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Stock Transactions And Stock-Based Compensation (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2020
Share-based Payment Arrangement, Noncash Expense [Abstract] |
Summary of Share Activity | The following table summarizes the Company’s share activity for the years ended December 31 (shares in millions):
| 2020 |  | 2019 |  | 2018
Preferred stock - shares issued: |  |  |  |  |
Balance, beginning of period | 1.7 |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Issuance of MCPS | 1.7 |  |  | 1.7 |  |  | — |
Balance, end of period | 3.4 |  |  | 1.7 |  |  | — |
Common stock - shares issued: |  |  |  |  |
Balance, beginning of period | 835.5 |  |  | 817.9 |  |  | 812.5 |
Common stock-based award activity | 4.5 |  |  | 4.6 |  |  | 4.6 |
Common stock issued in connection with acquisitions | — |  |  | — |  |  | 0.2 |
Common stock issued in connection with LYONs’ conversions | 0.4 |  |  | 0.9 |  |  | 0.6 |
Issuance of common stock | 10.9 |  |  | 12.1 |  |  | — |
Balance, end of period | 851.3 |  |  | 835.5 |  |  | 817.9 |
Key Terms of Shares | The following summarizes the key terms of the MCPS Shares as of December 31, 2020:
| Annual Cumulative Dividend Rate |  | Liquidation Preference per Share |  | Minimum Conversion Rate |  | Maximum Conversion Rate |  | Mandatory Conversion Date
Series A | 4.75 | % |  | $ | 1,000 |  |  | 6.6563 shares |  | 8.1538 shares |  | April 15, 2022
Series B | 5.00 | % |  | $ | 1,000 |  |  | 5.0081 shares |  | 6.1349 shares |  | April 15, 2023
Assumptions Used In The Black-Scholes Model To Value Options Granted | The following summarizes the assumptions used in the Black-Scholes model to value options granted during the years ended December 31:
| 2020 |  | 2019 |  | 2018
Risk-free interest rate | 0.3 – 1.3% |  | 1.7 – 2.6% |  | 2.6 – 3.1%
Weighted average volatility | 24.3 | % |  | 20.4 | % |  | 21.4 | %
Dividend yield | 0.4 | % |  | 0.5 | % |  | 0.6 | %
Expected years until exercise | 5.0 – 8.0 |  | 5.0 – 8.0 |  | 5.0 – 8.0
Components Of Share-Based Compensation Program | The following summarizes the components of the Company’s continuing operations stock-based compensation expense for the years ended December 31 ($ in millions):
| 2020 |  | 2019 |  | 2018
RSUs/PSUs: |  |  |  |  |
Pretax compensation expense | $ | 114 |  |  | $ | 97 |  |  | $ | 86 |
Income tax benefit | (24) |  |  | (20) |  |  | (17) |
RSU/PSU expense, net of income taxes | 90 |  |  | 77 |  |  | 69 |
Stock options: |  |  |  |  |
Pretax compensation expense | 73 |  |  | 62 |  |  | 52 |
Income tax benefit | (15) |  |  | (13) |  |  | (11) |
Stock option expense, net of income taxes | 58 |  |  | 49 |  |  | 41 |
Total stock-based compensation: |  |  |  |  |
Pretax compensation expense | 187 |  |  | 159 |  |  | 138 |
Income tax benefit | (39) |  |  | (33) |  |  | (28) |
Total stock-based compensation expense, net of income taxes | $ | 148 |  |  | $ | 126 |  |  | $ | 110 |
Option Activity Under The Company's Stock Plans | The following summarizes option activity under the Company’s stock plans (in millions, except weighted exercise price and number of years):
| Options |  | Weighted Average Exercise Price |  | Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Term (in years) |  | Aggregate Intrinsic Value
Outstanding as of January 1, 2018 | 18.8 |  |  | $ | 59.84 |  |  |  |  |
Granted | 4.1 |  |  | 99.51 |  |  |  |  |
Exercised | (3.4) |  |  | 41.88 |  |  |  |  |
Cancelled/forfeited | (0.9) |  |  | 80.14 |  |  |  |  |
Outstanding as of December 31, 2018 | 18.6 |  |  | 70.86 |  |  |  |  |
Granted | 4.3 |  |  | 117.32 |  |  |  |  |
Exercised | (3.5) |  |  | 53.02 |  |  |  |  |
Cancelled/forfeited | (0.9) |  |  | 98.98 |  |  |  |  |
Adjustment due to Envista Split-Off (a) | (1.5) |  |  | 91.65 |  |  |  |  |
Outstanding as of December 31, 2019 | 17.0 |  |  | 82.95 |  |  |  |  |
Granted | 2.9 |  |  | 160.71 |  |  |  |  |
Exercised | (3.5) |  |  | 62.54 |  |  |  |  |
Cancelled/forfeited | (0.5) |  |  | 113.94 |  |  |  |  |
Outstanding as of December 31, 2020 | 15.9 |  |  | 100.65 |  |  | 7 |  | $ | 1,931 |
Vested and expected to vest as of December 31, 2020 (b) | 15.4 |  |  | $ | 99.61 |  |  | 7 |  | $ | 1,887 |
Vested as of December 31, 2020 | 6.3 |  |  | $ | 74.00 |  |  | 5 |  | $ | 940 |
(a) The “Adjustment due to Envista Split-Off” reflects the cancellation of options which were outstanding as of December 18, 2019 and held by Envista employees, which have been terminated and replaced by Envista equity awards as part of the Envista Split-Off. (b) The “expected to vest” options are the net unvested options that remain after applying the forfeiture rate assumption to total unvested options.
Summary Of Options Outstanding | Options outstanding as of December 31, 2020 are summarized below (in millions, except price per share and number of years):
| Outstanding |  | Exercisable
Exercise Price | Shares |  | Average Exercise Price |  | Average Remaining Life (in years) |  | Shares |  | Average Exercise Price
$36.87 to $52.96 | 1.0 |  |  | $ | 43.97 |  |  | 2 |  | 1.0 |  |  | $ | 43.96 |
$52.97 to $66.70 | 2.7 |  |  | 63.94 |  |  | 4 |  | 2.1 |  |  | 63.41 |
$66.71 to $99.32 | 3.7 |  |  | 82.40 |  |  | 6 |  | 2.0 |  |  | 78.94 |
$99.33 to $131.04 | 5.2 |  |  | 106.64 |  |  | 8 |  | 1.1 |  |  | 104.20 |
$131.05 to $234.68 | 3.3 |  |  | 156.93 |  |  | 9 |  | 0.1 |  |  | 139.44 |
RSU And Restricted Stock Activity | The following summarizes information on unvested RSU and PSU activity (in millions, except weighted average grant-date fair value):
| Number of RSUs/PSUs |  | Weighted Average Grant-Date Fair Value
Unvested as of January 1, 2018 | 3.9 |  |  | $ | 71.27 |
Granted | 1.5 |  |  | 99.15 |
Vested | (1.2) |  |  | 68.37 |
Forfeited | (0.3) |  |  | 78.41 |
Unvested as of December 31, 2018 | 3.9 |  |  | 82.21 |
Granted | 1.4 |  |  | 115.38 |
Vested | (1.1) |  |  | 75.51 |
Forfeited | (0.3) |  |  | 92.82 |
Adjustment due to Envista Split-Off (a) | (0.4) |  |  | 98.18 |
Unvested as of December 31, 2019 | 3.5 |  |  | 94.85 |
Granted | 1.1 |  |  | 159.93 |
Vested | (1.0) |  |  | 91.08 |
Forfeited | (0.2) |  |  | 111.59 |
Unvested as of December 31, 2020 | 3.4 |  |  | 116.03 |
(a) The “Adjustment due to Envista Split-Off” reflects the cancellation of RSUs and PSUs which were outstanding as of December 18, 2019 and held by Envista employees which have been terminated and replaced by Envista equity awards as part of the Envista Split-Off.

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