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Share-Based Compensation (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2013
Recognized Share-Based Compensation Expense |
Recognized Share-Based Compensation Expense
Year ended December 31 (in millions) |  | 2013 |  | 2012 |  | 2011
Stock options | $ | 139 | $ | 131 | $ | 116
Restricted share units |  | 175 |  | 154 |  | 149
Employee stock purchase plans |  | 20 |  | 16 |  | 13
Total | $ | 334 | $ | 301 | $ | 278
Stock Option Activity |
2013 Stock Options and Restricted Share Units |  |  |  |
As of December 31, 2013, unless otherwise stated (in millions, except per share data) |  | Stock Options |  | RSUs
Awards granted during 2013 |  | 18 |  | 7
Weighted-average exercise price | $ | 41.22 |  |
Weighted-average fair value at grant date |  |  | $ | 38.28
Stock options outstanding and nonvested RSUs(a) |  | 104 |  | 26
Weighted-average exercise price of stock options outstanding | $ | 25.49 |  |
Weighted-average fair value at grant date of nonvested RSUs |  |  | $ | 25.38
Stock Option Fair Value and Significant Assumptions |
Year Ended December 31 |  | 2013 |  |  | 2012 |  |  | 2011 |
RSUs fair value | $ | 38.28 |  | $ | 27.80 |  | $ | 22.78 |
Stock options fair value | $ | 8.80 |  | $ | 7.38 |  | $ | 6.96 |
Stock Option Valuation Assumptions: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Dividend yield |  | 1.9 | % |  | 2.2 | % |  | 1.8 | %
| Expected volatility |  | 25.0 | % |  | 29.0 | % |  | 28.1 | %
| Risk-free interest rate |  | 1.3 | % |  | 1.7 | % |  | 2.8 | %
| Expected option life (in years) |  | 7.0 |  |  | 7.0 |  |  | 7.0 |
NBCUniversal Media, LLC [Member] |
Recognized Share-Based Compensation Expense |
Recognized Share-Based Compensation Expense
| Successor
(in millions) | Year Ended December 31, | Year Ended December 31, | For the Period January 29, 2011 to December 31, 2011
2013 | 2012 |
Stock options | $ | 15 | $ | 15 | $ | 13
Restricted share units |  | 42 |  | 28 |  | 18
Employee stock purchase plans |  | 5 |  | 4 |  | 2
Total | $ | 62 | $ | 47 | $ | 33
Stock Option Fair Value and Significant Assumptions |
|  | Successor
|  | Year Ended December 31, | Year Ended December 31, | For the Period January 29, 2011 to December 31,
|  | 2013 | 2012 | 2011
RSUs fair value | $ | 37.79 |  | $ | 27.51 |  | $ | 21.75 |
Stock options fair value | $ | 8.86 |  | $ | 7.42 |  | $ | 6.77 |
Stock Option Valuation Assumptions: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Dividend yield |  | 1.9 | % |  | 2.2 | % |  | 1.8 | %
| Expected volatility |  | 25.2 | % |  | 29.0 | % |  | 28.5 | %
| Risk-free interest rate |  | 1.3 | % |  | 1.7 | % |  | 2.6 | %
| Expected option life (in years) |  | 7.0 |  |  | 7.0 |  |  | 7.0 |

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