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share-based compensation (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2019
share-based compensation |
Details of share-based compensation expense |
|  |  |  | 2019 |  | 2018
|  |  |  |  |  |  | Associated |  | Statement |  |  |  |  | Associated |  | Statement
|  |  |  | Employee |  | operating |  | of cash |  | Employee |  | operating |  | of cash
|  |  |  | benefits |  | cash |  | flows |  | benefits |  | cash |  | flows
Periods ended June 30 (millions) |  | Note |  | expense |  | outflows |  | adjustment |  | expense |  | outflows |  | adjustment
THREE-MONTH |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Restricted share units |  | (b) |  | $ | 17 |  | $ | (1) |  | $ | 16 |  | $ | 34 |  | $ | 1 |  | $ | 35
Employee share purchase plan |  | (c) |  |  | 9 |  |  | (9) |  |  | — |  |  | 9 |  |  | (9) |  |  | —
Share option awards |  | (d) |  |  | 4 |  |  | — |  |  | 4 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | —
|  |  |  | $ | 30 |  | $ | (10) |  | $ | 20 |  | $ | 43 |  | $ | (8) |  | $ | 35
SIX-MONTH |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Restricted share units |  | (b) |  | $ | 40 |  | $ | (7) |  | $ | 33 |  | $ | 52 |  | $ | 1 |  | $ | 53
Employee share purchase plan |  | (c) |  |  | 18 |  |  | (18) |  |  | — |  |  | 18 |  |  | (18) |  |  | —
Share option awards |  | (d) |  |  | 6 |  |  | — |  |  | 6 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | —
|  |  |  | $ | 64 |  | $ | (25) |  | $ | 39 |  | $ | 70 |  | $ | (17) |  | $ | 53
TELUS Corporation restricted share units |
share-based compensation |
Disclosure of restricted stocks units | The following table presents a summary of outstanding TELUS Corporation non-vested restricted share units.
|  | June 30, |  | December 31,
Number of non-vested restricted share units as at |  | 2019 |  | 2018
Restricted share units without market performance conditions |  |  |  |
Restricted share units with only service conditions |  | 2,920,895 |  | 3,037,881
Notional subset affected by total customer connections performance condition |  | 159,264 |  | 155,639
|  | 3,080,159 |  | 3,193,520
Restricted share units with market performance conditions |  |  |  |
Notional subset affected by relative total shareholder return performance condition |  | 477,791 |  | 466,917
|  | 3,557,950 |  | 3,660,437
The following table presents a summary of the activity related to TELUS Corporation restricted share units without market performance conditions.
|  | Three months |  | Six months
|  |  |  |  |  | Weighted |  |  |  |  |  | Weighted
|  | Number of restricted |  | average |  | Number of restricted |  | average
|  | share units 1 |  | grant-date |  | share units 1 |  | grant-date
Periods ended June 30, 2019 |  | Non-vested |  | Vested |  | fair value |  | Non-vested |  | Vested |  | fair value
Outstanding, beginning of period |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Non-vested |  | 3,096,260 |  | — |  | $ | 44.86 |  | 3,193,520 |  | — |  | $ | 44.85
Vested |  | — |  | 6,472 |  | $ | 44.45 |  | — |  | 63,383 |  | $ | 44.89
Issued |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Initial award 2 |  | — |  | — |  | $ | — |  | 2,222 |  | — |  | $ | 45.03
In lieu of dividends |  | 34,109 |  | 68 |  | $ | 49.31 |  | 73,189 |  | 148 |  | $ | 47.02
Vested |  | (9,513) |  | 9,513 |  | $ | 44.64 |  | (104,800) |  | 104,800 |  | $ | 43.98
Settled in cash |  | — |  | (9,900) |  | $ | 44.63 |  | — |  | (162,178) |  | $ | 44.02
Forfeited and cancelled |  | (40,697) |  | — |  | $ | 44.89 |  | (83,972) |  | — |  | $ | 44.87
Outstanding, end of period |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Non-vested |  | 3,080,159 |  | — |  | $ | 44.86 |  | 3,080,159 |  | — |  | $ | 44.86
Vested |  | — |  | 6,153 |  | $ | 44.47 |  | — |  | 6,153 |  | $ | 44.47
| (1) |  | Excluding the notional subset of restricted share units affected by the relative total shareholder return performance condition.
| (2) |  | Awards in 2019 are largely expected to be made during the three-month period ending September 30, 2019.
With respect to certain issuances of TELUS Corporation restricted share units, we have entered into cash-settled equity forward agreements that fix our cost; that information, as well as a schedule of non-vested TELUS Corporation restricted share units outstanding as at June 30, 2019, is set out in the following table.
|  | Number of |  |  |  |  | Number of |  | Total number of
|  | fixed-cost |  | Our fixed cost |  | variable-cost |  | non-vested
|  | restricted |  | per restricted |  | restricted share |  | restricted share
Vesting in years ending December 31 |  | share units |  | share unit |  | units |  | units 1
2019 |  | 1,439,418 |  | $ | 45.53 |  | 130,211 |  | 1,569,629
2020 |  | 1,369,272 |  | $ | 48.71 |  | 350,364 |  | 1,719,636
|  | 2,808,690 |  |  |  |  | 480,575 |  | 3,289,265
| (1) |  | Excluding the notional subset of restricted share units affected by the relative total shareholder return performance condition vesting in the years ending December 31, 2019.
TELUS International (Cda) Inc. restricted share units |
share-based compensation |
Disclosure of restricted stocks units |
|  | Three months |  | Six months
|  | US$ denominated |  | Canadian $ denominated |  | US$ denominated |  | Canadian $ denominated
|  | Number of |  | Weighted |  | Number of |  | Weighted |  | Number of |  | Weighted |  | Number of |  | Weighted
|  | non-vested |  | average |  | vested |  | average |  | non-vested |  | average |  | vested |  | average
|  | restricted |  | grant-date |  | restricted |  | grant-date |  | restricted |  | grant-date |  | restricted |  | grant-date
Periods ended June 30, 2019 |  | share units |  | fair value |  | share units |  | fair value |  | share units |  | fair value |  | share units |  | fair value
Outstanding, beginning of period |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Non-vested |  | 554,625 |  | US$ | 25.67 |  | — |  | $ | — |  | 561,712 |  | US$ | 25.68 |  | — |  | $ | —
Vested |  | — |  | US$ | — |  | — |  | $ | — |  | — |  | US$ | — |  | 32,299 |  | $ | 21.36
Issued |  | 92,355 |  | US$ | 27.81 |  | — |  | $ | — |  | 92,355 |  | US$ | 27.81 |  | — |  | $ | —
Exercised |  | — |  | US$ | — |  | — |  | $ | — |  | — |  | US$ | — |  | (32,299) |  | $ | 21.36
Forfeited and cancelled |  | (1,387) |  | US$ | 26.34 |  | — |  | $ | — |  | (8,474) |  | US$ | 26.51 |  | — |  | $ | —
Outstanding, end of period |  | 645,593 |  | US$ | 25.98 |  | — |  | $ | — |  | 645,593 |  | US$ | 25.98 |  | — |  | $ | —
TELUS Corporation share options |
share-based compensation |
Disclosure of stock options |
|  | Three months |  | Six months
|  | Number of |  | Weighted |  | Number of |  | Weighted
|  | share |  | average share |  | share |  | average share
Periods ended June 30, 2019 |  | options |  | option price |  | options |  | option price
Outstanding, beginning of period |  | 196,800 |  | $ | 29.21 |  | 326,164 |  | $ | 29.22
Exercised 1 |  | (191,822) |  | $ | 29.17 |  | (320,958) |  | $ | 29.20
Forfeited |  | (228) |  | $ | 29.18 |  | (456) |  | $ | 29.18
Expired |  | (2,260) |  | $ | 29.18 |  | (2,260) |  | $ | 29.18
Outstanding, end of period 2 |  | 2,490 |  | $ | 31.69 |  | 2,490 |  | $ | 31.69
| (1) |  | The total intrinsic value of share option awards exercised for the three-month and six-month periods ended June 30, 2019, was $4 million and $6 million, respectively, reflecting weighted average prices at the dates of exercise of $49.59 per share and $48.89 per share, respectively. The difference between the number of share options exercised and the number of Common Shares issued (as reflected in the Consolidated statements of changes in owners’ equity) is the effect of our choosing to settle share option award exercises using the net-equity settlement feature.
| (2) |  | All outstanding TELUS Corporation share options are vested, their price is $31.69 per share and their weighted average remaining contractual life is 0.1 year.
TELUS International (Cda) Inc. share options |
share-based compensation |
Disclosure of stock options |
|  | Three months |  | Six months
|  | US$ denominated |  | Canadian $ denominated |  | US$ denominated |  | Canadian $ denominated
|  |  |  | Weighted |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
|  | Number of |  | average |  | Number of |  |  |  |  | Number of |  | Weighted |  | Number of |  | Share
|  | share |  | share |  | share |  | Share |  | share |  | average share |  | share |  | option
Periods ended June 30, 2019 |  | options |  | option price 1 |  | options |  | option price 2 |  | options |  | option price 1 |  | options |  | price 2
Outstanding, beginning and end of period |  | 858,735 |  | US$ | 29.83 |  | 53,832 |  | $ | 21.36 |  | 858,735 |  | US$ | 29.83 |  | 53,832 |  | $ | 21.36
| (1) |  | The range of share option prices is US $21.90 – US $40.26 per TELUS International (Cda) Inc. equity share and the weighted average remaining contractual life is 7.9 years.
| (2) |  | The weighted average remaining contractual life is 7.1 years.

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