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share-based compensation (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2018
share-based compensation |
Details of share-based compensation expense |
|  |  |  | 2018 |  | 2017
|  |  |  |  |  |  | Associated |  | Statement |  |  |  |  | Associated |  | Statement
|  |  |  | Employee |  | operating |  | of cash |  | Employee |  | operating |  | of cash
|  |  |  | benefits |  | cash |  | flows |  | benefits |  | cash |  | flows
Years ended December 31 (millions) |  | Note |  | expense |  | outflows |  | adjustment |  | expense |  | outflows |  | adjustment
Restricted stock units |  | (b) |  | $ | 99 |  | $ | (98) |  | $ | 1 |  | $ | 83 |  | $ | (67) |  | $ | 16
Employee share purchase plan |  | (c) |  |  | 37 |  |  | (37) |  |  | — |  |  | 37 |  |  | (37) |  |  | —
Share option awards |  | (d) |  |  | 5 |  |  | — |  |  | 5 |  |  | 1 |  |  | — |  |  | 1
|  |  |  | $ | 141 |  | $ | (135) |  | $ | 6 |  | $ | 121 |  | $ | (104) |  | $ | 17
TELUS Corporation restricted stock units |
share-based compensation |
Disclosure of restricted stocks units | The following table presents a summary of outstanding TELUS Corporation non-vested restricted stock units.
Number of non-vested restricted stock units as at December 31 |  | 2018 |  | 2017
Restricted stock units without market performance conditions |  |  |  |
Restricted stock units with only service conditions |  | 3,037,881 |  | 3,327,464
Notional subset affected by total customer connections performance condition |  | 155,639 |  | 154,452
|  | 3,193,520 |  | 3,481,916
Restricted stock units with market performance conditions |  |  |  |
Notional subset affected by relative total shareholder return performance condition |  | 466,917 |  | 463,357
|  | 3,660,437 |  | 3,945,273
The following table presents a summary of the activity related to TELUS Corporation restricted stock units without market performance conditions.
|  | 2018 |  | 2017
|  |  |  |  |  | Weighted |  |  |  |  |  | Weighted
|  | Number of restricted |  | average |  | Number of restricted |  | average
|  | stock units 1 |  | grant-date |  | stock units 1 |  | grant-date
Year ended December 31 |  | Non-vested |  | Vested |  | fair value |  | Non-vested |  | Vested |  | fair value
Outstanding, beginning of period |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Non-vested |  | 3,481,916 |  | — |  | $ | 41.87 |  | 3,390,979 |  | — |  | $ | 41.71
Vested |  | — |  | 32,848 |  | $ | 41.00 |  | — |  | 29,108 |  | $ | 38.09
Issued |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Initial award |  | 1,769,092 |  | — |  | $ | 45.72 |  | 1,825,688 |  | — |  | $ | 43.56
In lieu of dividends |  | 208,503 |  | 359 |  | $ | 46.32 |  | 206,715 |  | 455 |  | $ | 43.98
Vested |  | (1,963,722) |  | 1,963,722 |  | $ | 40.34 |  | (1,766,680) |  | 1,766,680 |  | $ | 43.73
Settled in cash |  | — |  | (1,933,546) |  | $ | 40.08 |  | — |  | (1,698,008) |  | $ | 43.63
Forfeited and cancelled |  | (302,269) |  | — |  | $ | 43.16 |  | (174,786) |  | (65,387) |  | $ | 42.88
Outstanding, end of period |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Non-vested |  | 3,193,520 |  | — |  | $ | 44.85 |  | 3,481,916 |  | — |  | $ | 41.87
Vested |  | — |  | 63,383 |  | $ | 44.89 |  | — |  | 32,848 |  | $ | 41.00
| 1 |  | Excluding the notional subset of restricted stock units affected by the relative total shareholder return performance condition.
With respect to certain issuances of TELUS Corporation restricted stock 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 stock units outstanding as at December 31, 2018, 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 stock |  | restricted stock
Vesting in years ending December 31 |  | stock units |  | stock unit |  | units |  | units 1
2019 |  | 1,439,418 |  | $ | 45.53 |  | 219,443 |  | 1,658,861
2020 |  | 1,369,272 |  | $ | 48.71 |  | 369,734 |  | 1,739,006
|  | 2,808,690 |  |  |  |  | 589,177 |  | 3,397,867
| 1 |  | Excluding the notional subset of restricted stock units affected by the relative total shareholder return performance condition vesting in the years ending December 31, 2019.
TELUS International (Cda) Inc. restricted stock units |
share-based compensation |
Disclosure of restricted stocks units |
|  | 2018 |  | 2017
|  | US$ denominated |  | Canadian $ denominated |  | US$ denominated |  | Canadian $ denominated
|  |  |  | Weighted |  |  |  | Weighted |  |  |  |  |  | Weighted |  | Number of |  | Weighted
|  | Number of |  | average |  | Number of |  | average |  | Number of restricted |  | average |  | restricted |  | average
|  | restricted |  | grant-date |  | restricted |  | grant-date |  | stock units |  | grant-date |  | stock units |  | grant-date
Year ended December 31 |  | stock units |  | fair value |  | stock units |  | fair value |  | Non-vested |  | Vested |  | fair value |  |  |  | fair value
Outstanding, beginning of period |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Non-vested |  | 374,786 |  | US$ | 24.45 |  | — |  | $ | — |  | 163,785 |  | — |  | US$ | 21.90 |  | — |  | $ | —
Vested |  | — |  | US$ | — |  | 32,299 |  | $ | 21.36 |  | — |  | — |  | US$ | — |  | 32,299 |  | $ | 21.36
Issued – initial award |  | 197,495 |  | US$ | 28.07 |  | — |  | $ | — |  | 213,768 |  | — |  | US$ | 26.40 |  | — |  | $ | —
Vested |  | — |  | US$ | — |  | — |  | $ | — |  | (208) |  | 208 |  | US$ | 24.10 |  | — |  | $ | —
Exercised |  | — |  | US$ | — |  | — |  | $ | — |  | — |  | (208) |  | US$ | 24.10 |  | — |  | $ | —
Forfeited and cancelled |  | (10,569) |  | US$ | 26.28 |  | — |  | $ | — |  | (2,559) |  | — |  | US$ | 24.10 |  | — |  | $ | —
Outstanding, end of period |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Non-vested |  | 561,712 |  | US$ | 25.68 |  | — |  | $ | — |  | 374,786 |  | — |  | US$ | 24.45 |  | — |  | $ | —
Vested |  | — |  | US$ | — |  | 32,299 |  | $ | 21.36 |  | — |  | — |  | US$ | — |  | 32,299 |  | $ | 21.36
TELUS Corporation share options |
share-based compensation |
Disclosure of stock options |
|  | 2018 |  | 2017
|  | Number of |  | Weighted |  | Number of |  | Weighted
|  | share |  | average share |  | share |  | average share
Years ended December 31 |  | options |  | option price |  | options |  | option price
Outstanding, beginning of period |  | 740,471 |  | $ | 26.99 |  | 1,417,693 |  | $ | 24.49
Exercised 1 |  | (402,528) |  | $ | 25.26 |  | (652,926) |  | $ | 21.90
Forfeited |  | (2,046) |  | $ | 29.19 |  | (3,908) |  | $ | 27.56
Expired |  | (9,733) |  | $ | 23.24 |  | (20,388) |  | $ | 16.31
Outstanding, end of period 2 |  | 326,164 |  | $ | 29.22 |  | 740,471 |  | $ | 26.99
| 1 |  | The total intrinsic value of share option awards exercised for the year ended December 31, 2018, was $8 million (2017 - $15 million), reflecting a weighted average price at the dates of exercise of $46.04 per share (2017 – $44.63 per share). 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 range of prices is $28.56 – $31.69 per share and their weighted average remaining contractual life is 0.4 years.
TELUS International (Cda) Inc. share options |
share-based compensation |
Disclosure of stock options |
|  | 2018 |  | 2017
|  | US$ denominated |  | Canadian $ denominated |  | US$ denominated |  | Canadian $ denominated
|  | Number of |  | Weighted |  | Number of |  |  |  | Number of |  | Weighted |  | Number of |  |
|  | share |  | average share |  | share |  | Share |  | share |  | average share |  | share |  | Share
Year ended December 31 |  | options |  | option price 1 |  | options |  | option price 2 |  | options |  | option price 1 |  | options |  | option price 2
Outstanding, beginning of period |  | 748,626 |  | US$ | 30.12 |  | 53,832 |  | $ | 21.36 |  | 573,354 |  | US$ | 30.86 |  | 53,832 |  | $ | 21.36
Granted |  | 111,281 |  | US$ | 27.81 |  | — |  | $ | — |  | 175,272 |  | US$ | 27.70 |  | — |  | $ | —
Forfeited |  | (1,172) |  | US$ | 27.70 |  | — |  | $ | — |  | — |  | US$ | — |  | — |  | $ | —
Outstanding, end of period |  | 858,735 |  | US$ | 29.83 |  | 53,832 |  | $ | 21.36 |  | 748,626 |  | US$ | 30.12 |  | 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 8.4 years.
| 2 |  | The weighted average remaining contractual life is 7.5 years.

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