Equity Incentive Plan

Our 2000 Equity Incentive Plan (2000 Plan) provides for grants of nonqualified and incentive stock options, common stock, restricted stock, restricted stock units and stock appreciation rights to employees, directors, officers and consultants. We award restricted stock units as the principal equity incentive awards, including certain performance-based awards that are earned based on achieving performance criteria established by the Compensation Committee of our Board of Directors on or prior to the grant date. Each restricted stock unit represents the contingent right to receive one share of our common stock.

The fair value of restricted shares and restricted stock units granted in 2014, 2013 and 2012 was based on the fair market value of our stock on the date of grant. The weighted average fair value per share of restricted shares and restricted stock units granted in 2014, 2013 and 2012 was $33.88, $22.87 and $20.16, respectively. Pre-vesting forfeiture rates for purposes of determining stock-based compensation for all periods presented were estimated by us to be 0% for directors and executive officers, 2% to 4% for vice president-level employees and 7% for all other employees.

The following table shows total stock-based compensation expense recorded from our stock-based awards as reflected in our consolidated statements of operations:



	Year ended September 30,
	2014		2013		2012
	(in thousands)
Cost of license revenue	$	17	$	21	$	22
Cost of service revenue	6,648		6,134		5,682
Cost of support revenue	3,745		3,324		3,234
Sales and marketing	10,982		11,326		13,809
Research and development	10,119		8,590		8,761
General and administrative	19,378		19,392		19,797
Total stock-based compensation expense	$	50,889	$	48,787	$	51,305

As of September 30, 2014, total unrecognized compensation cost related to unvested restricted stock units expected to vest was approximately $65 million and the weighted average remaining recognition period for unvested awards was 18 months.

As of September 30, 2014, 5.1 million shares of common stock were available for grant under the 2000 Plan and 4.4 million shares of common stock were reserved for issuance upon the exercise of stock options and vesting of restricted stock units granted and outstanding.



	Shares		Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value		Aggregate Intrinsic Value as of September 30, 2014
Restricted stock activity for the year ended September 30, 2014	(in thousands except grant date fair value data)
Balance of nonvested outstanding restricted stock October 1, 2013	5		$	21.27
Vested	(5	)	$	21.27
Balance of nonvested outstanding restricted stock September 30, 2014	—		$	—	$	—



	Shares		Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value		Aggregate Intrinsic Value as of September 30, 2014
Restricted stock unit activity for the year ended September 30, 2014	(in thousands except grant date fair value data)
Balance of nonvested outstanding restricted stock units October 1, 2013	5,186		$	21.67
Granted	1,943		$	33.88
Vested	(2,370	)	$	21.63
Forfeited or not earned	(380	)	$	24.26
Balance of nonvested outstanding restricted stock units September 30, 2014	4,379		$	26.87	$	161,595

(1)

The performance-based RSUs were granted to employees, including our executive officers. Approximately 87,000 of these RSUs are eligible to vest in three substantially equal installments in November 2016, 2017 and 2018 based on achievement of the applicable performance criteria. Substantially all other performance-based RSUs are eligible to vest in three substantially equal installments in November 2014, 2015 and 2016 to the extent the applicable performance criteria have been achieved. RSUs not earned for a period may be earned in subsequent periods.


(2)	The time-based RSUs were issued to directors and employees, including some of our executive officers. The time-based RSUs issued to employees and executives generally vest in three substantially equal annual installments from the date of grant. Substantially all of the time-based RSUs issued to our directors will vest one year from the date of grant.

Until July 2005, we generally granted stock options. For those options, the option exercise price was typically the fair market value at the date of grant, and they generally vested over four years and expired ten years from the date of grant. Options outstanding and exercisable at September 30, 2014 totaled 9 thousand.



	Year ended September 30,
	2014		2013		2012
Value of stock option and stock-based award activity	(in thousands)
Total intrinsic value of stock options exercised	$	2,040	$	6,525	$	31,746
Total fair value of restricted stock and restricted stock unit awards vested	$	79,660	$	48,083	$	65,574

In 2014, shares issued upon vesting of restricted stock units were net of 0.8 million shares retained by us to cover employee tax withholdings of $26.9 million. In 2013, shares issued upon vesting of restricted stock units were net of 0.7 million shares retained by us to cover employee tax withholdings of $15.0 million. In 2012, shares issued upon vesting of restricted stock and restricted stock units were net of 0.9 million shares retained by us to cover employee tax withholdings of $21.0 million.

Restricted Stock Units

Restricted stock unit grants

Performance-based (1)

Time-based (2)

(Number of Units in thousands)

Year ended September 30, 2014