As of October 26, 2018, we have certain equity incentive awards (awards) outstanding, which include stock options, restricted stock units (RSUs), including time-based RSUs and performance-based RSUs (PBRSUs), and Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP) awards.

The following table summarizes information related to our stock options (in millions, except exercise price and contractual term):

	Number of Shares		Weighted- Average Exercise Price		Weighted- Average Remaining Contractual Term (Years)		Aggregate Intrinsic Value
Outstanding as of April 27, 2018		1	$	31.19
Outstanding as of October 26, 2018		1	$	30.49		3.27	$	29
Exercisable as of October 26, 2018		1	$	32.21		2.92	$	25

The aggregate intrinsic value represents the pre-tax difference between the exercise price of stock options and the quoted market price of our stock on that day for all in-the-money options.

Additional information related to our stock options is summarized below (in millions):

	Six Months Ended
	October 26, 2018		October 27, 2017
Intrinsic value of exercises	$	22	$	11
Proceeds received from exercises	$	17	$	15
Fair value of options vested	$	1	$	5

In the six months ended October 26, 2018, we granted PBRSUs to certain of our executives. Each PBRSU has performance-based vesting criteria, in addition to the service based vesting criteria, such that the PBRSUs cliff-vest at the end of an approximate three year performance period, which began on the date specified in the grant agreements and ends the last day of fiscal 2021. The number of shares of common stock that will be issued to settle the PBRSUs at the end of the applicable performance and service period will range from 0% to 200% of a target number of shares originally granted. For half of the PBRSUs granted in the current year, the number of shares issued will depend upon our Total Stockholder Return (TSR) as compared to the TSR of a specified group of benchmark peer companies (each expressed as a growth rate percentage) calculated as of the end of fiscal 2021. The fair values of these awards were fixed at grant date using a Monte Carlo simulation model. For the remaining PBRSUs granted, the number of shares issued will depend upon our achievement against a cumulative Adjusted Operating Income (AOI) target, as defined in the grant agreements, for the three year period from fiscal 2019 through 2021. The fair values of these awards were established consistent with our methodology for valuing time-based RSUs, while compensation cost is being recognized based on the probable outcome of the performance condition. The aggregate grant date fair value of all PBRSUs granted in the current year was $23 million, which is being recognized to compensation expense over the remaining applicable performance / service periods.

The following table summarizes information related to our RSUs, including PBRSUs, (in millions, except fair value):

	Number of Shares			Weighted- Average Grant Date Fair Value
Outstanding as of April 27, 2018		9		$	32.91
Granted		3		$	63.37
Vested		(3	)	$	31.67
Forfeited		(1	)	$	34.03
Outstanding as of October 26, 2018		8		$	44.55

We primarily use the net share settlement approach upon vesting, where a portion of the shares are withheld as settlement of employee withholding taxes, which decreases the shares issued to the employee by a corresponding value. The number and value of the shares netted for employee taxes are summarized in the table below (in millions):

	Six Months Ended
	October 26, 2018		October 27, 2017
Shares withheld for taxes		1		2
Fair value of shares withheld	$	89	$	60

The following table summarizes activity related to the purchase rights issued under the ESPP (in millions):

	Six Months Ended
	October 26, 2018		October 27, 2017
Shares issued under the ESPP		2		2
Proceeds from issuance of shares	$	49	$	42

Stock-based compensation expense is included in the condensed consolidated statements of operations as follows (in millions):

	Three Months Ended				Six Months Ended
	October 26, 2018		October 27, 2017		October 26, 2018		October 27, 2017
Cost of product revenues	$	—	$	1	$	1	$	2
Cost of hardware maintenance and other services revenues		2		2		5		5
Sales and marketing		16		16		33		37
Research and development		12		12		24		27
General and administrative		8		8		15		16
Total stock-based compensation expense	$	38	$	39	$	78	$	87
Income tax benefit for stock-based compensation expense	$	5	$	9	$	10	$	18

As of October 26, 2018, total unrecognized compensation expense related to our equity awards was $337 million, which is expected to be recognized on a straight-line basis over a weighted-average remaining service period of 2.3 years.

Our Board of Directors has authorized the repurchase of up to $13.6 billion of our common stock. Under this program, which we may suspend or discontinue at any time, we may purchase shares of our outstanding common stock through solicited or unsolicited transactions in the open market, in privately negotiated transactions, through accelerated share repurchase programs, pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 plan or in such other manner as deemed appropriate by our management.

The following table summarizes activity related to this program for the six months ended October 26, 2018 (in millions, except per share amounts):

The aggregate purchase price of our stock repurchases for the six months ended October 26, 2018 consisted of $1,061 million of open market purchases, of which $597 million and $464 million were allocated to additional paid-in capital and retained earnings (accumulated deficit), respectively.

Since the May 13, 2003 inception of our stock repurchase program through October 26, 2018, we repurchased a total of 298 million shares of our common stock at an average price of $35.87 per share, for an aggregate purchase price of $10.7 billion.

The following is a summary of our activities related to dividends on our common stock (in millions, except per share amounts):

	Six Months Ended
	October 26, 2018		October 27, 2017
Dividends per share declared	$	0.80	$	0.40
Dividend payments allocated to additional paid-in capital	$	207	$	—
Dividend payments allocated to retained earnings (accumulated deficit)	$	—	$	108

On November 14, 2018, we declared a cash dividend of $0.40 per share of common stock, payable on January 23, 2019 to holders of record as of the close of business on January 4, 2019. The timing and amount of future dividends will depend on market conditions, corporate business and financial considerations and regulatory requirements. All dividends declared have been determined by us to be legally authorized under the laws of the state in which we are incorporated.

A reconciliation of retained earnings (accumulated deficit) is as follows (in millions):

In the first quarter of fiscal 2019, we adopted an ASU that eliminates the deferred tax effects of intra-entity asset transfers other than inventory and recorded the cumulative-effect of adoption to retained earnings (accumulated deficit). Refer to Note 1 – Description of Business and Significant Accounting Policies for details.

Changes in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) (AOCI) by component, net of tax, are summarized below (in millions):

	Foreign Currency Translation Adjustments			Defined Benefit Obligation Adjustments			Unrealized Gains (Losses) on Available- for-Sale Securities			Total
Balance as of April 27, 2018	$	(27	)	$	—		$	(43	)	$	(70	)
Other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax		(3	)		—			(1	)		(4	)
Amounts reclassified from AOCI, net of tax		—			(1	)		—			(1	)
Total other comprehensive loss		(3	)		(1	)		(1	)		(5	)
Balance as of October 26, 2018	$	(30	)	$	(1	)	$	(44	)	$	(75	)