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STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017
Share-based Payment Arrangements [Abstract] |
Disclosure of significant measurement estimates to determine fair value of stock-based compensation | The table below shows the weighted average fair value of stock options granted during 2017 and 2016 and the principal assumptions used in applying the Black-Scholes model for non-performance-based options and trinomial option pricing models for performance-based options to determine their fair value at the grant date.
|  | Years ended December 31 |
|  | 2017 |  | 2016 |
Weighted average fair value |  |  | $8.52 |  |  | $6.20 |
Risk-free interest rate |  | 0.8 | % | 0.5 | %
Dividend yield |  | 3.2 | % | 3.7 | %
Volatility of Class B Non-Voting Shares |  | 21.2 | % | 21.3 | %
Weighted average expected life |  | 5.5 years |  | 4.8 years |
Weighted average time to vest |  | 2.3 years |  | 2.4 years |
Weighted average time to expiry |  | 9.9 years |  | 9.9 years |
Employee exit rate |  | 3.9 | % | 3.9 | %
Suboptimal exercise factor |  | 1.4 |  | 1.5 |
Lattice steps |  | 50 |  | 50 |
Disclosure of stock-based compensation expense | Below is a summary of our stock-based compensation expense, which is included in employee salaries and benefits expense.
|  | Years ended December 31 |
(In millions of dollars) |  | 2017 |  | 2016 |
Stock options |  | 33 |  | 17 |
Restricted share units |  | 51 |  | 45 |
Deferred share units |  | 51 |  | 32 |
Equity derivative effect, net of interest receipt |  | (74 | ) | (33 | )
Total stock-based compensation expense |  | 61 |  | 61 |
Disclosure of number and weighted average exercise prices of share options | Below is a summary of the stock option plans, including performance options.
| Year ended December 31, 2017 |  | Year ended December 31, 2016 |
(In number of units, except prices) | Number of options |  | Weighted average exercise price |  | Number of options |  | Weighted average exercise price |
Outstanding, beginning of year | 3,732,524 |  |  | $43.70 |  | 4,873,940 |  |  | $41.47 |
Granted | 993,740 |  |  | $59.71 |  | 1,054,530 |  |  | $49.95 |
Exercised | (1,603,557 | ) |  | $42.10 |  | (1,811,727 | ) |  | $40.45 |
Forfeited | (484,817 | ) |  | $50.74 |  | (384,219 | ) |  | $47.80 |
Outstanding, end of year | 2,637,890 |  |  | $49.42 |  | 3,732,524 |  |  | $43.70 |
Exercisable, end of year | 924,562 |  |  | $42.32 |  | 1,770,784 |  |  | $40.39 |
Disclosure of range of exercise prices of outstanding share options | Below is a summary of the range of exercise prices, the weighted average exercise price and the weighted average remaining contractual life as at December 31, 2017.
| Options outstanding | Options exercisable
Range of exercise prices | Number outstanding |  | Weighted average remaining contractual life (years) |  | Weighted average exercise price |  | Number exercisable |  | Weighted average exercise price |
$34.32 - $34.99 | 71,615 |  | 0.16 |  |  | $34.32 |  | 71,615 |  |  | $34.32 |
$35.00 - $39.99 | 400,247 |  | 1.16 |  |  | $37.96 |  | 400,247 |  |  | $37.96 |
$40.00 - $44.99 | 582,173 |  | 3.96 |  |  | $44.21 |  | 107,756 |  |  | $43.97 |
$45.00 - $49.99 | 774,136 |  | 5.58 |  |  | $49.17 |  | 344,944 |  |  | $48.53 |
$50.00 - $59.99 | 319,884 |  | 7.93 |  |  | $56.70 |  | — |  | — |
$60.00 - $62.82 | 489,835 |  | 9.44 |  |  | $62.82 |  | — |  | — |
| 2,637,890 |  | 5.40 |  |  | $49.42 |  | 924,562 |  |  | $42.32 |
Disclosure of number and weighted average exercise prices of other equity instruments | Below is a summary of the RSUs outstanding, including performance RSUs.
|  | Years ended December 31 |
(In number of units) |  | 2017 |  | 2016 |
Outstanding, beginning of year |  | 2,237,085 |  | 2,484,405 |
Granted and reinvested dividends |  | 826,081 |  | 763,364 |
Exercised |  | (984,342 | ) | (826,918 | )
Forfeited |  | (266,979 | ) | (183,766 | )
Outstanding, end of year |  | 1,811,845 |  | 2,237,085 |
Below is a summary of the DSUs outstanding, including performance DSUs.
|  | Years ended December 31 |
(In number of units) |  | 2017 |  | 2016 |
Outstanding, beginning of year |  | 2,396,458 |  | 1,770,871 |
Granted and reinvested dividends |  | 735,117 |  | 972,894 |
Exercised |  | (333,111 | ) | (132,620 | )
Forfeited |  | (470,817 | ) | (214,687 | )
Outstanding, end of year |  | 2,327,647 |  | 2,396,458 |

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