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SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION AWARDS
 9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2019
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SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION AWARDS

The Company utilizes share-based awards under employee and non-employee director compensation programs. These share-based awards have included restricted and unrestricted stock, restricted stock units, stock options, and performance shares. In third quarter 2019 and 2018, $13 million and $15 million, respectively, of compensation expense before tax were recognized in "Selling, general and administrative expenses" in the Unaudited Consolidated Statements of Earnings, Comprehensive Income and Retained Earnings for all share-based awards. The impact on third quarter 2019 and 2018 net earnings of $9 million and $12 million, respectively, is net of deferred tax expense related to share-based award compensation for each period.

In first nine months 2019 and 2018, $46 million and $53 million, respectively, of compensation expense before tax were recognized in "Selling, general and administrative expenses" in the Unaudited Consolidated Statements of Earnings, Comprehensive Income and Retained Earnings for all share-based awards. The impact on first nine months 2019 and 2018 net earnings of $34 million and $40 million, respectively, is net of deferred tax expense related to share-based award compensation for each period.

For additional information regarding share-based compensation plans and awards, see Note 17, "Share-Based Compensation Plans and Awards", to the consolidated financial statements in Part II, Item 8 of the Company's 2018 Annual Report on Form 10-K.