The Company maintains a share-based compensation plan which authorizes the granting of various equity-based incentives including stock options and restricted stock units (RSUs) to employees and nonemployee directors. The number of shares of common stock reserved for issuance under the plans was 73.1 million at December 31, 2013, including 46.0 million available for future grants.
STOCK OPTIONS
Stock options to purchase common stock are granted with an exercise price equal to the closing market price of the Company’s stock on the date of grant. Substantially all of the options become exercisable in four equal installments, beginning a year from the date of the grant, and generally expire 10 years from the grant date.
Intrinsic value for stock options is defined as the difference between the current market value of the Company’s stock and the exercise price. During 2013, 2012 and 2011, the total intrinsic value of stock options exercised was $325.2 million, $469.8 million and $416.5 million, respectively. Cash received from stock options exercised during 2013 was $233.3 million and the tax benefit realized from stock options exercised totaled $98.9 million. The Company uses treasury shares purchased under the Company’s share repurchase program to satisfy share-based exercises.
A summary of the status of the Company’s stock option grants as of December 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011, and changes during the years then ended, is presented in the following table:
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| 2013 | | | 2012 | | | 2011 | |
Options | Shares in millions |
| | Weighted- average exercise price | | | Weighted- average remaining contractual life in years | | Aggregate intrinsic value in millions | | | Shares in millions |
| | Weighted- average exercise price | | | Shares in millions |
| | Weighted- average exercise price | |
Outstanding at beginning of year | 27.4 |
| | | $ | 59.86 |
| | | | | | | 31.7 |
| | | $ | 47.77 |
| | 37.4 |
| | | $ | 42.47 |
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Granted | 3.7 |
| | | 94.36 |
| | | | | | | 4.9 |
| | | 99.63 |
| | 3.9 |
| | | 75.97 |
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Exercised | (5.7 | ) | | | 40.12 |
| | | | | | | (8.6 | ) | | | 38.51 |
| | (9.0 | ) | | | 37.46 |
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Forfeited/expired | (0.3 | ) | | | 79.15 |
| | | | | | | (0.6 | ) | | | 55.28 |
| | (0.6 | ) | | | 55.00 |
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Outstanding at end of year | 25.1 |
| | | $ | 69.15 |
| | 5.9 | | | $ | 713.7 |
| | 27.4 |
| | | $ | 59.86 |
| | 31.7 |
| | | $ | 47.77 |
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Exercisable at end of year | 15.6 |
| | | $ | 56.43 |
| | 4.5 | | | $ | 638.6 |
| | 17.1 |
| | | | | 21.9 |
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RSUs
RSUs generally vest 100% on the third anniversary of the grant and are payable in either shares of McDonald’s common stock or cash, at the Company’s discretion. Certain executives have been awarded RSUs that vest based on Company performance. The fair value of each RSU granted is equal to the market price of the Company’s stock at date of grant less the present value of expected dividends over the vesting period.
A summary of the Company’s RSU activity during the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011 is presented in the following table:
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| 2013 | | | 2012 | | | 2011 | |
RSUs | Shares in millions |
| | Weighted- average grant date fair value | | | Shares in millions |
| | Weighted- average grant date fair value | | | Shares in millions |
| | Weighted- average grant date fair value | |
Nonvested at beginning of year | 1.8 |
| | | $ | 68.23 |
| | 2.1 |
| | | $ | 56.78 |
| | 2.3 |
| | | $ | 51.17 |
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Granted | 1.0 |
| | | 83.98 |
| | 0.5 |
| | | 90.34 |
| | 0.6 |
| | | 67.96 |
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Vested | (0.7 | ) | | | 56.93 |
| | (0.8 | ) | | | 50.69 |
| | (0.7 | ) | | | 49.88 |
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Forfeited | (0.1 | ) | | | 82.44 |
| | 0.0 |
| | | 68.72 |
| | (0.1 | ) | | | 50.16 |
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Nonvested at end of year | 2.0 |
| | | $ | 78.89 |
| | 1.8 |
| | | $ | 68.23 |
| | 2.1 |
| | | $ | 56.78 |
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The total fair value of RSUs vested during 2013, 2012 and 2011 was $60.2 million, $76.4 million and $55.5 million, respectively. The tax benefit realized from RSUs vested during 2013 was $18.3 million.
