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| Employee Benefit Plans | Employee Benefit Plans
Employee Savings and Retirement Plan. We have a 401(k) plan that allows eligible employees to contribute up to 85% of their eligible compensation, subject to annual limits. We match a portion of the employee contributions and may, at our discretion, make additional contributions based upon earnings. Our contribution expense was $64 million, $78 million and $76 million in fiscal 2019, 2018 and 2017, respectively.
Equity Compensation Plans. On March 8, 2016, our stockholders approved the Qualcomm Incorporated 2016 Long-Term Incentive Plan (the 2016 Plan), which replaced the Qualcomm Incorporated 2006 Long-Term Incentive Plan (the Prior Plan). Effective on and after that date, no new awards will be granted under the Prior Plan, although all outstanding awards under the Prior Plan will remain outstanding according to their terms and the terms of the Prior Plan. The 2016 Plan provides for the grant of incentive and nonstatutory stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock, unrestricted stock, restricted stock units, performance units, performance shares, deferred compensation awards and other stock-based awards. The share reserve under the 2016 Plan is equal to 90.0 million shares, plus approximately 20.1 million shares that were available for future grant under the Prior Plan on March 8, 2016, for a total of approximately 110.1 million shares initially available for grant under the 2016 Plan. This share reserve is automatically increased as provided in the 2016 Plan by the number of shares subject to stock options that were granted under the Prior Plan and outstanding as of March 8, 2016, which after that date expire or for any reason are forfeited, canceled or terminated, and by two times the number of shares subject to any awards other than stock options that were granted under the Prior Plan and outstanding as of March 8, 2016, which after that date expire, are forfeited, canceled or terminated, fail to vest, are not earned due to any performance goal that is not met, are otherwise reacquired without having become vested, or are paid in cash, exchanged by a participant or withheld by us to satisfy any tax withholding or tax payment obligations related to such award. The Board of Directors may amend or terminate the 2016 Plan at any time. Certain amendments, including an increase in the share reserve, require stockholder approval. At September 29, 2019, approximately 50.4 million shares were available for future grant under the 2016 Plan.
RSUs are share awards that entitle the holder to receive shares of our common stock upon vesting. The RSUs generally include dividend-equivalent rights and vest over periods of three years from the date of grant. A summary of RSU transactions that contain only service requirements to vest for all equity compensation plans follows:
The weighted-average estimated fair values of employee RSUs that contain only service requirements to vest granted during fiscal 2018 and 2017 were $62.61 and $66.54 per share, respectively. Upon vesting, we issue new shares of common stock. For the majority of RSUs, shares are issued on the vesting dates net of the amount of shares needed to satisfy statutory tax withholding requirements to be paid by us on behalf of the employees. As a result, the actual number of shares issued will be fewer than the number of RSUs outstanding. The annual pre-vest forfeiture rate for RSUs was estimated to be approximately 7%, 6% and 5% in fiscal 2019, 2018 and 2017, respectively.
At September 29, 2019, total unrecognized compensation expense related to such non-vested RSUs granted prior to that date was $1.1 billion, which is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of 1.9 years. The total vest-date fair value of such RSUs that vested during fiscal 2019, 2018 and 2017 was $977 million, $940 million and $820 million, respectively. The total shares withheld to satisfy statutory tax withholding requirements related to all share-based awards were approximately 4.2 million, 4.4 million and 4.2 million in fiscal 2019, 2018 and 2017, respectively, and were based on the value of the awards on their vesting dates as determined by our closing stock price.
The Board of Directors may grant stock options to employees, directors and consultants to purchase shares of our common stock at an exercise price not less than the fair market value of the stock at the date of grant. Stock options vest over periods not exceeding five years and are exercisable for up to ten years from the grant date. Total outstanding stock option shares at September 29, 2019 and September 30, 2018, were 1.1 million and 5.1 million, respectively. The decrease in the number of stock option shares outstanding during fiscal 2019 related primarily to stock options exercised.
The total tax benefits realized, including the excess tax benefits, related to share-based awards during fiscal 2019, 2018 and 2017 were $237 million, $254 million and $301 million, respectively.
Employee Stock Purchase Plan. We have an employee stock purchase plan for eligible employees to purchase shares of common stock at 85% of the lower of the fair market value on the first or the last day of each offering period, which is generally six months. Employees may authorize us to withhold up to 15% of their compensation during any offering period, subject to certain limitations. The employee stock purchase plan includes a non-423(b) plan. On March 23, 2018, our stockholders approved an amendment to the Amended and Restated QUALCOMM Incorporated 2001 Employee Stock Purchase Plan to increase the share reserve by 30.0 million shares. The shares authorized under the plan were approximately 101.7 million at September 29, 2019. The shares reserved for future issuance were approximately 32.8 million at September 29, 2019. During fiscal 2019, 2018 and 2017, approximately 6.1 million, 5.8 million and 5.7 million shares, respectively, were issued under the plan at an average price of $42.13, $49.41 and $45.29 per share, respectively. At September 29, 2019, total unrecognized compensation expense related to non-vested purchase rights granted prior to that date was $27 million. We recorded cash received from the exercise of purchase rights of $257 million, $286 million and $260 million during fiscal 2019, 2018 and 2017, respectively.
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