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| Employee Benefit Plans | Employee Benefit PlansEquity Compensation Plans. On March 10, 2020, our stockholders approved the amended and restated Qualcomm Incorporated 2016 Long-Term Incentive Plan (the 2016 Plan), including an increase in the share reserve by 75 million shares. The 2016 Plan provides for the grant of RSUs and other stock-based awards. 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 26, 2021, approximately 71 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 three years from the date of grant. A summary of RSU transactions under our 2016 Plan that contain only service requirements to vest follows:
The weighted-average estimated grant date fair values of employee RSUs under our 2016 Plan that contain only service requirements to vest granted during fiscal 2020 and 2019 were $82.57 and $63.10 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 6%, 7% and 7% in fiscal 2021, 2020 and 2019, respectively.
At September 26, 2021, total unrecognized compensation expense related to such non-vested RSUs granted prior to that date was $2.0 billion, which is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of 1.7 years. The total vest-date fair value of such RSUs that vested during fiscal 2021, 2020 and 2019 was $2.6 billion, $1.3 billion and $977 million, respectively. The total shares withheld to satisfy statutory tax withholding requirements related to all share-based awards were 5 million in fiscal 2021 and 4 million in fiscal 2020 and 2019, and were based on the value of the awards on their vesting dates as determined by our closing stock price.
The total tax benefits realized, including the excess tax benefits, related to share-based awards during fiscal 2021, 2020 and 2019 were $567 million, $273 million and $237 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. The shares reserved for future issuance under the employee stock purchase plan were 25 million at September 26, 2021. During fiscal 2021, 2020 and 2019, 3 million, 5 million and 6 million shares, respectively, were issued under the plan at an average price of $107.48, $66.53 and $42.13 per share, respectively. At September 26, 2021, total unrecognized compensation expense related to non-vested purchase rights granted prior to that date was $35 million. We recorded cash received from the exercise of purchase rights of $343 million, $306 million and $257 million during fiscal 2021, 2020 and 2019, respectively.
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