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NETFLIX, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS—(Continued)
The fair value of shares issued under the ESPP is estimated using the Black-Scholes option pricing model.
The following table summarizes the assumptions used to value shares issued under the ESPP:
Year Ended December 31,
2009 2008 2007
Dividend yield ................. 0% 0% 0%
Expected volatility ............. 42%–55% 55%–60% 38%–47%
Risk-free interest rate ........... 0.16% – 0.35% 1.23% – 1.58% 4.16% – 5.07%
Expected life (in years) .......... 0.5 0.5 0.5
The Company estimates expected volatility based on a blend of historical volatility of the Company’s
common stock and implied volatility of tradable forward call options to purchase shares of its common stock.
The Company believes that implied volatility of publicly traded options in its common stock is expected to be
more reflective of market conditions and, therefore, can reasonably be expected to be a better indicator of
expected volatility than historical volatility of its common stock.
The Company bifurcates its option grants into two employee groupings (executive and non-executive) based
on exercise behavior and considers several factors in determining the estimate of expected term for each group,
including the historical option exercise behavior, the terms and vesting periods of the options granted. In the year
ended December 31, 2009, the Company used a suboptimal exercise factor ranging from 1.87 to 2.01 for
executives and 1.73 to 1.76 for non-executives, which resulted in a calculated expected term of the option grants
of 4 years for executives and 3 years for non-executives. In the year ended December 31, 2008, the Company
used a suboptimal exercise factor ranging from 1.90 to 2.04 for executives and 1.76 to 1.77 for non-executives,
which resulted in a calculated expected term of the option grants of 4 years for executives and 3 years for
non-executives. In the year ended December 31, 2007, the Company used a suboptimal exercise factor ranging
from 2.06 to 2.09 for executives and 1.77 to 1.78 for non-executives, which resulted in a calculated expected
term of the option grants of 5 years for executives and 4 years for non-executives.
In valuing shares issued under the Company’s employee stock options, the Company bases the risk-free
interest rate on U.S. Treasury zero-coupon issues with terms similar to the contractual term of the options. In
valuing shares issued under the Company’s ESPP, the Company bases the risk-free interest rate on U.S. Treasury
zero-coupon issues with terms similar to the expected term of the shares. The Company does not anticipate
paying any cash dividends in the foreseeable future and therefore uses an expected dividend yield of zero in the
option valuation model. The Company does not use a post-vesting termination rate as options are fully vested
upon grant date. The weighted-average fair value of employee stock options granted during 2009, 2008 and 2007
was $17.79, $12.25 and $9.68 per share, respectively. The weighted-average fair value of shares granted under
the employee stock purchase plan during 2009, 2008 and 2007 was $14.44, $8.28 and $6.70 per share,
respectively.
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