Note 13 - Stock-based Compensation

6 Months Ended

Dec. 27, 2015

Disclosure of Compensation Related Costs, Share-based Payments [Text Block]

13. Stock-based Compensation

On October 23, 2013, the Company’s shareholders approved the Unifi, Inc. 2013 Incentive Compensation Plan (the “2013 Plan”). The 2013 Plan replaced the 2008 Unifi, Inc. Long-Term Incentive Plan (“2008 LTIP”). No additional awards can be granted under the 2008 LTIP; however, prior awards outstanding under the 2008 LTIP remain subject to that plan’s provisions. The 2013 Plan authorized the issuance of 1,000 shares of common stock, subject to certain increases in the event outstanding awards under the 2008 LTIP expire, are forfeited or otherwise terminate unexercised.

As of December 27, 2015, a summary of the number of securities remaining available for future issuance under equity compensation plans is as follows:

Authorized under the 2013 Plan	1,000
Plus: Awards expired, forfeited or otherwise terminated unexercised from the 2008 LTIP or 2013 Plan	22
Less: Service-condition options granted	(237	)
Less: RSUs granted to non-employee directors	(63	)
Available for issuance under the 2013 Plan	722

Stock options

During the six months ended December 27, 2015 and December 28, 2014, the Company granted stock options to purchase 82 and 150 shares of common stock, respectively, to certain key employees. The stock options vest ratably over the required three-year service period and have ten-year contractual terms. For the six months ended December 27, 2015 and December 28, 2014, the weighted average exercise price of the options was $32.36 and $27.38 per share, respectively. The Company used the Black-Scholes model to estimate the weighted average grant date fair value of $20.27 and $17.31 per share, respectively.

Restricted stock units

During the six months ended December 27, 2015 and December 28, 2014, the Company granted 21 and 17 restricted stock units (“RSUs”), respectively, to the Company’s non-employee directors. The director RSUs became fully vested on the grant date. The director RSUs convey no rights of ownership in shares of Company stock until such director RSUs have been distributed to the grantee in the form of Company stock. The vested director RSUs will be converted into an equivalent number of shares of Company common stock and distributed to the grantee following the grantee’s termination of service as a member of the Board. The grantee may elect to defer receipt of the shares of stock in accordance with the deferral options provided under the Unifi, Inc. Director Deferred Compensation Plan. The Company estimated the weighted average fair value of such awards granted during the six months ended December 27, 2015 and December 28, 2014 to be $29.12 and $28.58 per director RSU, respectively.

The Company also may issue, from time to time, RSUs to certain key employees. The Company estimates the fair value of RSUs based on the market price of the Company’s common stock at the award grant date. See note 16 included in the 2015 Form 10-K for further information regarding the Company’s RSUs.