Share-Based Compensation

6 Months Ended

Sep. 01, 2018

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

Total share-based compensation expense included in the results of operations was $3.1 million for each of the six-month periods ended September 1, 2018 and September 2, 2017.

Stock options and SARs

Stock option and SAR activity for the current six-month period is summarized as follows:



Stock options and SARs	Number of Shares		Weighted Average Exercise Price		Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Life	Aggregate Intrinsic Value
Outstanding at March 3, 2018	129,901		$	11.10
Awards exercised	(29,560	)	20.43
Outstanding and exercisable at September 1, 2018	100,341		8.34		3.0 years	$	4,101,940

Cash proceeds from the exercise of stock options were $0.2 million and $0.8 million for the six months ended September 1, 2018 and September 2, 2017, respectively. The aggregate intrinsic value of securities exercised (the amount by which the stock price on the date of exercise exceeded the stock price of the award on the date of grant) was $0.6 million during the six months ended September 1, 2018 and $4.8 million during the prior-year period.

Nonvested shares and share units

Nonvested share activity for the current six-month period is summarized as follows:



Nonvested shares and units	Number of Shares and Units		Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value
Nonvested at March 3, 2018	266,180		$	49.22
Granted	148,219		43.54
Vested	(116,266	)	46.57
Canceled	(15,359	)	48.12
Nonvested at September 1, 2018	282,774		47.36

At September 1, 2018, there was $9.5 million of total unrecognized compensation cost related to nonvested share and nonvested share unit awards, which is expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of approximately 22 months. The total fair value of shares vested during the six months ended September 1, 2018 was $4.9 million.