Share-Based Compensation

9 Months Ended

Jul. 06, 2014

SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION

We offer share-based compensation plans to attract, retain and motivate key officers, employees and non-employee directors to work toward the financial success of the Company. In 2014, we granted the following shares related to our share-based compensation awards:



Stock options	215,248
Performance share awards	55,668
Nonvested stock units	112,908

The components of share-based compensation expense recognized in each period are as follows (in thousands):



	Quarter				Year-to-Date
	July 6, 2014		July 7, 2013		July 6, 2014		July 7, 2013
Stock options	$	347	$	1,321	$	2,125	$	4,480
Performance share awards	891		421		3,386		2,085
Nonvested stock awards	46		82		264		301
Nonvested stock units	497		626		2,135		2,963
Deferred compensation for non-management directors	—		—		218		220
Total share-based compensation expense	$	1,781	$	2,450	$	8,128	$	10,049

- Definition

The entire disclosure for compensation-related costs for equity-based compensation, which may include disclosure of policies, compensation plan details, allocation of equity compensation, incentive distributions, equity-based arrangements to obtain goods and services, deferred compensation arrangements, employee stock ownership plan details and employee stock purchase plan details.

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