Share-Based Compensation

4 Months Ended

Jan. 18, 2015

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 2015, we granted the following shares related to our share-based compensation awards:



Stock options	123,042
Performance share awards	40,594
Nonvested stock units	87,081

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



	Sixteen Weeks Ended
	January 18, 2015		January 19, 2014
Stock options	$	999	$	1,289
Performance share awards	1,081		1,497
Nonvested stock awards	61		173
Nonvested stock units	1,744		842
Total share-based compensation expense	$	3,885	$	3,801

- 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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