SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION

6 Months Ended

Sep. 27, 2013

SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION

SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION

3.  SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION

The following table summarizes the Company’s share-based compensation expense:

	Three-Month Periods Ended				Six-Month Periods Ended
	September 27, 2013		September 28, 2012		September 27, 2013		September 28, 2012
	(In thousands)
Cost of sales	$	1,866	$	1,058	$	3,218	$	2,515
Selling, general and administrative expenses	6,851		7,316		14,088		15,677
Total stock-based compensation expense	$	8,717	$	8,374	$	17,306	$	18,192

Total unrecognized compensation expense related to share options is $1.3 million, net of estimated forfeitures, and will be recognized over a weighted-average remaining vesting period of 1.5 years. As of September 27, 2013, the number of options outstanding and exercisable was 29.2 million and 28.7 million, respectively, at weighted-average exercise prices of $8.98 and $9.01 per share, respectively.

During the six-month period ended September 27, 2013, the Company granted 8.2 million unvested share bonus awards at an average grant date price of $8.04 per share, under its 2010 Equity Incentive Plan.  Of this amount, approximately 2.3 million represents the target amount of grants made to certain key employees whereby vesting is contingent on certain market conditions.  The number of shares that ultimately will vest are based on a measurement of the change in the Company’s share price over a certain specified period against the change in both the Standard and Poor’s (“S&P”) 500 Composite Index and an Extended Electronics Manufacturing Services (“EMS”) Group Index over the same period, and will cliff vest after a period of three years, if such market conditions have been met. The number of shares issued can range from zero to 4.6 million.  The average grant-date fair value of these awards was estimated to be $9.34 per share and was calculated using a Monte Carlo simulation.  As of September 27, 2013, approximately 22.9 million unvested share bonus awards were outstanding, of which vesting for a targeted amount of 5.3 million is contingent on meeting certain market conditions.  The number of shares issued can range from zero to 10.1 million based on the achievement levels of the respective market conditions.

As of September 27, 2013, total unrecognized compensation expense related to unvested share bonus awards is $107.7 million, net of estimated forfeitures, and will be recognized over a weighted-average remaining vesting period of 2.60 years. Approximately $19.7 million of the total unrecognized compensation cost, net of estimated forfeitures, is related to awards whereby vesting is contingent on meeting certain market conditions.