Share-Based Payments (Tables)

9 Months Ended

May 07, 2011

Weighted average fair value of the stock option awards granted, weighted average key assumptions

The weighted average fair value of the stock option awards granted during the thirty-six week periods ended May 7, 2011 and May 8, 2010, using the Black-Scholes-Merton multiple-option pricing valuation model, was $58.58 and $40.75 per share, respectively, using the following weighted average key assumptions:


	Thirty-Six Weeks Ended
	May 7,			May 8,
	2011			2010

Expected price volatility		31	%		31	%
Risk-free interest rate		1.0	%		1.8	%
Weighted average expected lives (in years)		4.3			4.3
Forfeiture rate		10.0	%		10.0	%
Dividend yield		0.0	%		0.0	%

- Definition

Tabular disclosure of components of a stock option or other award plan under which equity-based compensation is awarded to employees, typically comprised of the amount of unearned compensation (deferred compensation cost), compensation expense, and changes in the quantity and fair value of the shares (or other type of equity) granted, exercised, forfeited, and issued and outstanding pertaining to that plan. Disclosure may also include nature and general terms of such arrangements that existed during the period and potential effects of those arrangements on shareholders, effect of compensation cost arising from equity-based payment arrangements on the income statement, method of estimating the fair value of the goods or services received, or the fair value of the equity instruments granted, during the period, cash flow effects resulting from equity-based payment arrangements and, for registrants that accelerate vesting of out of the money share options, reasons for the decision to accelerate.

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