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Shareholders' Equity:
3 Months Ended
Mar. 28, 2015
Shareholders' Equity:  
Shareholders' Equity:

 

8.Shareholders’ Equity:

 

Dividends

 

On January 28, 2015, the Company’s Board of Directors approved the payment of a $0.06 per share quarterly cash dividend to shareholders of record at the close of business on February 11, 2015, which was paid on March 2, 2015.

 

Repurchase of Common Stock

 

In the first three months of 2015 the Company repurchased no shares of its common stock.  Under the Board of Directors’ authorization, as of March 28, 2015, the Company has the ability to repurchase an additional 166,700 shares of its common stock.  Repurchases may be made from time to time at prevailing prices, subject to certain restrictions on volume, pricing and timing.

 

Stock Option Plans and Stock-Based Compensation

 

The Company had authorized up to 750,000 shares of common stock be reserved for granting either nonqualified or incentive stock options to officers and key employees under the Company’s 2001 Stock Option Plan (the “2001 Plan”).  The 2001 Plan expired on February 20, 2011.  The Company has authorized up to 500,000 shares of common stock to be reserved for granting either nonqualified or incentive stock options to officers and key employees under the Company’s 2010 Stock Option Plan (the “2010 Plan”).

 

The Company also sponsors a Stock Option Plan for Nonemployee Directors (the “Nonemployee Directors Plan”) and has reserved a total of 350,000 shares for issuance to directors of the Company who are not employees.

 

Stock option activity under the 2001 Plan, 2010 Plan and Nonemployee Directors Plan (collectively, the “Option Plans”) as of March 28, 2015 was as follows:

 

 

 

Number of
Shares

 

Weighted
Average
Exercise Price

 

Weighted Average
Remaining Contractual
Life (years)

 

Intrinsic Value

 

Outstanding at December 27, 2014

 

597,700

 

$

48.50

 

6.93

 

$

20,973,700

 

Exercised

 

(1,669

)

28.77

 

 

 

 

 

Outstanding at March 28, 2015

 

596,031

 

$

48.55

 

6.69

 

$

22,282,900

 

Exercisable at March 28, 2015

 

348,453

 

$

36.27

 

5.51

 

$

17,307,400

 

 

No options were granted during the three months ended March 28, 2015 or the three months ended March 29, 2014.  During the three months ended March 28, 2015, option holders surrendered 587 shares of previously owned common stock as payment for option shares exercised as provided for by the Option Plans.  All unexercised options at March 28, 2015 have an exercise price equal to the fair market value on the date of the grant.

 

Compensation expense of $405,300 and $344,500 relating to the vested portion of the fair value of stock options granted was expensed to “Selling, General and Administrative Expenses” in the first three months of 2015 and 2014, respectively.  As of March 28, 2015, the Company had $3.4 million of total unrecognized compensation expense related to stock options that is expected to be recognized over the remaining weighted average vesting period of approximately 2.4 years.