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Note 13 - Employee Benefit Plans
12 Months Ended
Jan. 03, 2026
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Note 13 - Employee Benefit Plans

 

Qualified Investment Plan

 

In 1990, we adopted a 401(k) tax-deferred savings plan, which provides all employees in the United States who meet certain eligibility requirements with an opportunity to accumulate funds for retirement. Participants may contribute up to the amount allowable as a deduction for federal income tax purposes. The plan does not allow investments in the Company's common stock. The plan allows for the Company to make discretionary matching contributions in cash. We recorded matching contributions of approximately $2.7 million, $2.8 million, and $3.1 million in fiscal years 2025, 2024, and 2023, respectively.

 

Corporate Incentive Plan

 

For fiscal 2025, 2024, and 2023, the Board of Directors of the Company, upon the recommendation of the Compensation Committee, approved the Corporate Incentive Plan (the “CIP”) for the respective fiscal year. The chief executive officer, other executive officers, and other members of senior management, including vice presidents and director-level employees, together with all other employees of the Company not on the Company's sales incentive plan are eligible to participate in the CIP. Under the CIP, individual cash or equity incentive payments for the eligible employees will be based both on Company financial performance, as measured by achievement of operating income (before incentive plan accruals) and revenue goals within specified ranges established by the Compensation Committee, and Company performance, as measured by the achievement of personal management objectives. The Compensation Committee determines the performance of the chief executive officer, the chief financial officer and other participants based on the achievement of the management objectives established by the Compensation Committee during the first quarter of the respective fiscal year. We recorded approximately $16.6 million, $1.6 million, and $15.0 million of expense under the CIP in fiscal 2025, 2024, and 2023, respectively.

 

Under our Corporate Incentive Plan, incentive payments may be made in cash or in shares of our Common Stock, or a combination of both, as determined at the discretion of the Compensation Committee of our Board of Directors. To the extent incentive payments are settled in equity under the 2023 Equity Incentive Plan, the number of RSUs to be issued is determined by dividing the eligible employee’s incentive payment value by the 30-calendar day average closing price of our Common Stock during the period ending the day before the date of settlement. Under this methodology, the value of RSUs issued on the settlement date could differ from the incentive payment value accrued.