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COMMON STOCK

12 Months Ended

Dec. 26, 2020

H.COMMON STOCK

We maintain and administer our shareholder approved Employee Stock Purchase Plan ("Stock Purchase Plan"). The Stock Purchase Plan allows eligible employees to purchase shares of our stock at a share price equal to 85% of fair market value on the purchase date. We have expensed the fair value of the compensation associated with these awards, which approximates the discount. The amount of expense is nominal.

We maintain and administer our shareholder approved Directors’ Retainer Stock Plan ("Stock Retainer Plan"). The Stock Retainer Plan allows eligible members of the Board of Directors to defer the cash portion of their retainer and committee fees and receive shares of our stock at the time of or following their retirement, disability or death. The number of shares to be received is equal to the amount of the cash portion of their retainer and committee fees deferred multiplied by 110%, divided by the fair market value of a share of our stock at the time of deferral. The number of units is increased by the amount of dividends paid on our common stock. The units are immediately vested as of the grant date, since they are considered payment for services rendered quarterly. We recognized expense for this plan of $1.8 million in 2020, $1.8 million in 2019, and $1.7 million in 2018. Effective January 1, 2017, this plan was amended to allow directors to defer payment of the annual retainer paid in the form of our common stock. The number of shares to be received for their portion of the retainer that is deferred is equal to the amount of shares plus the number of shares attributable to cash dividends payable on those deferred shares.

Finally, we maintain and administer our shareholder approved Long Term Stock Incentive Plan (the "LTSIP”). The LTSIP provides for the grant of stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock, performance shares and other stock-based awards.

Executive Stock Match awards are granted in the year following the requisite service period, which begins at the beginning of each fiscal year, and fully vest on the fifth anniversary of the grant date.

There is no unrecognized compensation expense remaining for stock options in 2020, 2019, and 2018.

Below is a summary of common stock issuances for 2020 and 2019:


(in thousands, except per share data)	December 26, 2020
Share Issuance Activity	Common Stock		Average Share Price
Shares issued under the employee stock purchase plan	35	$	46.71

Shares issued under the employee stock gift program	3		48.10
Shares issued under the director retainer stock program	46		25.31
Shares issued under the bonus plan	271		47.52
Shares issued under the executive stock match grants plan	79		47.60
Forfeitures	(9)
Total shares issued under stock grant programs	390	$	44.96

Shares issued under the deferred compensation plans	128	$	53.79


(in thousands, except per share data)	December 28, 2019
Share Issuance Activity	Common Stock		Average Share Price
Shares issued under the employee stock purchase plan	34	$	32.47

Shares issued under the employee stock gift program	4		35.68
Shares issued under the director retainer stock program	5		38.44
Shares issued under the bonus plan	211		30.83
Shares issued under the executive stock match grants plan	109		31.57
Forfeitures	(19)
Total shares issued under stock grant programs	310	$	31.25

Shares issued under the deferred compensation plans	181	$	34.31

A summary of the nonvested restricted stock awards granted under the LTSIP is as follows:


						Weighted-
				Unrecognized		Average
		Weighted-		Compensation		Period to
	Restricted	Average Grant		Expense		Recognize
	Awards	Date Fair Value		(in millions)		Expense
Nonvested at December 30, 2017	1,033,626		24.24		7.1	1.31 years
Granted	247,068		36.52
Vested	(107,865)		18.11
Forfeited	(12,750)		24.19
Nonvested at December 29, 2018	1,160,079		23.32		7.6	1.12 years
Granted	318,496		32.60
Vested	(224,894)		23.42
Forfeited	(50,786)		24.18
Nonvested at December 28, 2019	1,202,895		29.68		7.9	0.86 years
Granted	348,016		47.60
Vested	(177,790)		22.69
Forfeited	(9,327)		33.46
Nonvested at December 26, 2020	1,363,794	$	35.14	$	6.3	0.62 years

Under the Stock Purchase Plan and LTSIP, we recognized share-based compensation expense of $4.0 million, $4.0 million, and $3.6 million and the related total income tax benefits of $1.0 million, $0.8 million, and $0.7 million in 2020, 2019 and 2018, respectively.

For the year-ended December 26, 2020, we determined that $25 million of share-based bonus awards, representing 465,830 shares, will be awarded to qualified employees as it relates to the company’s 2020 performance and granted in 2021. In addition to the share-based bonus awards, certain employees are eligible to receive performance share units equivalent to $1 million, or 22,567 shares of stock, if certain performance metrics are achieved after three years. These awards fully vest three years from the grant date. As of December 26, 2020, we recognized approximately $4 million of compensation expense related to these awards. Awards granted prior to 2020, generally vest after a period of three or five years from the grant date.

In 2020, 2019 and 2018, cash received from share issuances under our plans was $1.4 million, $1.1 million and $1.0 million, respectively.

On November 14, 2001, the Board of Directors approved a share repurchase program (which succeeded a previous program) allowing us to repurchase up to 2.5 million shares of our common stock. On October 14, 2010, our Board authorized an additional 2 million shares to be repurchased under our existing share repurchase program. We repurchased 756,397 shares in 2020 and no shares under this program in 2019. As of December 26, 2020, the cumulative total authorized shares available for repurchase is approximately 1.1 million shares.