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STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jul. 02, 2011

Disclosure of Compensation Related Costs, Share-based Payments [Abstract]

Assumptions used for grants and summary of stock options and restricted stock activity

The fair value of time-based or performance-based stock option grants are estimated on the date of grant using the Black-Scholes option pricing method with the following weighted-average assumptions used for grants issued during the six-month period ended July 2, 2011.

		Assumptions
Volatility			34.96	%
Risk-free interest rate			2.86	%
Expected term (years)			7
Dividend yield			--

Stock Option and Restricted Stock Activity

The following table summarizes our stock option and restricted stock activity during the six-month period ended July 2, 2011:

		Time-based stock options				Restricted stock
Outstanding, January 1, 2011			2,471,486				481,413
Granted			404,100				382,820
Exercised			(293,508	)			--
Vested restricted stock			--				(196,282	)
Forfeited			(58,850	)			(26,550	)
Expired			(7,800	)			--
Outstanding, July 2, 2011			2,515,428				641,401
Exercisable, July 2, 2011			1,502,566				--

Unrecognized stock-based compensation expense

Unrecognized stock-based compensation expense related to outstanding unvested stock options and unvested restricted stock awards is expected to be recorded as follows:

(dollars in thousands)		Time-based stock options				Restricted stock				Total
2011 (period from July 3 through December 31, 2011)		$	1,775			$	2,560			$	4,335
2012			3,098				4,704				7,802
2013			2,319				3,645				5,964
2014			1,298				2,556				3,854
Total		$	8,490			$	13,465			$	21,955

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Tabular disclosure of the roll forward of activity related to options and equity instruments other than options, including but not limited to exercisable options outstanding.

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Tabular disclosure of the significant assumptions used during the year to estimate the fair value of stock options, including, but not limited to: (a) expected term of share options and similar instruments, (b) expected volatility of the entity's shares, (c) expected dividends, (d) risk-free rate(s), and (e) discount for post-vesting restrictions.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Topic 718
-SubTopic 10
-Publisher FASB
-Number
-Article
-Subparagraph (f)(2)
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Paragraph 2
-Section 50
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6415400&loc=d3e5070-113901

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