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COMMON STOCK
12 Months Ended
Jan. 03, 2026
Equity [Abstract]  
COMMON STOCK COMMON STOCK
Open Market Share Repurchases
The Company’s Board has authorized the repurchase of shares of the Company’s common stock under share repurchase programs with an aggregate authorization of up to $1.00 billion. As of January 3, 2026, the total remaining capacity under
outstanding repurchase authorizations was $599.0 million, based on settled repurchase transactions. The share repurchase authorizations have no expiration dates.
The Company repurchased and retired shares in open market transactions in the following amounts for the fiscal periods indicated:
Fiscal year ended
January 3, 2026December 28, 2024December 30, 2023
Number of shares repurchased(1)
— 736,423 1,446,269 
Aggregate cost of shares repurchased (dollars in thousands)(2)
$— $50,526 $100,034 
Average price per share(2)
$— $68.61 $69.17 
(1)Share repurchases were made in compliance with all applicable rules and regulations and in accordance with share repurchase authorizations. The Company did not repurchase and retire shares through open market transactions in fiscal 2025.
(2)The aggregate cost of share repurchases and average price paid per share exclude excise tax on share repurchases imposed as part of the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022.
Future repurchases may occur from time to time in the open market, in privately negotiated transactions, or otherwise. The timing and amount of any repurchases will be at the discretion of the Company subject to restrictions under the Company’s secured asset-based revolving credit facility, market conditions, stock price, other investment priorities, excise taxes, and other factors.
Dividends
Subsequent to fiscal 2025, on February 19, 2026, the Company’s Board declared a quarterly cash dividend payment of $0.25 per common share, payable on March 27, 2026 to shareholders of record at the close of business on March 13, 2026.
In fiscal 2025, the Board declared, and the Company paid, a cash dividend per common share of $0.80 in the first quarter and $0.25 in each of the second, third, and fourth quarters (for an aggregate cash dividend per common share of $1.55 for fiscal 2025). In each quarter of fiscal 2024, the Board declared, and the Company paid, a cash dividend per common share of $0.80 (for an aggregate cash dividend per common share of $3.20 for fiscal 2024). Additionally, in each quarter of fiscal 2023, the Board declared and the Company paid, a cash dividend per common share of $0.75 (for an aggregate cash dividend per common share of $3.00 for fiscal 2023).
Our Board will evaluate future dividend declarations based on a number of factors, including restrictions under the Company’s revolving credit facility, business conditions, the Company’s financial performance, and other considerations.
Provisions in the Company’s secured asset-based revolving credit facility could have the effect of restricting the Company’s ability to pay cash dividends on, or make future repurchases of its common stock, as further described in Note 10, Long-Term Debt, to the consolidated financial statements.
Stockholder Rights Agreement
On September 22, 2025, the Board authorized the Company’s entry into a limited duration stockholder rights agreement (the “Rights Agreement”) in response to the rapid accumulation of a significant amount of shares of the Company’s common stock by a third party. The Rights Agreement is intended to reduce the likelihood that any entity, person or group is able to gain control of the Company through open market accumulation without paying all stockholders an appropriate control premium or providing the Board sufficient opportunity to make informed judgments and take actions that are in the best interests of all stockholders.
Pursuant to the Rights Agreement, the Company issued, by means of a “dividend”, one preferred share purchase right (a “Right”) for each outstanding share of the Company’s common stock to stockholders of record on the close of business on October 3, 2025. Initially, these Rights are not exercisable and trade with, and are represented by, the shares of the Company’s common stock. The Rights Agreement will expire on September 21, 2026, or earlier, as provided in the Rights Agreement.
Under the Rights Agreement, if a person or group (each, an “acquiring person”) acquires beneficial ownership of 15% (or 20% in the case of investors eligible to file Schedule 13Gs) or more of the outstanding shares of the Company’s common stock in a transaction not approved by the Board, the Board, at its option, may exchange each Right (other than Rights owned by the acquiring person that will become void and will not be exercisable) in whole or in part, at an exchange ratio of one share of the Company’s common stock, or one ten-thousandth of a share of Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock (the “Preferred
Stock”) (or of a share of a class or series of the Company’s preferred stock having equivalent rights, preferences and privileges), per outstanding Right, subject to adjustment.
Adoption of the Rights Agreement did not have an impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements, including basic and diluted earnings per share. Additional information is included in the Company’s current report on Form 8-K filed September 24, 2025, which is not incorporated herein by reference.