Stock-Based Compensation Plans

We have a 2014 Omnibus Equity, Performance Award, and Incentive Compensation Plan (as amended, the "Plan") in place as approved by shareholders, which allows us to grant or issue non-qualified stock options, incentive stock options, share awards and other equity compensation to key employees and to non-employee directors.

No more than 3.6 million shares of common stock may be issued under the Plan and no more than 3.6 million of those shares may be used for awards other than stock options or stock appreciation rights. Shares subject to awards that are forfeited or terminated, expire unexercised, are cancelled and settled in cash in lieu of common stock or are exchanged for awards that do not involve common stock, shall be added back to the limits and again immediately become available for awards.

Stock Options and Share Awards

The term of any options granted under the Plan may not exceed ten years from the date of the grant. Stock options are granted at the closing market price on the date of grant. Options issued to key employees generally vest over a three-year period in equal annual installments, beginning one year after the date of grant, with immediate vesting upon a change of control (as defined in the Plan), if earlier. Historically, options issued to directors vested six months after grant.

Share awards generally vest over a three-year period in equal annual installments with continued employment, beginning one year after the date of grant, with immediate vesting upon retirement for awards made prior to October 2016 or upon a change of control (collectively, "time-based") or upon attainment of established goals. Share awards that are not time-based typically vest at the end of a one year or three-year incentive period based upon the achievement of company goals ("performance-based"). The value of time-based restricted share awards is based on the number of shares granted and the closing price of our common stock on the date of grant. The value of performance-based restricted share awards is based upon the terms of the plan and an assessment of the probability of reaching the established performance targets. Historically, the terms of these plans linked the incentive payment to a percentage of base salary compensation and if the established goals are met, shares of the appropriate value are then granted.

Annual Incentive Plans

For Fiscal 2015 and Fiscal 2016, the Human Resources Committee of our Board of Directors established annual incentive plans for the officers that were to be paid in 2/3 cash and 1/3 restricted stock (stock must be held for one year from date of grant except for shares we agree to repurchase in lieu of executives' payment of payroll taxes). The Fiscal 2017 Annual Incentive Plan was paid out entirely in cash.

The following table shows the amount accrued each fiscal year for stock-based compensation under the annual incentive plan. The Human Resources Committee of the Board of Directors approved the awards of restricted stock to the officers on the dates shown.



	August 26, 2017		August 27, 2016		August 29, 2015
Annual incentive accrual (in thousands)	$	3,037	$	1,467	$	454
Date of award	—		10/11/2016		10/13/2015
Stock-based portion of annual incentive accrual (in thousands)	$	—	$	489	$	157
Restricted shares awarded	—		17,532		7,914

Long-Term Incentive Plans

For Fiscal 2015, Fiscal 2016 and Fiscal 2017, the Human Resources Committee of our Board of Directors established three different three-year incentive compensation plans (Officers Long-Term Incentive Plan Fiscal 2013-2015, 2014-2016 and 2015-2017) to serve as an incentive to our senior management team to achieve certain ROE targets. If the ROE target is met, restricted stock will be awarded subsequent to the end of each three year period with a one-year restriction on sale upon award (except for shares we agree to repurchase in lieu of executives' payment of payroll taxes). In the event that we do not achieve the required ROE targets, no restricted stock will be granted. If it becomes probable that certain of the ROE performance targets will be achieved, the corresponding estimated cost of the grant will be recorded as stock-based compensation expense over the performance period. The probability of reaching the targets is evaluated each reporting period. If it becomes probable that certain of the target performance levels will be achieved, a cumulative adjustment will be recorded and future stock-based-compensation expense will increase based on the then projected performance levels. If we later determine that it is not probable that the minimum ROE performance threshold for the grants will be met, no further stock-based compensation cost will be recognized and any previously recognized stock-based compensation cost related to these plans will be reversed.

The following table shows the amount accrued each fiscal year for stock-based compensation as a result of ROE targets being met. The Human Resources Committee of the Board of Directors approved the awards of restricted stock to the officers on the dates shown.



	August 26, 2017		August 27, 2016		August 29, 2015
LTIP accrual (in thousands)	$	86	$	318	$	360
LTIP plan year	2015-2017		2014-2016		2013-2015
Date of award	10/18/2017		10/11/2016		10/13/2015
Restricted shares awarded	1,939		11,419		18,156

Director's Deferred Compensation Plan

Non-employee directors may elect to defer all or part of their annual retainer into a deferred compensation plan. The plan allows them to defer into either money units or stock units and is more fully described in the Proxy Statement. For the directors who elected to defer during Fiscal 2017, 4,588 stock units were created. The aggregate intrinsic value of the stock units outstanding as of August 26, 2017 was $1.7 million with 49,729 stock units outstanding.

Stock-Based Compensation

Total stock-based compensation expense for the past three fiscal years consisted of the following components:



	Year Ended
(In thousands)	August 26, 2017		August 27, 2016		August 29, 2015
Share awards:
Performance-based annual plan employee award expense	$	—	$	489	$	157
Performance-based LTIP employee award expense	69		318		360
Time-based employee award expense	1,965		1,583		2,060
Time-based directors award expense	641		743		412
Directors stock unit expense	138		149		108
Stock options	164		11		—
Total stock-based compensation	$	2,977	$	3,293	$	3,097

Stock Options

A summary of stock option activity for Fiscal 2017, 2016 and 2015 is as follows:



	Year Ended
	August 26, 2017				August 27, 2016				August 29, 2015
	Shares		Wtd. Avg. Exercise Price/Share		Shares		Wtd. Avg. Exercise Price/Share		Shares		Wtd. Avg. Exercise Price/Share
Outstanding at beginning of year	10,000		$	16.67	167,394		$	28.30	457,421		$	30.38
Options granted	63,800		29.92		10,000		16.67		—		—
Options exercised	—		—		—		—		—		—
Options cancelled	(8,000	)	27.89		(167,394	)	28.30		(290,027	)	31.58
Outstanding at end of year	65,800		$	28.15	10,000		$	16.67	167,394		$	28.30

Exercisable at end of year	3,333		$	16.67	—		$	—	167,394		$	28.30
Vested and expected to vest at end of year	65,800		$	28.15	10,000		$	16.67	167,394		$	28.30

The fair value of each option grant is estimated on the date of grant using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model with the following weighted-average valuation assumptions:



Valuation Assumptions⁽¹⁾	Fiscal 2017			Fiscal 2016
Expected dividend yield	1.35		%	2.40		%
Risk-free interest rate ⁽²⁾	1.47		%	1.49		%
Expected life (in years) ⁽³⁾	5			5
Expected volatility ⁽⁴⁾	39.34		%	43.52		%
Weighted average fair value of options granted		$9.58			$5.31

⁽¹⁾Forfeitures are estimated based on historical experience.

⁽²⁾ Risk-free interest rate is based on Treasury Securities constant maturity interest rate whose term is consistent with the expected life of our

stock options.

⁽³⁾Expected life of stock options is based on historical experience.

⁽⁴⁾Expected stock price volatility is based on historical experience over a term consistent with the expected life of our stock options.

The weighted average remaining contractual life for options outstanding at August 26, 2017 was 9.1 years. Aggregate intrinsic value for options outstanding at August 26, 2017 was $0.4 million. As of August 26, 2017, there was $0.4 million of unrecognized compensation expense related to option awards that is expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of 2.2 years.

On October 18, 2017 the Board of Directors granted 72,710 stock options to our officers.

Share Awards

A summary of share award activity for Fiscal 2017, 2016 and 2015 is as follows:



	Year Ended
	August 26, 2017				August 27, 2016				August 29, 2015
	Shares		Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value		Shares		Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value		Shares		Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value
Beginning of year	283,881		$	20.45	163,420		$	20.83	198,523		$	18.98
Granted	156,801		28.13		240,270		19.72		165,624		21.70
Vested	(159,979	)	22.66		(110,283	)	19.44		(198,693	)	19.71
Cancelled	(36,934	)	22.61		(9,526	)	20.28		(2,034	)	20.58
End of year	243,769		$	23.61	283,881		$	20.45	163,420		$	20.83

The aggregate intrinsic value of awards outstanding at August 26, 2017 was $8.4 million.

As of August 26, 2017, there was $3.0 million of unrecognized compensation expense related to restricted stock awards that is expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of 1.8 years. The total fair value of awards vested during Fiscal 2017, 2016 and 2015 was $4.9 million, $2.2 million and $4.2 million, respectively.

On October 18, 2017 the Board of Directors granted awards of 47,680 shares of our restricted common stock under the Plan valued at $2.1 million to our key management group (approximately 75 employees). The Board of Directors also granted 14,980 shares of our restricted common stock valued at $0.7 million to the non-management members of the Board.

The value of the restricted stock is based on the closing price of our common stock on the date of grant, which was $44.40. The fair value of this award to employees is amortized on a straight-line basis over the requisite service period of three years. Estimated non-cash stock compensation expense based on this restricted stock grant will be approximately $1.0 million for Fiscal 2018.