Note 4. Stock-based Compensation

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2012

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

4. Stock-based Compensation

The following table is a summary of the balances and activity for the Plans related to restricted stock and stock options for the thirteen weeks ended March 31, 2012:

	Restricted Stock			Options
Outstanding, December 31, 2011		1,438,131			1,210,816
Granted		253,608			228
Vested		(733,810	)		—
Exercised		—			—
Forfeited		(15,582	)		(7,440	)
Canceled or expired		—			—
Outstanding, March 31, 2012		942,347			1,203,604

For the thirteen weeks ended March 31, 2012 and April 2, 2011, selling, general and administrative expenses include $1.1 million and $1.3 million of stock-based compensation expense, respectively. As of March 31, 2012, there was $ 8.1 million of total unrecognized compensation expense related to nonvested restricted stock and option awards which is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of 1.9 years.

The total fair value of shares vested during the thirteen weeks ended March 31, 2012 and April 2, 2011 was $4.0 million and $1.9 million, respectively.

- Definition

The entire disclosure for compensation-related costs for equity-based compensation, which may include disclosure of policies, compensation plan details, allocation of equity compensation, incentive distributions, equity-based arrangements to obtain goods and services, deferred compensation arrangements, employee stock ownership plan details and employee stock purchase plan details.

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