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Share-Based Compensation (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Jan. 28, 2017
Disclosure of Compensation Related Costs, Share-based Payments [Abstract] |
Schedule of share-based compensation expense recognized under all of the Company's stock plans | The following table summarizes the share-based compensation expense recognized under all of the Company’s stock plans during fiscal 2017, fiscal 2016 and fiscal 2015 (in thousands):
| Year Ended |  | Year Ended |  | Year Ended
| Jan 28, 2017 |  | Jan 30, 2016 |  | Jan 31, 2015
Stock options | $ | 2,219 |  |  | $ | 2,113 |  |  | $ | 2,106 |
Stock awards/units | 14,544 |  |  | 16,604 |  |  | 12,999 |
ESPP | 145 |  |  | 163 |  |  | 237 |
Total share-based compensation expense | $ | 16,908 |  |  | $ | 18,880 |  |  | $ | 15,342 |
Schedule of stock option activity under all of the Company's stock plans | The following table summarizes the stock option activity under all of the Company’s stock plans during fiscal 2017:
| Number of Shares |  | Weighted Average Exercise Price |  | Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Term (Years) |  | Aggregate Intrinsic Value ($000’s)
Options outstanding at January 30, 2016 | 2,778,244 |  |  | $ | 26.02 |  |  |  |  |  |
Granted | 655,050 |  |  | 18.68 |  |  |  |  |  |
Exercised | (8,500 | ) |  | 18.20 |  |  |  |  |  |
Forfeited | (535,070 | ) |  | 26.24 |  |  |  |  |  |
Expired | (32,712 | ) |  | 28.09 |  |  |  |  |  |
Options outstanding at January 28, 2017 | 2,857,012 |  |  | $ | 24.30 |  |  | 6.85 |  | $ | — |
Exercisable at January 28, 2017 | 1,653,500 |  |  | $ | 27.58 |  |  | 5.58 |  | $ | — |
Options exercisable and expected to vest at January 28, 2017 | 2,691,818 |  |  | $ | 24.60 |  |  | 6.73 |  | $ | — |
Schedule of weighted average assumptions used for stock option grants | The fair value of each stock option was estimated on the grant date using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model with the following weighted average assumptions used for grants during fiscal 2017, fiscal 2016 and fiscal 2015:
| Year Ended |  | Year Ended |  | Year Ended
Valuation Assumptions | Jan 28, 2017 |  | Jan 30, 2016 |  | Jan 31, 2015
Risk-free interest rate | 1.0 | % |  | 1.0 | % |  | 0.8 | %
Expected stock price volatility | 35.4 | % |  | 36.7 | % |  | 36.1 | %
Expected dividend yield | 4.8 | % |  | 4.7 | % |  | 3.3 | %
Expected life of stock options (in years) | 4.2 |  |  | 3.8 |  |  | 3.7 |
Schedule of nonvested stock awards/units activity under all of the Company's stock plans | The following table summarizes the nonvested stock awards/units activity under all of the Company’s stock plans during fiscal 2017:
| Number of Shares/Units |  | Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value
Nonvested at January 30, 2016 | 1,382,133 |  |  | $ | 21.87 |
Granted | 1,148,298 |  |  | 18.01 |
Vested | (622,664 | ) |  | 23.55 |
Forfeited | (221,563 | ) |  | 20.59 |
Nonvested at January 28, 2017 | 1,686,204 |  |  | $ | 18.80 |
Schedule of activity for nonvested performance-based units and nonvested market-based units | The following table summarizes the activity for nonvested performance-based units and nonvested market-based units included in the table above during fiscal 2017:
| Performance-Based Units |  | Market-Based Units
| Number of Units |  | Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value |  | Number of Units |  | Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value
Nonvested at January 30, 2016 | 580,000 |  |  | $ | 22.65 |  |  | 183,368 |  |  | $ | 17.72 |
Granted | 476,609 |  |  | 18.20 |  |  | 140,457 |  |  | 15.20 |
Vested | (241,922 | ) |  | 25.98 |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Forfeited | (26,838 | ) |  | 15.77 |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Nonvested at January 28, 2017 | 787,849 |  |  | $ | 19.17 |  |  | 323,825 |  |  | $ | 16.63 |
Schedule of assumptions used for market-based nonvested stock units | The fair value of each market-based nonvested stock unit was estimated on the grant date using the Monte Carlo simulation with the following assumptions used for the grants during fiscal 2017 and fiscal 2016:
| Year Ended |  | Year Ended
Valuation Assumptions | Jan 28, 2017 |  | Jan 30, 2016
Risk-free interest rate | 0.9 | % |  | 0.9 | %
Expected stock price volatility | 36.2 | % |  | 38.6 | %
Expected dividend yield | — | % |  | — | %
Expected life of market-based awards (in years) | 2.8 |  |  | 2.8 |
Schedule of weighted average assumptions used for ESPP | The fair value of stock compensation expense associated with the Company’s ESPP was estimated on the date of grant using the Black-Scholes option-pricing valuation model with the following weighted average assumptions used for grants during fiscal 2017, fiscal 2016 and fiscal 2015.
| Year Ended |  | Year Ended |  | Year Ended
Valuation Assumptions | Jan 28, 2017 |  | Jan 30, 2016 |  | Jan 31, 2015
Risk-free interest rate | 0.3 | % |  | 0.1 | % |  | 0.0 | %
Expected stock price volatility | 41.1 | % |  | 34.9 | % |  | 29.0 | %
Expected dividend yield | 6.2 | % |  | 4.7 | % |  | 3.7 | %
Expected life of ESPP options (in months) | 3 |  |  | 3 |  |  | 3 |

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