Share-Based Compensation

3 Months Ended

Mar. 30, 2016

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

Total share-based compensation cost included as a component of net income was as follows:



	Quarter Ended
	March 30, 2016		April 1, 2015
	(In thousands)
Performance share awards	$	1,734	$	1,523
Restricted stock units for board members	214		182
Total share-based compensation	$	1,948	$	1,705

Performance Share Awards

In February 2016, we granted certain employees approximately 0.3 million performance shares that vest based on the total shareholder return ("TSR") of our common stock compared to the TSRs of a group of peer companies and 0.3 million performance shares that vest based on our Adjusted EBITDA growth rate, as defined under the terms of the award. As the TSR based performance shares contain a market condition, a Monte Carlo valuation was used to determine the grant date fair value of $9.43 per share. The performance shares based on the Adjusted EBITDA growth rate have a grant date fair value of $9.52 per share, the market value of our common stock on the date of grant. The awards granted to our named executive officers also contain a performance condition based on the attainment of an operating measure for the fiscal year ended December 28, 2016. The performance period for these performance shares is the three year fiscal period beginning December 31, 2015 and ending December 26, 2018. They will vest and be earned (from 0% to 150% of the target award for each such increment) at the end of the performance period.

During the quarter ended March 30, 2016, we made payments of $2.5 million in cash and issued 0.4 million shares of common stock related to performance share awards.

As of March 30, 2016, we had approximately $11.5 million of unrecognized compensation cost related to all unvested performance share awards outstanding, which is expected to be recognized over a weighted average of 2.2 years.

Restricted Stock Units for Board Members

As of March 30, 2016, we had approximately $0.1 million of unrecognized compensation cost related to all unvested restricted stock unit awards outstanding, which is expected to be recognized over a weighted average of 0.1 years.