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Subsequent Events
9 Months Ended
Sep. 23, 2020
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Modification of Performance Share Units

On September 30, 2020, the Company’s Board of Directors (the "Board") approved adjustments to certain performance share units (“PSUs”) granted to employees as part of the Company’s Long-Term Incentive Program.

Awards for 2018 and 2019 were originally made 100% in the form of PSUs with three-year performance periods (2018-2020 for the 2018 PSUs and 2019-2021 for the 2019 PSUs). The PSUs are earned based 50% on growth in earnings per share over the performance period (“EPS Growth”) and 50% on the relative total stockholder return of the Company for the performance period against a peer group for the 2018 awards and against the S&P 600 Consumer Discretionary Index for the 2019 awards (“Relative TSR”).

The full service dining sector in which the Company operates has been severely negatively impacted by business disruptions resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. These business disruptions, which could not have been foreseen when the 2018 and 2019 PSUs were awarded, have caused the EPS Growth goals for the PSUs to be unattainable. To address the loss of retentive and incentive value due to these unforeseen events, the Board approved the following adjustments to the 2018 and 2019 PSUs:

2018 PSUs

The EPS Growth goal for the 2018 PSUs was measured in accordance with the methodology established at the time of grant for the first two years of the performance period, 2018-2019, before the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. That performance was above the maximum goal that had been set. That portion of the award was then prorated by two-thirds (since two-thirds of the performance period had been completed before the pandemic). The modification impacts approximately 0.2 million PSUs with a fair value of approximately $2.4 million at the modification date based on the grant date fair value of $10.00, the market value of our stock on the date of grant. The modified award equals 100% of target (i.e., 150% performance times two-thirds). The modified award will vest and be expensed over the three-month period ending December 30, 2020 (the remaining term of the original award), subject to continued employment. Prior to the modification, the fair value of the award was zero.

2019 PSUs

The Board removed the 2019-2021 EPS Growth goal and will instead apply the 2019-2021 Relative TSR goal to that portion of the award. The modification impacts approximately 0.3 million PSUs with an estimated fair value of approximately $2.4 million to $3.2 million at the modification date. The fair value will be based on a Monte Carlo valuation, which will be completed during the fourth quarter of 2020, as the modified awards contain a market condition. The modified award will vest and be expensed over the fifteen-month period ending December 29, 2021 (the remaining term of the original award), subject to continued employment. Prior to the modification, the fair value of the award was zero.

The Board did not change the existing Relative TSR portion of either award. These adjustments will be accounted for as modifications beginning in the fourth quarter of 2020.