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Share-Based Compensation (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 27, 2023
Share-Based Payment Arrangement [Abstract] |
Schedule of Total Share-Based Compensation | Total share-based compensation expense included as a component of net income was as follows:
| Fiscal Year Ended
| December 27, 2023 |  | December 28, 2022 |  | December 29, 2021
| (In thousands)
Employee share awards | $ | 7,991 |  |  | $ | 10,470 |  |  | $ | 12,708 |
Restricted stock units for board members | 889 |  |  | 930 |  |  | 894 |
Total share-based compensation | $ | 8,880 |  |  | $ | 11,400 |  |  | $ | 13,602 |
Schedule of Restricted Stock Units Activity | The following table summarizes the employee share awards activity during the year ended December 27, 2023:
| Units |  | Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value
| (In thousands) |  |
Outstanding, beginning of year | 1,297 |  |  | $ | 18.30 |
Granted | 1,297 |  |  | $ | 13.43 |
Converted | (194) |  |  | $ | 14.41 |
Forfeited | (410) |  |  | $ | 16.36 |
Outstanding, end of year | 1,990 |  |  | $ | 15.90 |
Convertible, end of year | 621 |  |  | $ | 18.95 |
Schedule of Grant Date Fair Value and Related Assumptions of PSUs | The following table presents the weighted-average assumptions used in the Monte Carlo simulations to determine the fair value of PSU awards at the grant date, along with the related weighted-average grant date fair value of PSU awards:
| December 27, 2023 |  | December 28, 2022 |  | December 29, 2021
Risk-free interest rate | 3.75% |  | 1.96% |  | 0.18%
Expected term (in years) | 3.0 |  | 2.8 |  | 3.0
Expected volatility | 69.7% |  | 66.0% |  | 64.9%
Expected dividend yield | 0.0% |  | 0.0% |  | 0.0%
Grant date fair value per unit | $18.39 |  | $21.05 |  | $24.74

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