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COMMON STOCK AND STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION
9 Months Ended
Jan. 28, 2017
Disclosure of Compensation Related Costs, Share-based Payments [Abstract]  
COMMON STOCK AND STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION
COMMON STOCK AND STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION
 
In fiscal 2016, the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors authorized a new long-term incentive program for key employees consisting of performance-based Restricted Stock Awards (“RSAs”) and time-based Restricted Stock Units (“RSUs”). In the first quarter of fiscal 2017, the Compensation Committee awarded RSAs and RSUs to our new Chief Financial Officer under the long-term incentive program. He is eligible to earn 24,000 RSA shares at threshold performance, 48,000 shares at target performance and 72,000 shares for maximum performance. In addition, he was awarded 32,000 RSUs.

In the aggregate, the number of RSAs earned will vary based on performance relative to established goals for fiscal 2020 adjusted EBITDA, with 50% of the target shares earned for threshold performance (representing 411,000 shares), 100% of the target shares earned for target performance (representing 822,000 shares) and 150% of the target shares earned for maximum performance (representing 1,233,000 shares).

At the target level of performance, the expected expense for the RSAs over the five-year period will be $24.8 million. During the three months and nine months ended January 28, 2017, the Company recorded $1.4 million and $4.4 million, respectively, in compensation expense related to the RSAs. During the three months and nine months ended January 30, 2016, the Company recorded $1.2 million and $1.6 million, respectively, in compensation expense related to the RSAs.
    
As of January 28, 2017, the Company is recording the RSA compensation expense based on target performance. In future periods, if management makes a determination that exceeding the target is probable for fiscal 2020, a catch-up adjustment to compensation expense will be recorded in that period. In addition, if management makes a determination that it is not probable the Company will meet the target for fiscal 2020, a reversal of expense will be recorded in that period. These amounts could be material to the financial statements.

The Company also granted 608,000 RSUs to key employees. The RSUs are subject to a five-year vesting period, with 30% vesting on each of April 28, 2018 and April 27, 2019 and 40% vesting on May 2, 2020. The total expense for the RSUs is expected to be $18.5 million through 2020. During the three months and nine months ended January 28, 2017, the Company recorded $1.4 million and $4.2 million, respectively, of compensation expense related to the RSUs. During the three months and nine months ended January 30, 2016, the Company recorded $1.2 million and $1.6 million, respectively, in compensation expense related to the RSUs.

During the first quarter of fiscal 2017, the Company issued 27,000 shares of common stock to our independent directors, all of which vested immediately upon grant. We recorded $1.0 million of compensation expense related to these shares during the nine months ended January 28, 2017.