Stock-Based Compensation (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Nov. 01, 2014

Stock-based compensation expense by type

The compensation costs that have been charged against income for the thirteen and thirty-nine weeks ended November 1, 2014 and November 2, 2013 were as follows (in thousands):

	Thirteen Weeks Ended				Thirty-Nine Weeks Ended
	November 1, 2014		November 2, 2013		November 1, 2014		November 2, 2013
Stock-based compensation expense by type:
Stock options	$	19	$	17	$	449	$	340
Restricted stock unit awards, including performance-based		122		1,321		3,059		4,207
Employee stock purchases		25		26		81		84
Director deferred compensation		18		34		52		96
Total stock-based compensation expense		184		1,398		3,641		4,727
Income tax benefit recognized		60		516		1,342		1,745
Stock-based compensation expense, net of income tax	$	124	$	882	$	2,299	$	2,982

Equity awards granted during the period

In the thirteen and thirty-nine weeks ended November 1, 2014 and November 2, 2013, we granted the following equity awards:

	Thirteen Weeks Ended				Thirty-Nine Weeks Ended
	November 1, 2014		November 2, 2013		November 1, 2014		November 2, 2013
Stock options		1,244		810		19,219		19,251
Restricted stock unit awards		-		-		63,399		62,625
Performance-based restricted stock unit awards		-		-		25,300		36,700
Deferred stock units		411		601		10,740		8,076

- Definition

Tabular disclosure of components of a stock option or other award plan under which equity-based compensation is awarded to employees, typically comprised of the amount of unearned compensation (deferred compensation cost), compensation expense, and changes in the quantity and fair value of the shares (or other type of equity) granted, exercised, forfeited, and issued and outstanding pertaining to that plan. Disclosure may also include nature and general terms of such arrangements that existed during the period and potential effects of those arrangements on shareholders, effect of compensation cost arising from equity-based payment arrangements on the income statement, method of estimating the fair value of the goods or services received, or the fair value of the equity instruments granted, during the period, cash flow effects resulting from equity-based payment arrangements and, for registrants that accelerate vesting of out of the money share options, reasons for the decision to accelerate.

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