Capital Stock

12 Months Ended

Apr. 02, 2011


11.	CAPITAL STOCK

Stock Plans

The Company has an incentive compensation plan, (the “2005 Incentive Compensation Plan”). The 2005 Incentive Compensation Plan permits the award of nonqualified stock options, incentive stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock, deferred stock/restricted stock units, other stock units and performance shares to the Company’s key employees, officers and directors. The 2005 Incentive Compensation Plan is administered by the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors (the “Committee”) consisting of three independent members of our Board of Directors. The maximum number of shares available for award under the 2005 Incentive Compensation Plan is 4,575,566. The maximum number of shares that may be issued pursuant to incentive stock options may not exceed 500,000. Any shares that are subject to the award of stock options shall be counted against this limit as one (1) share for every one (1) share issued. Any shares that are subject to awards other than stock options shall be counted against this limit as 2.5 shares for every one (1) share granted. The exercise price for the nonqualified stock options, incentive stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock, deferred stock/restricted stock units, other stock units and performance shares granted under the 2005 Incentive Compensation Plan is determined by the Committee, but in no event shall such exercise price be less than the fair market value of the common stock at the time of the grant. Options, Restricted Stock Awards and Restricted Stock Units become exercisable, or in the case of restricted stock, the resale restrictions are released in a manner determined by the Committee, generally over a four year period for employees and one year from grant for non-employee directors, and all options expire not more than 7 years from the date of the grant. At April 2, 2011, there were 2,073,381 shares subject to options, 2,500 shares of restricted stock outstanding and 130,632 shares subject to restricted stock units outstanding under this plan; leaving 864,836 shares available for future grant.

The Company had a long-term incentive stock option plan and a non-qualified stock option plan, (the “2000 Long-term Incentive Plan”) which permitted the issuance of a maximum of 3,500,000 shares of our common stock pursuant to incentive and non-qualified stock options granted to key employees, officers and directors. The plan was terminated in connection with the adoption of the 2005 Incentive Compensation Plan. At April 2, 2011, there were 373,462 options outstanding under this plan and no further options will be granted under this plan.

The Company had a non-qualified stock option plan under which options were granted to non-employee directors and two previous plans under which options were granted to key employees. At April 2, 2011, there were 0 options outstanding related to these plans. No further options will be granted under these plans.

The Company has an Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the “Purchase Plan”) under which a maximum of 700,000 shares (subject to adjustment for stock splits and similar changes) of common stock may be purchased by eligible employees. Substantially all of our full-time employees are eligible to participate in the Purchase Plan.

The Purchase Plan provides for two “purchase periods” within each of our fiscal years, the first commencing on November 1 of each year and continuing through April 30 of the next calendar year, and the second commencing on May 1 of each year and continuing through October 31 of such year. Shares are purchased through an accumulation of payroll deductions (of not less than 2% nor more than 15% of compensation, as defined) for the number of whole shares determined by dividing the balance in the employee’s account on the last day of the purchase period by the purchase price per share for the stock determined under the Purchase Plan. The purchase price for shares is the lower of 85% of the fair market value of the common stock at the beginning of the purchase period, or 85% of such value at the end of the purchase period.

Stock-based compensation expense of $10.8 million, $10.3 million, and $10.2 million was recognized under ASC Topic 718, Compensation — Stock Compensation, for the year ended April 2, 2011, April 3, 2010, and March 28, 2009, respectively. The related income tax benefit recognized was $3.7 million, $3.0 million, and $2.9 million for the year ended April 2, 2011, April 3, 2010, and March 28, 2009, respectively. We recognize stock-based compensation on a straight line basis.

ASC Topic 718 requires that cash flows relating to the benefits of tax deductions in excess of stock compensation cost recognized be reported as a financing cash flow, rather than as an operating cash flow. This excess tax benefit was $3.1 million, $0.4 million, and $7.5 million for the year ended April 2, 2011, April 3, 2010, and March 28, 2009, respectively.

A summary of stock option activity for the year ended April 2, 2011 is as follows:


				Weighted		Weighted		Aggregate
	Options			Average		Average		Intrinsic
	Outstanding			Exercise Price		Remaining		Value
	(shares)			per Share		Life (years)		($000’s)

Outstanding at April 3, 2010		2,895,635		$	44.41		3.73	$	35,236
Granted		675,607			56.02
Exercised		(1,012,692	)		40.36
Forfeited		(111,707	)		52.41

Outstanding at April 2, 2011		2,446,843		$	48.94		4.09	$	43,149

Exercisable at April 2, 2011		1,475,041		$	45.08		2.96	$	31,704

Vested or expected to vest at April 2, 2011		2,324,705		$	48.62		3.99	$	41,731

The total intrinsic value of options exercised was $26.5 million, $8.2 million, and $26.6 million during fiscal year 2011, 2010, and 2009, respectively.

As of April 2, 2011, there was $10.7 million of total unrecognized compensation cost related to non vested stock options. This cost is expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of 2.8 years.

The fair value was estimated using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model based on the weighted average of the high and low stock prices at the grant date and the weighted average assumptions specific to the underlying options. Expected volatility assumptions are based on the historical volatility of our common stock. The risk-free interest rate was selected based upon yields of U.S. Treasury issues with a term equal to the expected life of the option being valued. The expected life of the option was estimated with reference to historical exercise patterns, the contractual term of the option and the vesting period. The assumptions utilized for option grants during the periods presented are as follows:


	April 2,			April 3,			March 28,
	2011			2010			2009

Volatility		28.2	%		28.6	%		29.8	%
Expected life (years)		4.9			4.9			4.9
Risk-free interest rate		1.8	%		2.4	%		2.7	%
Dividend yield		0.0	%		0.0	%		0.0	%

The weighted average grant date fair value of options granted during 2011, 2010, and 2009 was approximately $15.83, $15.37, and $16.73, respectively.

We have applied, based on an analysis of our historical forfeitures, an annual forfeiture rate of 8% to all unvested stock options as of April 2, 2011 and April 3, 2010, which represents the portion that we expect will be forfeited each year over the vesting period.

The fair values of shares purchased under the Employee Stock Purchase Plan are estimated using the Black-Scholes single option-pricing model with the following weighted average assumptions:


	April 2,			April 3,			March 28,
	2011			2010			2009

Volatility		21.1	%		30.9	%		32.8	%
Expected life		6 mos.			6 mos.			6 mos.
Risk-free interest rate		0.2	%		0.2	%		1.4	%

The weighted average grant date fair value of the six-month option inherent in the Purchase Plan was approximately $11.73, $12.53, and $13.71 during fiscal year 2011, 2010, and 2009, respectively.

Restricted Stock Awards

As of April 2, 2011, there was less than $0.1 million of total unrecognized compensation cost related to non vested restricted stock awards. This cost is expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of 0.1 years.

A summary of restricted stock awards activity for the year ended April 2, 2011 is as follows:


				Weighted
				Average Grant
	Shares			Date Fair Value

Outstanding at April 3, 2010		5,000		$	48.09
Released		(2,500	)	$	48.09

Outstanding at April 2, 2011		2,500		$	48.09

Restricted Stock Units

As of April 2, 2011, there was $5.1 million of total unrecognized compensation cost related to non vested restricted stock units. This cost is expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of 2.6 years.

A summary of restricted stock units activity for the year ended April 2, 2011 is as follows:


				Weighted
				Average
				Market Value
	Shares			at Grant Date

Nonvested at April 3, 2010		106,934		$	50.62
Awarded		77,016		$	59.81
Released		(36,048	)	$	61.45
Forfeited		(17,270	)	$	53.48

Nonvested at April 2, 2011		130,632		$	51.72