Employee Stock Plans

3 Months Ended

Jan. 30, 2015

Disclosure Of Compensation Related Costs Sharebased Payments [Abstract]

Employee Stock Plans

Note 10 – Employee Stock Plans

As of January 30, 2015, the Company had three share-based compensation plans, which are described below.  The compensation cost that has been charged against income for those plans was $2.7 million and $3.6 million for the first three months of fiscal 2015 and 2014, respectively.  During the first three months of fiscal 2015 and 2014, the Company issued 103,534 and 335,683 shares, respectively, under its share-based compensation plans.

Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)

The ESPP is a “safe-harbor” designed plan whereby shares are purchased by participants at a discount of 5% of the market value on the purchase date and, therefore, compensation cost is not recorded.

Employee Sharesave Scheme

The Company offers shares under its employee sharesave scheme for U.K. employees.  This plan allows participants the option to purchase shares at a 5% discount of the market price of the stock as of the beginning of the offering period.  The term of these options is three years.  The sharesave scheme is not a “safe-harbor” design, and therefore, compensation cost is recognized on this plan.  Under the sharesave scheme, option exercise prices are equal to the fair market value of the Company’s common stock on the date of grant.  No options were granted during the first fiscal quarter of 2015 or 2014.

Equity Incentive Plan

Under the equity incentive plan, option exercise prices are equal to the fair market value of the Company’s common stock on the date of grant.  The Company granted 186,200 and 188,000 options to purchase shares in the three month periods ended January 30, 2015, and January 31, 2014, respectively.  The weighted-average grant date fair value of options granted during the three month periods ended January 30, 2015, and January 31, 2014, was $48.63 and $45.12 per share, respectively.

The fair value of each option granted by the Company was estimated using a Black-Scholes pricing model, which uses the assumptions noted in the following table.  The Company uses historical data to estimate volatility of the Company’s common stock and option exercise and employee termination assumptions.  The risk-free rate for the contractual life of the option is based on the U.S. Treasury zero coupon issues in effect at the time of the grant.

	Three Months Ended
	January 30,	January 31,
	2015	2014
Volatility	40.73 - 41.89%	41.87 - 43.17%
Risk-free interest rate	1.43 - 2.00%	1.73 - 2.99%
Expected life (years)	5 - 9	5 - 9
Dividends	0	0

The Company granted 19,000 and 76,875 restricted stock units in the three month periods ended January 30, 2015, and January 31, 2014, respectively.  The weighted-average grant date fair value of restricted stock units granted during the three month periods ended January 30, 2015, and January 31, 2014, was $114.20 and $84.30 per share, respectively.  The fair value of each restricted stock unit granted by the Company is equal to the fair market value of the Company’s common stock on the date of grant.