Employee Stock Plans

6 Months Ended

Apr. 01, 2016

Disclosure Of Compensation Related Costs Sharebased Payments [Abstract]

Employee Stock Plans

Note 11 – Employee Stock Plans

As of April 1, 2016, 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 $7.6 million and $6.3 million for the first six months of fiscal 2016 and 2015, respectively.  During the first six months of fiscal 2016 and 2015, the Company issued 103,629 and 231,000 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 six months of fiscal 2016 or 2015.

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 218,200 and 187,500 options to purchase shares in the six month periods ended April 1, 2016, and March 27, 2015, respectively.  The weighted-average grant date fair value of options granted during the six month periods ended April 1, 2016, and March 27, 2015, was $35.84 and $48.62 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.

	Six Months Ended
	April 1,	March 27,
	2016	2015
Volatility	33.06 - 40.52%	40.73 - 41.89%
Risk-free interest rate	1.61 - 2.24%	1.43 - 2.00%
Expected life (years)	5 - 9	5 - 9
Dividends	0	0

The Company granted 36,000 and 20,300 restricted stock units in the six month periods ended April 1, 2016, and March 27, 2015, respectively.  The weighted-average grant date fair value of restricted stock units granted during the six month periods ended April 1, 2016, and March 27, 2015, was $85.33 and $113.98 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.

The Company granted 55,300 and 34,000 performance share plan shares in the six month periods ended April 1, 2016, and March 27, 2015, respectively.  The total shares granted in each period equaled the number of shares participants would receive if the Company achieves target performance over the relevant period and is therefore at risk if the Company does not achieve the target level of the performance.  The grant date fair value of performance share plan shares granted during the six month periods ended April 1, 2016, and March 27, 2015, was $79.31 and $117.53, respectively.  The fair value of each performance share plan share granted by the Company is equal to the fair market value of the Company’s common stock on the date of grant.