Stock-Based Compensation

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2017

2016 Stock Incentive Plan. In 2016, the Company adopted a stock plan entitled the 2016 Stock Incentive Plan (the “2016 Plan”) and reserved and authorized a total of 4,000,000 shares of common stock for grant thereunder. As of December 31, 2017, 3,655,065 shares were available for future grant or issuance.

On January 15, 2017, the Company granted 340,000 non-vested shares of stock to officers of the Company. These shares vest over their three-year vesting period. In addition, during 2017 the Company issued an aggregate of 26,580 non-vested shares of common stock to non-employee directors. The non-vested stock awards vest over three years, provided that the participant has continuously remained a director of the Company.

2006 Stock Incentive Plan. In 2006, the Company adopted a stock plan entitled the 2006 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended, (the “2006 Plan”) and reserved and authorized a total of 3,300,000 shares of common stock for grant thereunder. On June 9, 2011, the stockholders approved an amendment to the 2006 Plan increasing the number of shares of common stock available for issuance by an additional 1,000,000 shares. The 2006 Plan expired in 2016 and no shares are available for future grant or issuance under this plan.

On January 15, 2016, the Company granted 319,000 non-vested shares of stock to officers of the Company. These shares vest , become non-forfeitable and are being expensed over their four-year vesting period. In addition, during 2016 the Company issued an aggregate of 8,140 non-vested shares of common stock to non-employee directors. The non-vested stock awards vest over five years, provided that the participant has continuously remained a director of the Company.

Stock-based compensation expense for the years ended December 31, 2017, January 1, 2017, and January 3, 2016 was $3.5 million, $2.1 million and $1.4 million, respectively.

A summary of all non-vested share activity for the year ended December 31, 2017 was as follows:



	Shares		Weighted Average Grant Date Price
Nonvested at January 1, 2017	577,221		$	10.42
Granted	366,580		15.05
Vested	(177,673	)	9.87
Forfeited	(43,669	)	12.84
Nonvested at December 31, 2017	722,459		$	12.76

The fair value of the non-vested shares is based on the closing price of the Company's common stock on the date of grant. As of December 31, 2017, total non-vested stock-based compensation expense was approximately $6.1 million and the remaining weighted average vesting period for non-vested shares was 1.9 years.

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The entire disclosure for compensation-related costs for equity-based compensation, which may include disclosure of policies, compensation plan details, allocation of equity compensation, incentive distributions, equity-based arrangements to obtain goods and services, deferred compensation arrangements, employee stock ownership plan details and employee stock purchase plan details.

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