Share-Based Compensation

3 Months Ended

May 02, 2015

Disclosure of Compensation Related Costs, Share-based Payments [Abstract]

Share-Based Compensation

Share-Based Compensation

The following table summarizes the share-based compensation expense recognized under all of the Company’s stock plans during the three months ended May 2, 2015 and May 3, 2014 (in thousands): 

	Three Months Ended
	May 2, 2015		May 3, 2014
Stock options	$	481	$	456
Nonvested stock awards/units	3,087		2,938
Employee Stock Purchase Plan	44		63
Total share-based compensation expense	$	3,612	$	3,457

Unrecognized compensation cost, adjusted for estimated forfeitures, related to nonvested stock options and nonvested stock awards/units totaled approximately $4.0 million and $26.1 million, respectively, as of May 2, 2015. This cost is expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of 1.8 years. The weighted average grant date fair value of options granted was $3.62 and $6.27 during the three months ended May 2, 2015 and May 3, 2014, respectively. 

Grants

On April 2, 2015, the Company made an annual grant of 577,700 stock options and 401,700 nonvested stock awards/units to its employees. On April 2, 2014, the Company made an annual grant of 365,600 stock options and 301,200 nonvested stock awards/units to its employees.

Performance-Based Awards

The Company granted certain nonvested stock units to Paul Marciano, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Vice Chairman of the Board, in connection with an employment agreement entered into between the Company and Mr. Marciano during fiscal 2014. Each award of nonvested stock units has an initial vesting period from the date of the grant through the end of the first fiscal year followed by two annual vesting periods. The nonvested stock units are subject to the achievement of certain performance-based vesting conditions during the first fiscal year of the grant as well as continued service requirements through each of the vesting periods.

The Company also granted a target number of nonvested stock units to Mr. Marciano in connection with the employment agreement. The number of shares that may ultimately vest with respect to each award will equal 0% to 150% of the target number of shares, subject to the achievement of certain performance-based vesting conditions during the first fiscal year of the grant as well as continued service requirements through the vesting date. Any shares that are ultimately issued are scheduled to vest at the end of the third fiscal year following the grant date.

The following table summarizes the activity during the three months ended May 2, 2015 for nonvested performance-based awards granted under the employment agreement:

	Number of Units		Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value
Nonvested at January 31, 2015	413,834		$	29.66
Granted	175,866		18.48
Vested	(33,333	)	27.86
Forfeited	(159,700	)	27.86
Nonvested at May 2, 2015	396,667		$	25.58

Market-Based Awards

On May 1, 2015, the Company also granted a target of 183,368 nonvested stock units to Mr. Marciano in connection with the employment agreement. The number of shares that may ultimately vest will equal 0% to 150% of the target number of shares, subject to the performance of the Company’s total stockholder return (“TSR”) relative to the TSR of a select group of peer companies over a three-year period. Vesting is also subject to continued service requirements through the vesting date. Any shares that are ultimately issued are scheduled to vest in fiscal 2019. The grant date fair value for such nonvested stock units was estimated using a Monte Carlo simulation that incorporates option-pricing inputs covering the period from the grant date through the end of the performance period. Compensation expense is recognized on a straight-line basis over the vesting period.