NOTE 8: STOCK INCENTIVE PLANS AND SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION

Overview

Our stock incentive plans (“Plans”) are broad-based, long-term retention programs that are intended to attract and retain talented employees and align stockholder and employee interests. The Plans provide for the issuance of stock options, stock appreciation rights, stock purchase rights and long-term performance awards to our employees, officers and affiliates. We also have an employee stock purchase plan (“Purchase Plan”) that allows for the purchase of stock at a 15% discount to fair market value at the date of grant or the exercise date, whichever value is less.

The Black-Scholes option pricing model is used to estimate the fair value of options granted under our Plans and rights to acquire stock granted under our Purchase Plan.

Share-Based Compensation

The following table summarizes share-based compensation (in thousands):

Stock Options

No stock options were granted in the third quarter or in the first nine months of fiscal 2013, or the third quarter of fiscal 2012; however, stock options were granted in the first nine months of fiscal 2012. The weighted-average grant date fair values of employee stock option grants, as well as the weighted-average assumptions used in calculating these values for the first nine months of fiscal 2012 were based on estimates at the date of grant as follows:

Restricted Stock

The fair value of the restricted stock units granted is the intrinsic value as of the respective grant date since the restricted stock units are granted at no cost to the employees. The weighted-average grant date fair values of restricted stock units granted during the third quarter and first nine months of fiscal 2013 were $1.44 and $1.99, respectively. The weighted-average grant date fair values of restricted stock units granted during the third quarter and first nine months of fiscal 2012 were $2.27 and $3.15, respectively.

Stock Purchase Plan

Under the Stock Purchase Plan, rights to purchase shares are typically granted during the second and fourth quarter of each fiscal year. The value of rights to purchase shares granted in the first nine months of fiscal 2013 and fiscal 2012, respectively, was estimated at the date of the grant. The weighted-average grant date fair values and the assumptions used in calculating fair values for the nine month periods ended December 31, 2012 and 2011 are as follows:

Stock Activity

Stock Options

A summary of activity relating to our stock options follows (options and aggregate intrinsic value in thousands):

Restricted Stock

A summary of activity relating to our restricted stock follows (shares in thousands):