The Company generally grants time-vesting stock awards (“Deferred Awards”) and performance-based stock awards (“Performance Awards”) to employees at senior management levels. The Company also grants Deferred Awards to its non-employee independent directors.

The following table summarizes the Company’s stock-based compensation expense (benefit):


	Thirteen Weeks Ended				Twenty-six Weeks Ended
	August 1, 2026		August 2, 2025		August 1, 2026		August 2, 2025
	(in thousands)
Deferred Awards	$	(52)	$	467	$	44	$	1,706
Performance Awards	—		464		(521)		971
Total stock-based compensation expense (benefit) (1)	$	(52)	$	931	$	(477)	$	2,677

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(1)Stock-based compensation expense (benefit) recorded within Cost of sales (exclusive of depreciation and amortization) amounted to $0.2 million in the Second Quarter 2025, and $(0.2) million and $0.4 million in Year-To-Date 2026 and Year-To-Date 2025, respectively. All other stock-based compensation expense (benefit) is included in Selling, general, and administrative expenses.