PROXY STATEMENT FOR ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS

The accompanying proxy is solicited by the Board of Directors of Jamba, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Jamba,” “Company,” “we,” “us,” and “our”), for use at its 2015 Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be held on May 12, 2015, or any adjournment or postponement thereof, for the purposes set forth in the accompanying Notice of Annual Meeting of Stockholders. This proxy statement and the enclosed proxy are being made available to stockholders on or about April 2, 2015.

SOLICITATION AND VOTING

Voting Securities.  Only stockholders of record as of the close of business on March 19, 2015 (the “Record Date”) will be entitled to vote at the meeting and any postponement or adjournment thereof. As of the Record Date, there were 16,436,696 shares of common stock of the Company (the “Common Stock”) outstanding, excluding treasury shares, all of which are entitled to vote with respect to all matters to be acted upon at the 2015 Annual Meeting.

Each stockholder of record as of the Record Date is entitled to one vote for each share of Common Stock held by him or her. Our Bylaws provide that the holders of a majority in voting power of the capital stock issued and outstanding and entitled to vote thereat, present in person or represented by proxy, shall constitute a quorum at all meetings of the stockholders for the transaction of business except as otherwise provided by statute or by the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company, as amended to date (the “Restated Certificate”). Our current Restated Certificate does not have any other requirements for a quorum of the stockholders. Votes for and against, abstentions and “broker non-votes” will each be counted as present for purposes of determining the presence of a quorum.

Broker Non-Votes.  A broker non-vote occurs when a broker submits a proxy card with respect to shares held in a fiduciary capacity (typically referred to as being held in “street name”) but declines to vote on a particular matter because the broker has not received voting instructions from the beneficial owner. Under the rules that govern brokers who are voting with respect to shares held in street name, brokers have the discretion to vote such shares on routine matters, but not on non-routine matters. Routine matters include the ratification of selection of auditors. Non-routine matters include the election of directors.

Solicitation of Proxies.  We will bear the cost of soliciting proxies. In addition to soliciting stockholders by mail through our employees, we will request banks, brokers and other custodians, nominees and fiduciaries to solicit customers for whom they hold our stock and will reimburse them for their reasonable, out-of-pocket costs. We may use the services of our employees, officers, directors and others to solicit proxies, personally or by telephone, without additional compensation.

Voting of Proxies.  Stockholders whose shares are registered in their own names may vote (1) by returning a proxy card, (2) via the Internet at www.proxyvote.com, or (3) by telephone at 1-800-690-6903. Specific instructions to be followed by any registered stockholder interested in voting via the Internet or by telephone are set forth in the notice by mail described below or, if you receive a paper copy of the proxy materials, on the proxy card provided.

“Notice and Access” Model.  The SEC’s proxy rules set forth how companies must provide proxy materials. These rules are often referred to as “notice and access.” Under the notice and access model, a company may select either of the following options for making proxy materials available to stockholders: (i) the full set delivery option; or (ii) the notice only option. A company may use a single method for all its stockholders, or use full set delivery for some while adopting the notice only option for others. We must comply with these rules in connection with our 2015 Annual Meeting.

Under the full set delivery option a company delivers all proxy materials to its stockholders by mail or, if a stockholder has previously agreed, electronically. In addition to delivering proxy materials to stockholders, the Company must post all proxy materials on a publicly-accessible web site (other than the SEC’s web site) and provide information to stockholders about how to access that web site and the hosted materials. Under the notice only option, instead of delivering its proxy materials to stockholders, the Company instead delivers a “Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials” which outlines (i) information regarding the date and time of the meeting of stockholders as well as the items to be considered at the meeting; (ii) information regarding

the web site where the proxy materials are posted; and (iii) various means by which a stockholder can request paper or email copies of the proxy materials.

In connection with our 2015 Annual Meeting, we have elected to use the notice only option. Accordingly, unless requested otherwise, you should have received a notice by mail instructing you how to access proxy materials at http://www.proxyvote.com and providing you with a control number you can use to vote your shares. You may request that the Company deliver paper copies of the proxy materials as well.

All valid proxies received before the meeting will be exercised. All shares represented by a proxy will be voted, and where a proxy specifies a stockholder’s choice with respect to any matter to be acted upon, the shares will be voted in accordance with that specification. If no choice is indicated on the proxy, the shares will be voted in favor of the proposal. A stockholder whose shares are registered in their own name has the power to revoke his or her proxy at any time before it is exercised by delivering to the Secretary of the Company a written instrument revoking the proxy or a duly executed proxy with a later date, or by attending the meeting and voting in person. If you hold shares in street name, through a bank, broker or other nominee, please contact the bank, broker or other nominee to revoke your proxy.

Annual Meeting Attendance

You are entitled to attend the 2015 Annual Meeting only if you were a Company stockholder as of the Record Date or you hold a valid proxy for the 2015 Annual Meeting. Since seating is limited, admission to the meeting will be on a first-come first-served basis. You should be prepared to present photo identification for admittance. If you are not a stockholder of record but hold shares as a beneficial owner through a broker, bank, trustee or nominee (i.e., in street name), you should provide proof of beneficial ownership as of the Record Date, such as your most recent account statement prior to the Record Date, a copy of the voting instruction card provided by your broker, bank, trustee or nominee, or other similar evidence of ownership. In addition, the Notice will serve as proof of stock ownership as of the Record Date.

PROPOSAL NO. 1
 
ELECTION OF DIRECTORS

In accordance with the Company’s bylaws (the “Bylaws”), the Board of Directors of the Company (hereinafter referred to as the “Board” or the “Board of Directors”) has currently set the size of the Board at ten members and there are currently ten members serving. The terms of the current directors expire upon the election and qualification of the directors to be elected at the 2015 Annual Meeting. The Board has nominated nine persons for election at the 2015 Annual Meeting to serve until the 2016 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until their successors are duly elected and qualified. All nominees for election to the Board are presently directors of Jamba. Marvin Igelman has not been nominated for re-election but will continue to serve through the end of his current term. Following the 2015 Annual Meeting, the size of the Board will be set at nine members. Stockholders may not vote for a greater number of persons than the number of nominees named. Set forth below is information regarding the nominees to the Board for election as a director.

Each nominee has agreed to be named in this proxy statement and to serve if elected. If any of the nominees declines to serve or becomes unavailable for any reason, or if a vacancy occurs before the election (although we know of no reason to anticipate such an occurrence), the proxies may be voted for such substitute nominee(s) as we may designate.

If a quorum is present and voting, each of the nine nominees receiving a higher number of votes cast “for” such nominee than “against” such nominee will be elected. Proxies cannot be voted for more than nine nominees. Abstentions, “broker non-votes” and withheld votes will not count towards election of any director nominee. Under our Bylaws, if an incumbent director standing for re-election is not re-elected, the director shall tender his or her resignation to the Board. The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee will make a recommendation to the Board on whether to accept or reject such director’s resignation. The Board will act on the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee’s recommendation and publicly disclose its decision and the rationale behind it within 90 days from the date of the certification of the election results. The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee in making its recommendation, and the Board in making its ultimate decision, may each consider any factors or other information that they consider appropriate and relevant. The director who tenders his or her resignation will not participate in the recommendation of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee or the Board’s decision with respect to his or her resignation.

If a director’s resignation is accepted by the Board, then the Board may fill the resulting vacancy or may decrease the size of the Board as permitted by our Bylaws.

The nine Company nominees to the Board to serve until the 2016 Annual Meeting and until their successors have been duly elected and qualified are as follows:

Name		Age				Director Since
James D. White			54				2008
Lesley H. Howe			70				2007
Richard L. Federico			60				2006
Andrew R. Heyer			57				2009
Michael A. Depatie			58				2010
Lorna C. Donatone			57				2013
David A. Pace			55				2012
James C. Pappas			33				2015
Glenn W. Welling			44				2015

The principal occupations and qualifications of each of the nine Company nominees for director are as follows. There are no family relationships among any of our directors or executive officers.

JAMES D. WHITE has served as a member of our Board of Directors and our President and Chief Executive Officer since December 2008. He was appointed Chairman of the Board at the 2010 Annual Meeting. Previously, Mr. White was Senior Vice President of Consumer Brands for Safeway, Inc. with responsibility for brand strategy, innovation, manufacturing and commercial sales from 2005 to 2008. Prior to Safeway, Mr. White was Senior Vice President of Business Development, North America at the Gillette Company, where his responsibilities included centralized marketing, sales, retail execution, marketing planning and Canadian operations from 2002 to 2005. Mr. White also held executive and management roles with Nestlé Purina from 1987 to 2005, including Vice President, Customer Interface Group from 1999 to 2002, and Vice President, Customer Development East from 1997 to 1999. Mr. White is a member of the Board of Directors of Daymon Worldwide and Hillshire Brands. Mr. White’s position as our President and Chief Executive Officer and his extensive consumer products and senior management experience make him particularly qualified for service on our Board.

LESLEY H. HOWE has been a member of our Board of Directors since December 2007. Mr. Howe has over 40 years of financial and management experience, spending more than 30 years with the international accounting firm of KPMG LLP, where he was a senior partner and from 1994 – 1997 served as Area Managing Partner for the Los Angeles office. He served as Chief Executive Officer of Consumer Networks LLC, a San Diego-based internet marketing and promotions company from 2001 until its sale in 2007. Mr. Howe is a former member of the Board of Directors P.F. Chang’s China Bistro Inc., and current member of the Board of Directors of NuVasive, Inc. and Volcano Corporation. Mr. Howe served as our Lead Director through March 2015. Mr. Howe’s extensive experience in public accounting and his financial expertise make him particularly qualified for service on our Board and our Audit Committee of the Board.

RICHARD L. FEDERICO has been a member of our Board of Directors since November 2006. Mr. Federico had previously served as a director of Jamba Juice Company from October 2004 to November 2006. Mr. Federico is currently Executive Chairman of Wok Holdco, an operator of domestic Asian-inspired restaurant brands, a position he has held since 2012. From 1996 until 2012, Mr. Federico served as a director and from 1997 to March 2015, as Chief Executive Officer of P.F. Chang’s China Bistro Inc. In 2000, Mr. Federico was named Chairman of the Board of P.F. Chang’s China Bistro Inc. From 1989 to 1996, Mr. Federico served as President of the Italian Concepts division of Brinker International, Inc., where he was responsible for concept development and operations. Since 2011, Mr. Federico has served on the Board of Directors of Domino’s Pizza. Mr. Federico’s business acumen and experience in leading a successful publicly-held restaurant concept make him particularly qualified for service on our Board, our Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee of the Board and our Compensation and Executive Development Committee of the Board.

ANDREW R. HEYER has been a member of our Board of Directors since June 2009. Mr. Heyer is the Chief Executive Officer and Founder of Mistral Equity Partners, a private equity fund. Prior to founding Mistral, Mr. Heyer served as a Founding Managing Partner of Trimaran Capital Partners, L.L.C., a private equity firm. Mr. Heyer was formerly a vice chairman of CIBC World Markets Corp., and a co-head of the CIBC Argosy Merchant Banking Funds. Prior to joining CIBC World Market Corp. in 1995, Mr. Heyer was a Managing Director at Drexel Burnham Lambert Incorporated and, previous to that, he worked at Shearson/American Express. Mr. Heyer also serves on the Board of Directors of Hain Celestial Group, Worldwise, Inc., XpresSpa, Country Pure, LoveSac, and Vino Volo. Mr. Heyer also currently serves as a Member of the Executive Committee and Board of Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Pennsylvania Health System. Mr. Heyer was appointed as our Lead Director in March 2015. The Lead Director chairs executive sessions of Jamba’s independent directors and has the authority to call such sessions. The Lead Director also participates in the preparation of agendas and schedules for meetings of the Board, coordinates with the Chairman regarding the flow of information to the directors, serves as a liaison between the independent directors and management, and chairs meetings of the Board in the Chairman’s absence. Mr. Heyer’s business, financial and investment experience in the consumer focused product and services industries makes him particularly qualified for service on our Board and our Compensation and Executive Development Committee of the Board.

MICHAEL A. DEPATIE has been a member of our Board of Directors since November 2010. Mr. Depatie has served as the Managing Partner of KHP Capital Partners, the real estate investment fund of Kimpton Hotels, since January 2015. Mr. Depatie served as Chief Executive Officer of Kimpton Hotels and Restaurants, LLC from 2006 to January 2015, and was also a member of Kimpton’s Board of Directors. Prior to being elected as Kimpton’s Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Depatie served as their President from 2005 having joined the Kimpton family of companies as Chief Executive Officer for real estate for Kimpton Group Holding, LLC in 2003. Prior to Kimpton, Mr. Depatie held senior finance and development roles in a number of rapidly growing lodging companies including Residence Inn and Summerfield Suites. Previously, Mr. Depatie was the Chief Financial Officer of Sunterra, a NYSE listed resort hotel vacation ownership company and NYSE listed La Quinta, a national chain of limited service hotels. Mr. Depatie’s extensive senior management experience and his financial expertise make him particularly qualified for service on our Board and our Audit Committee of the Board.

DAVID A. PACE has been a member of our Board since August 2012. Mr. Pace is the President, Carrabba’s Italian Grill of Bloomin’ Brands where he is responsible for both the human resources and real estate and development functions, along with the Fleming’s and Roy’s business units. Prior to joining Bloomin’ Brands in 2010, Mr. Pace was a management consultant, entrepreneur and not-for-profit leader. He has extensive domestic and international experience overseeing Human Resources for Starbucks Coffee Company, HomeGrocer.com and PepsiCo/YUM Brands along with additional experiences in technology and sports management. Mr. Pace is an adjunct faculty member in Southern Methodist University’s Cox Graduate School of Business and is currently Chairman of the Board of Up2US, a rapidly expanding national non-profit focused on improving the health and development of America’s young people through sports-based youth development. Mr. Pace has a Bachelor of Science in Industrial and Labor Relations from Cornell University. Mr. Pace’s extensive knowledge of the restaurant and food and beverage industries and his senior leadership experience in human resources make him particularly qualified for service on our Board, our Compensation and Executive Development Committee of the Board and our Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee of the Board.

LORNA C. DONATONE has been a member of our Board of Directors since December 2013. Since February 2010, Ms. Donatone has served as the Chief Operating Officer and Education Market President at Sodexo Education where she oversees operations and strategic growth for Sodexo at college and university campuses, public school districts and private schools in the U.S. Prior to that, Ms. Donatone served in various other leadership roles at Sodexo including President of School Services from September 2007 to February 2010. Ms. Donatone joined Spirit Cruises, LLC, a subsidiary of Sodexo in 1999 and served as its President from 2002 to 2006. She has been a board member of the National Restaurant Association since 2005 and a trustee of the National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation since 2011. Ms. Donatone is the immediate Past Chair of the Board of Directors of the Women’s Foodservice Forum and was elected as a member of the Board of Trustees for the Culinary Institute of America in 2008. Ms. Donatone’s extensive knowledge of the restaurant and food service industry, senior management experience and financial expertise makes her particularly qualified for service on our Board and our Audit Committee of the Board.

JAMES C. PAPPAS joined our Board of Directors in January 2015. He serves as the Managing Member of JCP Investment Management, LLC, a position he has held since June 2009. Mr. Pappas is the sole member of JCP Investment Holdings, LLC. Previously, from June 2005 to July 2007, Mr. Pappas was with the Investment Banking/Leveraged Finance Division of Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. where he advised private equity groups and corporations on appropriate leveraged buyout, recapitalization and refinancing alternatives. Prior to that, from June 2004 to June 2005, Mr. Pappas worked with Banc of America Securities, where he focused on Consumer and Retail Investment Banking, providing advice on a wide range of transactions including mergers and acquisitions, financings, restructurings and buy-side engagements. From January 2013 to May 2014, Mr. Pappas served as the Chairman of Morgan's Foods Inc., and served as its Director from February 2012 to May 2014. He served as an Independent Director of The Pantry, Inc. from March 2014 to March 2015. He also served as a Director at Samex Mining Corp. from January 2013 to August 2013. Mr. Pappas’s financial and food service industry expertise, along with his senior management experience make him particularly qualified to serve on our Board, our Audit Committee of the Board and our Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee of the Board.

GLENN W. WELLING has been a member of our Board of Directors since January 2015. He served as the Chief Investment Officer and Principal of Engaged Capital, LLC since its founding in 2012. Prior to the founding of Engaged Capital, Mr. Welling was a Principal and Managing Director of Research at Relational Investors LLC, which he joined in July 2008 and was responsible for the research on the consumer, healthcare, and utilities sectors. Mr. Welling served from February 2002 to May 2008 as a Managing Director of Credit Suisse Group AG, where he also served as the Head of the Investment Banking Department’s Advisory Business. Mr. Welling served as Partner and Managing Director of HOLT Value Associates L.P. from October 1999 to January 2002. Mr. Welling serves as Chairman of the Board of Directors for the University of Pennsylvania’s tennis program and as a Member of the Wharton Executive Education Board. He teaches executive education courses at the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania. Mr. Welling’s financial, industry, and senior management experience make him particularly qualified to serve on our Board and our Compensation and Executive Development Committee of the Board.

Background information on the officers of the Company other than Mr. White can be found in our Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on March 30, 2015 under the heading “Executive Officers.”

Recommendations of the Board of Directors

THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS A VOTE “FOR” OUR NOMINEES NAMED ABOVE.

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

Director Independence

The Board of Directors has determined that, except for James D. White, each of the Company director nominees standing for election has no relationship which, in the opinion of the Board of Directors, would interfere with the exercise of independent judgment in carrying out the responsibilities of a director and is an “independent director” as defined by the applicable NASDAQ rules and the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”). In determining the independence of our directors, the Board of Directors has adopted the independence standards that mirror the criteria specified by applicable law and regulations of the SEC and the NASDAQ. In making the determination of independence of our non-management directors, the Board of Directors evaluated the independence of Mr. Heyer in connection with past equity transactions with the Company between and the payment of monitoring fees by the Company to Mistral Capital Management, LLC and its affiliates.

Board Leadership Structure

Our Board leadership structure currently consists of a Chairman, a Chief Executive Officer and a Lead Director. In the current structure, the roles of Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of our Board are combined, and the Lead Director is elected annually by all independent directors. James D. White has served as our Chief Executive Officer since 2008 and as Chairman since the 2010 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. Andrew R. Heyer was appointed as our Lead Director in March 2015, replacing Lesley H. Howe who served as our Lead Director since the 2010 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.

The Board believes that Mr. White is best situated to serve as Chairman because he is the director most familiar with the Company’s business and industry, possesses detailed and in-depth knowledge of the issues, opportunities and challenges facing the Company and is thus best positioned to develop agendas that ensure that the Board’s time and attention are focused on the most critical matters. The Company’s independent directors bring experience, oversight and expertise from outside the Company, while the CEO brings Company-specific experience and expertise. The Board believes that the combined role of Chairman and Chief Executive Officer facilitates information flow between management and the Board, which are essential to effective corporate governance.

Additionally, one of the responsibilities of the Board is to work with management to develop strategic direction and hold management accountable for the execution of strategy once it is developed. The Board believes the combined role of Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, together with an independent Lead Director having the duties described below, is in the best interest of our stockholders because it provides the appropriate balance between strategy development and independent oversight of management.

Mr. Heyer was appointed in March 2015 by the independent members of our Board as our Lead Director. Mr. Heyer’s continued service as Lead Director is contingent upon his re-election to the Board at the 2015 Annual Meeting. Mr. Heyer’s duties as Lead Director include:

Our Board elects our President, Chief Financial Officer, Secretary and all executive officers. All executive officers serve at the discretion of our Board. Each of our officers devotes his or her full time to our affairs.

Our directors devote time to our affairs as is necessary to discharge their duties. In addition, our Board has the authority to retain its own advisers to assist it in the discharge of its duties. There are no family relationships among any of our directors, officers or key employees.

Board’s Role in Risk Oversight

Our Board has an active role, as a whole and also at the committee level, in overseeing management of the risks we face. This role is one of informed oversight rather than direct management of risk. Our Board regularly reviews and consults with management on strategic direction, challenges and risks we face. Our Board also reviews and discusses with management quarterly financial results and forecasts. The Audit Committee of our Board oversees management of financial risks, and its charter tasks the committee to provide oversight of and review, at least annually, our risk management policies. The Compensation and Executive Development Committee of our Board is responsible for overseeing the management of risks relating to and arising from our executive compensation plans and arrangements. These committees provide regular reports to the full Board.

Management is tasked with the direct management and oversight of legal, financial, and commercial compliance matters, which includes identification and mitigation of associated areas of risk. The Chief Financial Officer and her staff provides regular reports of legal risks to our Board and committees. The Chief Financial Officer and the Controller provide regular reports to the Audit Committee concerning financial, tax and audit related risks. In addition, the Audit Committee receives periodic reports from management on our compliance programs and efforts, investment policy and practices and the results of various internal audit projects. Management and the Compensation and Executive Development Committee’s compensation consultant provide analysis of risks related to our compensation programs and practices to the Compensation and Executive Development Committee.

Certain Relationships and Related Transactions

The Company has entered into indemnity agreements with certain officers and directors which provide, among other things, that Jamba will indemnify such officer or director, under the circumstances and to the extent provided for therein, for expenses, damages, judgments, fines and settlements he or she may be required to pay in actions or proceedings which he or she is or may be made a party by reason of his or her position as a director, officer or other agent of Jamba, and otherwise to the fullest extent permitted under Delaware law and our Bylaws.

Other than the foregoing, there were no relationships or related party transactions in the fiscal year ended December 30, 2014 requiring disclosure in this Proxy Statement.

Procedures for Approval of Related Person Transactions

Any request for us to enter into a transaction with an executive officer, director or employee, or any of such persons’ immediate family members or affiliates, must first be presented to our Audit Committee for review, consideration and approval. In approving or rejecting the proposed agreement, our Audit Committee will review each such transaction for potential conflicts of interest or improprieties in a manner consistent with our internal Policy Statement on Related Party Transactions.

Executive Sessions

Non-management directors regularly meet in executive session without management present each time our Board of Directors holds its regularly scheduled meetings.

Committees and Board Meeting Attendance

The Board of Directors has a standing Audit Committee, a Compensation and Executive Development Committee and a Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. Each of these committees operates under a written charter adopted by the Board of Directors. Copies of these charters can be obtained on our website by going to http://ir.jambajuice.com and following the “Corporate Governance” link. The Board of Directors holds at least four regular meetings each year, with additional meetings as required. The Board of Directors held eight (8) meetings during Fiscal 2014, either in person or by teleconference. Each of the standing committees of the Board of Directors held the number of meetings indicated in the table below. During Fiscal

2014, each of our incumbent directors attended at least 75% of the total number of meetings of the Board of Directors and all of the committees of the Board of Directors held during the period in which such director served. Our Corporate Governance Principles and Practices provide that our directors are expected to attend the Annual Meeting of Stockholders. Except Messrs. Heyer and Igelman, all of the directors then serving attended the Company’s last Annual Meeting of Stockholders held on May 9, 2014.

The following table sets forth the three standing committees of the Board of Directors, the current members and former members of each committee who served during Fiscal 2014 and the number of meetings held by each such committee during Fiscal 2014:

Name of Director		Audit		Compensation and Executive Development		Nominating and Corporate Governance
Michael A. Depatie		Member
Richard L. Federico				Member		Chair
Lesley H. Howe		Chair
Andrew R. Heyer				Member
Marvin Igelman(1)		Former Member				Member
David A. Pace				Chair		Member
Lorna C. Donatone		Member
James C. Pappas(2)		Member				Member
Glenn W. Welling(3)				Member
Number of Meetings:		4		6		4

Audit Committee

The current members of the Audit Committee are Lesley H. Howe (Chair), Michael A. Depatie, Lorna Donatone, and James C. Pappas. Each of the members of the Audit Committee is independent for purposes of the applicable NASDAQ rules and the rules and regulations of the SEC as they apply to Audit Committee members.

With the assistance of the Company’s legal counsel, the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee reviewed the applicable legal standards and criteria to determine “audit committee financial expert” status, as well as the answers to annual questionnaires completed by the Board members. On the basis of this review, the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee delivered a report to the full Board. The Board made a determination that all current members of the Audit Committee are “audit committee financial experts” based upon the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee’s report and each Board member’s review of the information made available to the committee.

The Audit Committee operates under a written charter approved by the Board of Directors, a copy of which can be obtained on our website by going to http://ir.jambajuice.com and following the “Corporate Governance” link. As more fully defined in the committee’s charter, the functions of the Audit Committee include retaining our independent registered public accounting firm, reviewing their independence, reviewing and approving the planned scope of our annual audit, reviewing and approving any fee arrangements with our independent registered public accounting firm, overseeing their audit work, reviewing and pre-approving any non-audit services that may be performed by them, reviewing the adequacy of accounting and financial controls, reviewing our critical accounting policies and reviewing and approving any related party transactions.

Additional information regarding the Audit Committee is set forth in the Report of the Audit Committee immediately preceding Proposal No. 2 herein.

Compensation and Executive Development Committee

The current members of the Compensation and Executive Development Committee are David A. Pace (Chair), Richard L. Federico, Andrew R. Heyer, and Glenn W. Welling. Each of the members of the Compensation and Executive Development Committee is independent for purposes of the applicable NASDAQ rules. The Compensation and Executive Development Committee operates under a written charter approved by the Board of Directors, a copy of which can be obtained on our website by going to http://ir.jambajuice.com and following the “Corporate Governance” link.

As more fully described in the committee’s charter, the primary function of the Compensation and Executive Development Committee is to assist the Board of Directors in managing compensation and development for directors and executives. The Compensation and Executive Development Committee’s primary duties and responsibilities are to (i) set compensation philosophy and determine executive compensation; (ii) ensure that all components of executive compensation are consistent with the Company’s compensation philosophy as in effect from time to time; (iii) evaluate and make recommendations to the Board of Directors on an annual basis concerning compensation of the members of the Board of Directors; (iv) oversee risks related to our executive compensation plans and arrangements; and (v) work with management to devise and execute on an executive development plan and succession planning and practices for the Company. The Compensation and Executive Development Committee’s charter does not provide for any delegation of these duties. In addition, the Compensation and Executive Development Committee has the authority under its charter to hire outside consultants and conduct such compensation reviews, investigations and/or surveys as the Compensation and Executive Development Committee may reasonably deem will provide such information as could reasonably and properly be required by the Compensation and Executive Development Committee in the exercise of its duties and responsibilities.

In setting compensation for our members of the Board of Directors, our executive officers provide suggestions on the administration of compensation for our directors to the Compensation and Executive Development Committee. For a description of the role our executive officers play in determining or recommending the amount or form of executive compensation, please see the section below entitled “EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION — Compensation Discussion and Analysis.”

Executive Compensation Processes

The Compensation and Executive Development Committee has implemented an annual performance review program for our executives under which annual performance goals are determined early in each calendar year for each of our executive officers. These goals may include both corporate goals and individual department specific goals that facilitate the achievement of corporate performance. Bonuses are tied to the achievement of these performance goals. The payment of an incentive bonus to Mr. White, our President, Chief Executive Officer and our Chairman is determined by our Board of Directors on recommendation from the Compensation and Executive Development Committee, and the payment of an incentive bonus to our other executive officers is determined by the Compensation and Executive Development Committee on recommendation from the President, Chief Executive Officer, in each case following a review of the achievement of specified performance goals.

For all executives, annual base salary increases and bonuses, to the extent awarded, are implemented during the first calendar quarter of the year. In addition, commencing for fiscal 2015, during the first quarter of each year, the Compensation and Executive Development Committee and Board of Directors grant long-term equity awards and set performance goals under the Company’s Management Incentive Plan. Newly hired and promoted executives may be granted supplemental awards at a committee meeting following their hiring or promotion dates. The Compensation and Executive Development Committee has the authority to retain compensation consultants and other outside advisors to assist in the evaluation of executive officer compensation. During 2014, the Compensation and Executive Development Committee retained an independent compensation consultant, Frederic W. Cook and Co., Inc., to assist the Compensation and Executive Development Committee with the Company’s executive and non-employee director compensation programs.

Risk Considerations in Executive Compensation

Our Compensation and Executive Development Committee has discussed the concept of risk as it relates to our compensation programs, including our executive compensation program, and our Compensation and Executive Development Committee does not believe that our compensation programs encourage excessive or inappropriate risk taking. As described more fully in the section below entitled “EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION — Compensation Discussion and Analysis,” we structure our pay to consist of both fixed and variable compensation. The fixed (or salary) portion of compensation is designed to provide a steady income regardless of our stock price performance so that executives do not feel pressured to focus exclusively on stock price performance to the detriment of other important business metrics. The variable (cash bonus and equity) portions of compensation are designed to reward both intermediate and long-term corporate performance and generally are tied to the achievement of company-wide and individual department-specific goals. Goals are both financial and non-financial, and while largely formula-based, there is also an appropriate level of discretion in determining incentive payouts. We believe that applying company-wide metrics encourages decision-making by our executives that is in the best long-term interest of our Company and stockholders. Further, we believe that these variable elements of compensation constitute a sufficient percentage of overall compensation to motivate our executives to produce superior short, intermediate and long-term corporate results, while the fixed element is also substantial enough that our executives are not encouraged to take unnecessary or excessive risks in doing so. Finally, there are additional risk mitigating policies in place such as insider trading prohibitions and independent Compensation and Executive Development Committee oversight.

Compensation Committee Interlocks and Insider Participation

No member of the Compensation and Executive Development Committee is or has been an officer or employee of the Company during Fiscal 2014. During Fiscal 2014, no member of the Compensation and Executive Development Committee had any relationship with the Company requiring disclosure under Item 404 of Regulation S-K. During Fiscal 2014, none of the Company’s executive officers served on the Compensation and Executive Development Committee or Board of Directors of another entity any of whose executive officers served on the Company’s Compensation and Executive Development Committee or Board of Directors.

Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee

The current members of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee are Richard L. Federico (Chair), Marvin Igelman, David A. Pace, and James C. Pappas. Each of the members of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee is independent for purposes of the applicable NASDAQ rules. The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee operates under a written charter approved by the Board of Directors, a copy of which can be obtained on our website by going to http://ir.jambajuice.com and following the “Corporate Governance” link.

As more fully defined in the committee’s charter, the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee considers qualified candidates for appointment and nomination for election to the Board of Directors and makes recommendations concerning such candidates, develops corporate governance principles for recommendation to the Board of Directors and oversees the regular evaluation of our directors and management.

Director Nominations — Criteria and Diversity

The Board of Directors has adopted a Director Qualifications and Nominations Policy, the purpose of which is to describe the process by which candidates for possible inclusion in the Company’s slate of director nominees are selected. The Director Qualifications and Nominations Policy is administered by the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee.

The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee annually evaluates the current members of the Board of Directors whose terms are expiring and who are willing to continue in service against the criteria set forth below in determining whether to recommend these directors for election. The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee regularly assesses the optimum size of the Board of Directors and its committees and the needs of the Board of Directors for various skills, background and business experience in determining if the Board of Directors requires additional candidates for nomination.

In fulfilling its responsibilities, the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee considers, among other things, the following factors in reviewing possible candidates for nomination as director:

The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee does not assign specific weights to particular criteria and no particular criterion is a prerequisite for any prospective nominee.

While the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee does not have a formal policy on diversity with regard to consideration of director nominees, the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee considers diversity in its selection of nominees and seeks to have a Board of Directors that brings to the Company a variety of perspectives and skills derived from high quality business and professional experience. Our Board of Directors recognizes its responsibility to ensure that nominees for our Board of Directors possess appropriate qualifications and reflect a reasonable diversity of personal and professional experience, skills, backgrounds and perspectives, including those backgrounds and perspectives with respect to age, gender, culture, race and national origin. We believe that the backgrounds and qualifications of our directors, considered as a group, should provide a composite mix of experience, knowledge and abilities that will allow the Board of Directors to promote our strategic objectives and to fulfill its responsibilities to our stockholders.

Candidates for nomination as director come to the attention of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee from time to time through incumbent directors, management, stockholders or third parties. These candidates may be considered at meetings of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee at any point during the year. Such candidates are evaluated against the criteria set forth above. If the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee believes at any time that it is desirable that the Board of Directors consider additional candidates for nomination, the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee may poll directors and management for suggestions or conduct research to identify possible candidates and may engage, if the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee believes it is appropriate, a third party search firm to assist in identifying qualified candidates.

The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee will evaluate any recommendation for director nominee proposed by a stockholder. In order to be so evaluated, any recommendation for director nominee submitted by a stockholder must be sent in writing to the Corporate Secretary, Jamba, Inc., 6475 Christie Avenue, Suite 150, Emeryville, CA 94608, 120 days prior to the anniversary of the date the proxy statement was released to stockholders in connection with the prior year’s annual meeting of stockholders, except that if no annual meeting was held in the previous year or the date of the annual meeting has been advanced by more than thirty (30) calendar days from the date contemplated at the time of the previous year’s proxy statement, notice by the stockholders to be timely must be received not later than the close of business on the tenth (10^th) calendar day following the day on which public announcement of the date of such meeting is first made, and must contain, among other requirements set forth in our Bylaws, the following information with respect to the candidate:

All directors and director nominees must submit a completed form of directors’ and officers’ questionnaire as part of the nominating process. The evaluation process may also include interviews and additional background and reference checks for non-incumbent nominees, at the discretion of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee.

The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee will evaluate incumbent directors, as well as candidates for director nominee submitted by directors, management and stockholders consistently using the criteria stated in its policy and will select the nominees that in the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee’s judgment best suit the needs of the Board of Directors at that time.

Our Bylaws permit stockholders to nominate directors for consideration at annual meetings, provided the advance notice requirements set forth in our Bylaws have been properly met.

Communications with Directors

Stockholders may communicate with any and all members of our Board of Directors by transmitting correspondence by mail or facsimile addressed to one or more directors by name (or to the Chairman, for a communication addressed to the entire Board of Directors) at the following address and fax number:

Name of the Director(s)
c/o Corporate Secretary
Jamba, Inc.
6475 Christie Avenue, Suite 150
Emeryville, CA 94608
Fax: (510) 653-0643

Communications from our stockholders to one or more directors will be collected and organized by our Corporate Secretary under procedures approved by our independent directors. The Corporate Secretary will forward all communications to the Chairman of the Board of Directors, or to the identified director(s) as soon as practicable, although communications that are abusive, in bad taste or that present safety or security concerns may be handled differently. If multiple communications are received on a similar topic, the Corporate Secretary may, in his or her discretion, forward only representative correspondence.

The Chairman of the Board of Directors will determine whether any communication addressed to the entire Board of Directors should be properly addressed by the entire Board of Directors or a committee thereof. If a communication is sent to the Board of Directors or a committee, the Chairman of the Board, or the Chairman of that committee, as the case may be, will determine whether a response to the communication is warranted. If a response to the communication is warranted, the content and method of the response will be coordinated with our Vice President of Legal Affairs.

Code of Business Conduct and Ethics

The Company has adopted a Code of Business Conduct and Ethics that applies to all of its employees, including the Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer and Controller. The Code of Business Conduct and Ethics can be obtained on the Company’s website by going to http://ir.jambajuice.com and following the “Corporate Governance” link. The Company intends to post on its website any amendments to or waivers of the Company’s Code of Business Conduct and Ethics. The information contained on the Company’s website is not part of this document.

Corporate Governance Guidelines

Our Board has adopted Corporate Governance Principles and Practices to assist it in the exercise of its duties and responsibilities and to serve the best interests of our company and our stockholders. These principles which provide a framework for the conduct of our Board’s business provide, among other things, that:

These principles can be obtained on our website by going to http://ir.jambajuice.com and following the “Corporate Governance” link. A printed copy of the guidelines may also be obtained by any stockholder upon request in writing to Jamba, Inc., c/o ICR, Inc., 685 Third Avenue, 2^nd Floor, New York, NY, 10017, by emailing investors@jambajuice.com, or by telephoning (646) 277-1212.

Stock Ownership Guidelines

Each member of our Board of Directors is required to acquire and maintain, individually or through their affiliates, a minimum of $100,000 of shares of the Company’s common stock during the term of his or her service on the Board, with the value measured by the greater of the aggregate purchase price paid for such shares or the current market price. New members of the Board shall have two years from the date on which their service begins in which to attain the required ownership level. Any director who falls short of the guideline will be deemed in compliance as long as such director retains all stock compensation until the required level of ownership is met. In 2013, we adopted Management Stock Ownership Guidelines to further align the interests of members of senior management with the interests of our stockholders and to encourage management ownership of our common stock. Further information on these guidelines is set forth in the section below entitled “EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION — Compensation Discussion and Analysis.”

REPORT OF THE AUDIT COMMITTEE

The Audit Committee of the Company’s Board of Directors is composed of four members and acts under a written charter adopted and approved by the Board of Directors in 2006. The members of the Audit Committee are independent as defined by its charter, the NASDAQ Global Market listing standards and the Securities Exchange Act.

The Audit Committee oversees the Company’s financial reporting process on behalf of the Board of Directors. Management has the primary responsibility for the financial statements and the reporting process, including the system of internal controls. In fulfilling its oversight responsibilities, the Audit Committee reviewed and discussed the audited financial statements in the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 30, 2014 with management, which review included a discussion of the quality, not just the acceptability, of the accounting principles, the reasonableness of significant judgments, and the clarity of disclosures in the financial statements.

The Audit Committee reviewed and discussed with KPMG LLP, the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm, who is responsible for expressing an opinion on the conformity of those audited financial statements with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America, its judgment as to the quality, not just the acceptability, of the Company’s accounting principles and such other matters as are required to be discussed with the Audit Committee under generally accepted auditing standards, including Public Company Accounting Oversight Board Auditing Standard No. 16, Communications wth Audit Committees (AS 16). The independent registered public accounting firm also provided the Audit Committee with the written disclosures required by applicable professional and regulatory standards relating to KPMG’s independence from the Company, including the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board pertaining to the independent accountant’s communications with the Audit Committee concerning independence. The Audit Committee also reviewed and pre-approved all fees paid to the independent registered public accountants and considered whether KPMG’s provision of non-audit services to the Company was compatible with the independence of the independent registered public accountants.

The Audit Committee discussed with the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm the overall scope and plans for their audit. The Audit Committee met with the independent registered public accounting firm, with and without management present, to discuss the results of their examination, their evaluations of the Company’s internal controls, and the overall quality of the Company’s financial reporting.

In reliance on the reviews and discussions referred to above, the Audit Committee recommended to the Company’s Board of Directors, and the Board approved, that the Company’s audited financial statements be included in the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 30, 2014 for filing with the SEC.

SUBMITTED BY THE AUDIT COMMITTEE
OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
 

Lesley H. Howe, Chairman
Michael A. Depatie
Lorna Donatone
James C. Pappas

PROPOSAL NO. 2

RATIFICATION OF SELECTION OF
INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

The Audit Committee of the Board of Directors requests that stockholders ratify the selection of KPMG LLP as its independent registered public accounting firm to audit the consolidated financial statements of the Company for the fiscal year ending December 29, 2015 (“Fiscal 2015”). KPMG LLP has acted in such capacity since its appointment in fiscal year 2008.

A representative of KPMG LLP is expected to be present at the 2015 Annual Meeting with the opportunity to make a statement if the representative desires to do so, and is expected to be available to respond to appropriate questions. At the 2015 Annual Meeting, the stockholders are being asked to ratify the selection of KPMG LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for Fiscal 2015. If the selection of KPMG LLP as auditors for Fiscal 2015 is not approved by stockholders, the adverse vote will be considered by the Audit Committee in its decision to retain KPMG as auditors for 2015. Even if this selection is ratified, the Audit Committee, in its discretion, may direct the engagement of a different independent registered public accounting firm at any time during the year if the Audit Committee determines that such a change would be in the best interests of the Company and its stockholders.

Fees for Professional Services

The following table sets forth the aggregate fees billed to the Company for the fiscal year ended December 30, 2014 (“Fiscal 2014”) and fiscal year ended December 31, 2013 (“Fiscal 2013”) by its independent registered public accounting firm, KPMG LLP:

		Fiscal 2014 (52 weeks)				Fiscal 2013 (52 weeks)
Audit Fees(1)		$	1,163,895			$	747,700
Audit-Related Fees(2)			23,000				22,000
Tax Fees(3)			100,229				101,495
All Other Fees			—				—
Total Fees		$	1,287,124			$	871,195

The Audit Committee has considered whether the provisions of services described in the table above are compatible with maintaining auditor independence. Unless a type of service has received general pre-approval, it will require separate pre-approval by the Audit Committee. The Audit Committee has delegated its pre-approval authority to its Chairman, provided the Chairman reports any pre-approval decisions to the full Audit Committee at its next regularly scheduled meeting. The independent registered public accounting firm and management are required to periodically report to the Audit Committee regarding the extent of services provided by the independent registered public accounting firm in accordance with this pre-approval process. During Fiscal 2014 and Fiscal 2013, all fees paid to our independent auditors were pre-approved in accordance with this policy without exception.

Vote Required and Board of Directors Recommendation

Approval of this proposal requires the affirmative vote of a majority of the voting power of the stock represented and entitled to vote on this proposal. If you hold your shares in your own name and abstain from voting on this matter, your abstention will have the same effect as a negative vote. If you hold your shares through a broker and you do not instruct the broker on how to vote on this proposal, your broker will have authority to vote your shares on a discretionary basis in favor of the proposal.

THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS A VOTE “FOR” THE SELECTION OF KPMG LLP AS THE COMPANY’S INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 29, 2015.

EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION

Compensation Discussion and Analysis

Introduction

This Compensation Discussion and Analysis is intended to provide an explanation of our compensation program relating to Fiscal 2014, with particular focus on our Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”) and the other listed executives as presented in the “2014 Summary Compensation Table” that follows this discussion (herein referred to as the “Named Executive Officers”). For 2014, our Named Executive Officers were:

Executive Summary

2014 Performance

During 2014, we continued to focus on establishing consistent organic growth in revenue and profitability by transforming Jamba into a globally recognized healthy, active lifestyle brand. We did this by strengthening our total brand value through product innovations, engaging national and local marketing programs, and national scale partnerships, all of which reinforced our customer loyalty. Fiscal 2014 was a transition year which is reflected in our financial results. We initiated the major rollout of our Made-to-Order and Ready-To-Drink Fresh Juice platform across 500 locations, in addition to the commitment to move the company to an asset-light business model, with a greater than 80% of our stores franchisee owned. At the end of 2014, we undertook a significant organizational redesign to align with our shift to the asset-light, franchise-focused model. These initiatives had a financial impact on the business and we incurred additional costs of $7.2 million in non-recurring transitional expenses. We made significant progress, however, on several key strategic and operational priorities as we executed upon our “BLEND” Plan 3.0 (our “BLEND Plan”). Our BLEND Plan provides continuity with our previous BLEND Plans, as well as a blueprint for building total brand value, with strategic priorities focused on product innovation and development, establishing Jamba as a lifestyle brand, expanding our growth initiatives, partners, channels and markets, and driving business efficiencies. Highlights of our Fiscal 2014 financial performance include⁽¹⁾:

We made significant progress in many of our strategic initiatives. Our brand continues to strengthen on a nationwide basis, with our consumer messaging focused on the fresh produce used to “Blend in the Good^TM”. We had a successful launch of made-to-order freshly prepared juices to over 500 stores during the year, along with the launch of our cold-pressed ready to drink bottled juices to over 300 stores. Global development continues to be strong as we opened up 67 new global locations, in addition to a new agreement to enter Taiwan. At the end of 2013, we begin a cost reduction and optimization program, which included the alignment of our organizational structure with our asset-light business model. As a result of this and other measures, our expectation for Fiscal 2015 is to incur general and administrative costs of $30 million, a significant decrease over 2014. In November of 2014, we announced a share repurchase program to begin to return capital to shareholders. Through the end of the year, we repurchased 910,813 shares at an average price of $13.17.

2014 Compensation Decisions

In Fiscal 2014, we implemented incentive compensation programs to reward employees, including our Named Executive Officers, for the attainment of business and financial measures that we believe enhance stockholder value, and achievements that support execution of our BLEND Plan. The following lists key compensation actions for 2014 with respect to our Named Executive Officers:

Summary of Other Major Program Elements

Other significant elements of the Company’s compensation program that continue to reinforce stockholder alignment, our long-term retention strategy, and what the Compensation and Executive Development Committee considers best practices are the following:

Compensation Process and Oversight

Compensation and Executive Development Committee

Our Compensation and Executive Development Committee is responsible for establishing, implementing and monitoring our compensation philosophy and programs. The Compensation and Executive Development Committee determines compensation for our executives, including annual base salary, non-equity incentive plan payments, equity awards and all other compensation and compensation procedures applicable to our Named Executive Officers. Our Compensation and Executive Development Committee is composed of members who are not, and never have been, employees of the Company.

Role of Senior Management and Consultant in Compensation Decisions

While the Compensation and Executive Development Committee does not delegate any of its functions to others in setting compensation, several members of senior management participate in the Compensation and Executive Development Committee’s executive compensation process. For example, the Compensation and Executive Development Committee takes into consideration recommendations of our CEO on compensation decisions for executive officers other than himself, based on performance reviews he conducts with each of the executive officers, including the Named Executive Officers. Our CEO does not participate in discussions regarding his own compensation.

Historically, the Compensation and Executive Development Committee has retained compensation consultants to assist it in its review of Named Executive Officer compensation. The Compensation and Executive Development Committee has used the findings and recommendations of compensation consultants to help ensure that management’s compensation recommendations are in line with the Company’s priorities, properly incentivize actions that improve Company performance, and are reasonable when compared to the market for executive talent. In addition, the Compensation and Executive Development Committee believes that the engagement of an independent consultant from time to time helps enhance the overall independence of the Compensation and Executive Development Committee’s decision-making. As will be discussed below, in Fiscal 2014, the Compensation and Executive Development Committee engaged Frederic W. Cook & Co., Inc. (“Frederic W. Cook”) as a consultant. As part of its services, Frederic W. Cook:

Frederic W. Cook does not perform any other work on behalf of management or the Company. The Compensation and Executive Development Committee assessed the independence of Frederic W. Cook and concluded that no conflict of interest exists that would prevent Frederic W. Cook from independently representing the Compensation and Executive Development Committee. The Compensation and Executive Development Committee intends to continue retaining the services of third party executive compensation specialists from time to time, as the Compensation and Executive Development Committee deems necessary or helpful, in connection with the establishment and development of our compensation philosophy and programs.

Competitive Compensation Data

To assist with the determination of the compensation decisions made with respect to our executive officers for Fiscal 2014, the Compensation and Executive Development Committee asked Frederic W. Cook to benchmark our executive compensation program and to provide a comparison of the total and individual elements of pay for our executive team, relative to that of individuals holding similar positions at companies in our executive compensation peer group (described below). Frederic W. Cook worked with our human resources department and management to access our data and review our compensation practices and philosophy, and provided the Compensation and Executive Development Committee with the requested benchmarking information on pay levels and pay practices.

To support our pay-for-performance philosophy and our objective to develop an executive compensation program that is sufficiently competitive to attract and retain key executives who can support and execute our BLEND Plan, the Compensation and Executive Development Committee evaluated executive compensation information for a specific group of comparable companies. This process allowed the Compensation and Executive Development Committee to set total compensation at levels for Fiscal 2014 that it believes are appropriate to retain and motivate our Named Executive Officers, and to develop a compensation program that supports our financial and strategic revitalization.

The Compensation and Executive Development Committee, with the assistance of Frederic W. Cook, identified our executive compensation peer group, selecting companies that are similar to us in industry, revenue, net income, number of employees and market capitalization. In determining our Fiscal 2014 peer group, the Compensation and Executive Development Committee selected companies in the quick service restaurant and fast casual dining spaces with revenues ranging from $77 million to $857 million and market capitalization ranging from $73 million to $1.227 billion, with the goal of assembling the group to position Jamba at the median in both size categories.

The companies that comprised the Fiscal 2014 executive compensation peer group were:

Ark Restaurants Corp		Diversified Restaurant Holdings		Krispy Kreme Doughnuts, Inc.
Biglari Holdings Inc.		Einstein Noah Restaurant Group, Inc.		Luby's Inc.
BJ's Restaurants, Inc.		Famous Dave's of America, Inc.		Nathan’s Famous, Inc.
Bravo Brio Restaurant Group		Fiesta Restaurant Group, Inc.		Noodles & Company
Carrols Restaurant Group, Inc.		Frisch's Restaurant, Inc.		Popeye’s Louisiana Kitchen, Inc.
Chuy Holdings, Inc.		Ignite Restaurant Group		Ruth's Hospitality Group, Inc.
Denny's Corporation		Kona Grill, Inc.		Sonic Corp.

In making its executive compensation decisions, the Compensation and Executive Development Committee considered the competitive data provided by Frederic W. Cook. The Compensation and Executive Development Committee does not target a specific percentile for pay, but uses the median-to-75^th percentile range as a guide for making its pay decisions with respect to all pay elements. In selecting this range, the Compensation and Executive Development Committee acknowledged the extremely competitive job market in the San Francisco Bay Area, which also has an above-average cost of living. While the Compensation and Executive Development Committee considers relevant market pay practices when setting executive compensation, it does not believe that it is appropriate to establish compensation levels based only on market practices. The factors that influence the amount of compensation awarded include market competition for a particular position, an individual’s experience and past performance inside or outside the Company, compensation history, role and responsibilities within the Company, past and future performance objectives, value of the position within the Company, and the Company’s financial performance.

Objectives and Components of Our Executive Compensation Program

The primary objectives of our executive compensation program are as follows:

We believe that pursuing our objectives will help us attract and retain qualified executives who are results oriented, engaged and passionate about our brand and are able to help us execute our BLEND Plan. The ability to embrace our mission and culture are also important components in driving these objectives.

Our compensation programs provide a mix of fixed compensation and short-term and long-term incentive awards tied to the achievement of specific business objectives, corporate financial goals, and individual performance. We strive to be competitive in a challenging economic environment, with the ultimate objective of improving stockholder value. In addition, we work to ensure that our compensation program is perceived as fundamentally fair to all stockholders.

Program Elements

The compensation program for our executive officers consists of the following elements:

The exact base pay, cash incentive bonus targets and equity grant amounts are set at a level designed to attract and retain the best people available that possess the skills necessary to help us execute our BLEND Plan.

Base Salary

Base salary is the fixed portion of executive pay and is set to reward an individual’s current contributions to the Company and to compensate them for their expected day-to-day performance. The Compensation and Executive Development Committee determines base salary levels for executives on an annual basis. Increases in salaries are generally based on both individual performance and our merit increase budget for the year. Other factors that may influence setting of or changes in base salary levels include total company performance, the executive’s experience, responsibilities, management abilities and job performance, current market conditions and analysis of competitive salaries payable for similar positions at other comparable companies. Salary increases may also be awarded in connection with an individual’s promotion to a new role. After consideration of peer group compensation data for the industry and the relative responsibilities and contributions of the executive officers, the Compensation and Executive Development Committee elected not to make any changes to the annual salaries of any of our Named Executive Officers for Fiscal 2014. The annual salaries of our Named Executive Officers are set forth below:

Title		Base Annual Salary
James D. White			$600,000
Karen L. Luey			$352,000
Julie S. Washington			$300,000
Steve Adkins			$285,000
Dale Goss			$260,000

Annual Non-Equity Incentive Compensation

We believe that non-equity incentive compensation in the form of a short-term cash bonus is an important factor in motivating our management team as a whole, and individual executives in particular, to

perform at their highest level toward achievement of the objectives set forth in our BLEND Plan and in achieving our other objectives. Under our Management Incentive Plan, the Compensation and Executive Development Committee is provided the authority to establish performance periods, to set performance goals and to determine the relative weight to be given to each performance goal. The Compensation and Executive Development Committee selected two performance periods for 2014, with the initial performance period consisting of the first and second fiscal quarters and the second performance period consisting of the third and fourth fiscal quarters. Payouts under our Management Incentive Plan, if earned, are made at the conclusion of each performance period after determination of metrics achieved.

Each participant was eligible for a target award, based on the participant’s base salary and position, as follows:

Title		Target Award as a % of Base Salary During Performance Periods
President and Chief Executive Officer			100	%
Chief Financial Officer, Chief Administrative Officer & Secretary			65	%
Senior Vice President			50	%

The components of each target metric are weighted differently based on each participant’s position with the Company, and the award is based on achievement of one or more of the performance goals to the extent of the weighting, as follows:

Position		Weighting
		Co. Financial Objectives				Dept. Strategic Objectives				Personal Objectives
President and Chief Executive Officer			75	%			25	%			0	%
Chief Financial Officer, Chief Administrative Officer & Secretary			70	%			30	%			0	%
Senior Vice President			60	%			30	%			10	%

First Performance Period

The criteria approved by the Compensation and Executive Development Committee for the first performance period of Fiscal 2014 consisted of a financial component, a strategic component and, with respect to Named Executive Officers at the Senior Vice President level, a personal component, as set forth in the table below. If the Income from Operations before bonus for the performance period did not reach the threshold amount determined, no amounts would be payable with respect to the plan. If the Income from Operations for the performance period exceeded the threshold amount, and the other financial metrics were met, an amount would be payable based upon a sliding scale between 60% and 125% of participant’s targeted amounts with respect to the financial metrics. The strategic goals are achieved based on the degree of completion determined at the discretion of the Compensation and Executive Development Committee. The target amounts are divided evenly between the two performance periods such that 50% of each targeted amount is attributable to each performance period.

First Half 2014
Components		Performance Goals				Actual Performance
Financial			Income from Operations $8.2 million (threshold) Income from Operations of $12.0 million (maximum) before bonus				Achieved Between threshold and Target level
			G&A expense target (excluding bonus and other one-time expenses) of $16.9 million or less				Achieved
			Positive Comparable Company Same Store Sales				Achieved
Strategic			Drive Juice Rollout to 200 System locations				Achieved
			Deliver One signed International Agreement				Not Achieved
			Deliver One New Venture Account				Achieved

First Half 2014
Components		Performance Goals				Actual Performance
			Retail Growth Platform — increase number of units				Achieved
			Fully Implement Supply Chain Strategy				Achieved
Personal			Ms. Washington, Mr. Adkins and Mr. Goss				Achieved

In the first performance period, the Income from Operations goal exceeded the threshold amount and the other financial components were met, providing for payment with respect to the financial objectives. However, with respect to the Company strategic objectives, some but not all of the strategic goals were achieved. Based upon the Company’s payment with respect to financial objectives, and 50% payment with respect to strategic objectives (and achievement of personal objectives for executives where applicable), bonus payouts for the period ranged from 66% to 69% of overall target for executives. Mr. White was paid an amount based upon achievement of 69% of the target bonus and the other Named Executive Officers were paid amounts based upon achievements of 66 to 68% of their target bonus. The achievement percentages based upon the amount of bonus paid to the participant divided by the product of the target award percentage, the base salary of the participant attributable to the performance period and the applicable weighing of the objectives with respect to such participant. See the 2014 Summary Compensation Table for payouts under our Management Incentive Plan to all Named Executive Officers.

Second Performance Period

The guidelines approved by the Compensation and Executive Development Committee for the second performance period of Fiscal 2014 moved to a Balanced Scorecard methodology that translates our mission statement and business strategy into specific, quantifiable goals, and monitors our performance in achieving these goals. It consisted of a financial component, strategic, operational and marketplace components and, with respect to Named Executive Officers at the Senior Vice President level, a personal component, as set forth in the table below. For the second performance period, if the Income from Operations for the performance period did not reach the threshold amount determined, no amounts would be payable with respect to the Management Incentive Plan for the second performance period. If the Income from Operations for the performance period exceeded the threshold amount, and the other financial metrics were met, an amount would be payable based upon a sliding scale between 60% and 125% of participant’s targeted amounts with respect to the financial metrics. The strategic goals are achieved on an “all or nothing” basis, with such achievement determined at the discretion of the Compensation and Executive Development Committee. The target amounts are divided evenly between the two performance periods such that 50% of each targeted amount is attributable to each performance period.

Second Half 2014
Components		Performance Goals				Actual Performance
Financial			Income from Operations $3.2M at target				Not Achieved
			G&A expense target (excluding bonus and other one-time expenses) of $16.9M or less				Not Achieved
			Positive Comparable Company Same Store Sales				Not Achieved
Strategic			Launch ready to drink in California stores				Achieved
			Develop asset light refranchising strategy				Achieved
			Close two countries				Not Achieved
Operational			Supply chain cost savings				Not Achieved
			System Juice Units per Day criteria				Not Achieved
Marketplace			Juice Execution — maintain or exceed customer overall satisfaction scores				Not Achieved
			Maintain Aided Brand Awareness scores				Achieved
Personal			Goals for Ms. Washington, Mr. Adkins, and Mr. Goss				Not Achieved

In the second performance period, no bonus was deemed payable under the Management Incentive Plan regardless of achievement of some of the financial and personal (where applicable) objectives, since the Income from Operations threshold was not achieved at the threshold level with respect to the period.

First and Second Half Combined

For Fiscal 2014, the total bonus payments to Named Executive Officers in the aggregate (combining the first and second performance periods) ranged from 33% to 35% of their respective annual performance bonus targets. See the 2014 Summary Compensation Table for payouts under our Management Incentive Plan to all Named Executive Officers.

Equity Based Incentive Compensation

The Compensation and Executive Development Committee generally considers a range of factors in setting the size of equity grants to our Named Executive Officers, including assessments of individual performance, the potential contribution that each Named Executive Officer could be expected to make in the future, the Named Executive Officer’s targeted total direct compensation, previous grants to such Named Executive Officer, and the size of awards and total compensation provided to others holding similar positions at companies included in our executive compensation peer group.

The Compensation and Executive Development Committee individually approves all equity awards to our officers at or above the vice president level. The Equity Award Committee, comprised of members of our management team, has been delegated the authority by the Board of Directors to approve equity grants below the vice president level. The Board of Directors or the Compensation and Executive Development Committee has the right to suspend the ability of the Equity Award Committee to award equity grants for any reason at any time.

Fiscal 2014 Equity Grants

As a part of our focus on competitive pay practices, retention and long-term goals, our 2014 equity compensation program for executive officers consisted of 50% performance-based RSUs and 50% time-vested RSUs. The Compensation and Executive Development Committee believes that this combination strikes an appropriate balance between creating a long-term retention incentive for our executives and establishing performance goals that further align the executives’ interests with the Company’s business objectives for that year and with increasing stockholder value. This has been the mix since 2012. Prior to 2012, we granted a mix between stock options and time-vested RSUs.

In August 2014, we granted our Named Executive Officers performance-based RSUs based on our relative Total Shareholder Return (“TSR”) compared against the Yahoo Finance Restaurant Group Index plus Starbucks and Panera. There are 59 companies in this peer group. The shares are earned based on relative TSR performance over a one-year, two-year, and three-year performance period, with payouts in shares, if any, made at the end of each performance period. As shown in the payout schedule below, 100% target payouts are earned for achieving 55^th percentile performance of the peer group, and the payout will be capped at target in the event that TSR is negative during any one performance period:

		Relative TSR Performance				Payout as a Percent of Target
Maximum			75th Percentile				150	%
Target			55th Percentile				100	%
Threshold			35th Percentile				50	%
Below Threshold			< 35th Percentile				0	%

2013 Equity Grants

In August 2013, we granted performance-based RSUs using the same criteria as that used for 2014, with payouts based on our relative TSR compared against the identical peer group. Relative TSR performance did not meet the minimum criteria at the first year vesting measurement date, so no payouts were made for the 2013 equity grants in fiscal 2014.

Equity Grant Policy

Pursuant to our equity grant policy, all equity grants are generally made effective three trading days after each of our quarterly public earnings releases. This applies to all of our employees, including our executive officers. The exercise price of stock options is the closing or last quoted price on the date of actual stock option grant, which we believe reflects fair market value after all public disclosures.

All grants issued after June 2013 were made under the 2013 Equity Incentive Plan (the “2013 Equity Plan”), which authorizes both equity and cash-based grants to all employees, including the Name Executive Officers, consultants and non-employee directors. All grants prior to June 2013 were made under our 2006 Employee, Director and Consultant Stock Plan (the “2006 Stock Plan”), which authorized grants to all employees, including the Name Executive Officers, consultants and non-employee directors.

Prior to 2012, annual grants to the Named Executive Officers were made in November of each year. The Compensation and Executive Development Committee decided to move the annual equity grants for executives to the third quarter of each fiscal year because it was more aligned with mid-year performance evaluations. Interim or “off cycle” equity awards are made to newly hired team members as “initial grants”, promotional grants for those taking on significant additional responsibilities or other team members when circumstances warrant it, and are made effective on a fixed quarterly schedule.

In addition to our annual equity program, equity awards may be granted in new hire situations. These grants typically vest in 25% annual increments over four years and have a ten-year term. None of the Named Executives Officers received stock options since 2012.

Other General Team Member Benefits

Our executive officers are eligible to participate in all of our employee benefit plans, such as our medical, dental, vision, group life, disability, accidental death and dismemberment insurance and our 401(k) plan, in each case on the same terms as other employees, except that the executive officers did not participate in the employer match under our 401(k) plan in Fiscal 2014. We do not provide tax gross-ups of any perquisites.

Severance and Change in Control Arrangements

In 2013 we adopted an Executive Retention and Severance Plan (the “Severance Plan”) for persons holding the title of Executive Vice President or Senior Vice President and for certain other key employees of the Company who may be designated by the Compensation and Executive Development Committee from time to time as eligible to participate in the Severance Plan (each a “Participant,” and collectively, the “Participants”). The Severance Plan superseded all prior arrangements with such Participants relating to severance. The Severance Plan, and with respect to our Chief Executive Officer, his employment agreement, provide for severance payments to the Participant upon such Participant’s (Chief Executive Officer’s) termination of employment without cause or resignation for good reason, as well as upon a qualifying termination following a change in control of the Company, each as more fully described below in the section entitled “Potential Payments upon Termination or Change in Control.” The Compensation and Executive Development Committee believes that providing our executives with specified benefits in the event of a termination of employment by the Company without “cause” or in the event of a “constructive termination” is consistent with competitive practices, helps us retain executives and maintain leadership stability. In addition, the Compensation and Executive Development Committee believes that adopting uniform terms, as reflected in the Severance Plan, helps to ensure that our executives are treated fairly and consistently.

The Compensation and Executive Development Committee further believes that the occurrence, or potential occurrence, of a change in control may create uncertainty for our executives and other key employees. The “double trigger” provisions in the Severance Plan are designed to help retain our employees and maintain a stable work environment leading up to and during changes in control by providing employees certain economic benefits in the event their employment is actually or constructively terminated in connection with such a change.

Furthermore, the Severance Plan does not provide tax gross-ups for potential excise or other taxes on any benefits that are paid.

Management Stock Ownership Guidelines

In 2013, we adopted Management Stock Ownership Guidelines to further align the interests of members of senior management with the interests of our stockholders and to encourage management ownership of our common stock. These guidelines require our senior executives to acquire and maintain a minimum number of shares of our common stock, with such minimum number based upon a multiple of such senior executive’s annual base salary (with share value based upon the greater of the current stock price or the price at which the shares were acquired). Stock options are not counted for purposes of calculating the number of shares held. The minimum number of shares is based upon the executive’s position as follows:

There is no time limitation towards achieving the minimum number of shares required. However, until such minimum number of shares is held, 50% of all future equity grants (calculated on the basis of net after tax shares) are to be retained.

Restrictions on Transactions in our Securities

Under our Insider Trading Policy, our officers, directors and employees are not permitted to purchase or sell our securities short or buy or sell puts, calls or other derivative instruments relating to our Common Stock.

Analysis of Risk Relating to Our Compensation Programs

Appropriately incentivizing behaviors which support the best interests of the Company and its stockholders is an essential part of the compensation-setting process. The Company believes that risk-taking is necessary for continued innovation and growth, but that risks should be encouraged within parameters that are appropriate for the long-term health and sustainability of the business. At the direction of the Compensation and Executive Development Committee, our benefits committee (comprised of Company management), evaluates the merits of its compensation programs through a comprehensive review of its compensation policies and programs to determine whether they encourage unnecessary or inappropriate risk-taking by the Company’s executives and employees below the executive level, including the following:

The benefits committee discussed its risk review with Frederic W. Cook and reported to the Compensation and Executive Development Committee. Based on this review, both for our executive officers and all other employees, the benefits committee concluded that the risks arising from the Company’s compensation policies and practices are not reasonably likely to have a material adverse effect on the Company, and the Compensation and Executive Development Committee reviewed and approved this conclusion.

Tax Considerations

Our Compensation and Executive Development Committee considers the impact of Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), in determining the mix of elements of executive compensation. Under Section 162(m) of the Code, named executive officer (other than the Chief Financial Officer) compensation over $1 million for any year is generally not deductible for United States income tax purposes. Performance-based compensation is exempt from the deduction limit, however, if certain requirements are met. We believe that the gains realized at the time of exercise of nonqualified stock options granted under the terms of our stockholder-approved stock plan are fully deductible in accordance with Section 162(m). In addition, the Compensation and Executive Development Committee generally structures performance-based grants of RSUs and annual bonuses payable under our non-equity incentive plan with the intent that they qualify for deductibility in accordance with Section 162(m). Salaries and time-based vesting RSUs do not qualify as performance-based compensation for purposes of Section 162(m). The Compensation and Executive Development Committee intends to consider the impact of Section 162(m) on the deductibility of future executive compensation but reserves the right to provide for compensation to executive officers that may not be fully deductible when it believes that other considerations outweigh the tax deductibility of the compensation.

REPORT OF THE COMPENSATION AND EXECUTIVE DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE

We, the Compensation and Executive Development Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company, have reviewed and discussed the Compensation Discussion and Analysis contained in this proxy statement with management. Based on such review and discussion, we have recommended to the Board of Directors that the Compensation Discussion and Analysis be included in this Proxy Statement and in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 30, 2014.

Submitted by the Company’s Compensation and Executive Development Committee of the Board of Directors:

David A. Pace, Chairman
Richard L. Federico
Andrew R. Heyer
Glenn W. Welling

Summary Compensation Table

The following table sets forth information concerning the compensation earned by our President and Chief Executive Officer, our Chief Financial Officer and our three other most highly-compensated persons serving as executive officers at December 30, 2014 (our “Named Executive Officers”):

2014 SUMMARY COMPENSATION TABLE

Name and Principal Position		Year				Salary ($)(1)				Bonus Earned for Fiscal Year ($)(2)				Stock Awards (time based) ($)(3)				Stock Awards (performance based) ($)(4)				Option Awards ($)(3)				Non-Equity Incentive Plan Compensation ($)(5)				All Other Compensation ($)(6)				Total ($)
James D. White President and Chief Executive Officer			2014				600,000				—				315,900				395,365				—				208,275				909				1,520,449
			2013				599,038				—				283,290				251,580				—				133,875				682				1,268,465
			2012				566,346				28,750				508,000				—				—				531,875				682				1,635,653
Karen L. Luey Executive Vice President, Chief Financial & Administrative Officer			2014				352,000				—				140,400				175,718				—				77,940				657				746,715
			2013				351,077				—				134,900				119,800				—				51,051				501				657,329
			2012				328,000				23,780				203,200				—				—				148,502				480				703,962
Julie S. Washington Sr. Vice President, Chief Brand Officer			2014				300,000				—				56,160				70,287				—				49,155				594				525,351
			2013				299,423				—				47,215				41,931				—				34,425				456				423,450
			2012				283,846				26,140				76,200				—				53,750				107,160				444				547,540
Steve Adkins Sr. Vice President & General Manager, U.S. Stores West(7)			2014				285,000				—				77,220				96,644				—				46,697				575				506,136
Dale Goss Sr. Vice President & General Manager, U.S. Stores East(8)			2014				260,000				—				77,220				96,644				—				42,601				544				477,009

Grant Date Fair Value Table

The following table describes the assumptions used to calculate the grant date fair value of equity grants reported for fiscal years 2014, 2013, and 2012 on a grant-by-grant basis.

Name		Grant date				Options granted				RSUs granted(1)				Exercise Price ($)				Closing price on grant date ($)				Volatility (%)				Expected Life (Years)				Risk Free Interest Rate (%)				Dividend Yield (%)				Grant Date Fair Value per Share ($)
James D. White			8/7/2014				—				22,500				—				14.04				—				—				—				—				14.04
			8/7/2014 (year 1	)			—				7,500				—				14.04				—				—				—				—				17.27
			8/7/2014 (year 2	)			—				7,500				—				14.04				—				—				—				—				17.32
			8/7/2014 (year 3	)			—				7,500				—				14.04				—				—				—				—				18.13
			8/8/2013				—				21,000				—				13.49				—				—				—				—				13.49
			8/8/2013 (year 1	)			—				7,000				—				13.49				—				—				—				—				10.65
			8/8/2013 (year 2	)			—				7,000				—				13.49				—				—				—				—				13.23
			8/8/2013 (year 3	)			—				7,000				—				13.49				—				—				—				—				12.06
			8/6/2012				—				20,000				—				12.70				—				—				—				—				12.70
			8/6/2012				—				20,000				—				12.70				—				—				—				—				12.70
Karen L. Luey			8/7/2014				—				10,000				—				14.04				—				—				—				—				14.04
			8/7/2014 (year 1	)			—				3,333				—				14.04				—				—				—				—				17.27
			8/7/2014 (year 2	)			—				3,333				—				14.04				—				—				—				—				17.32
			8/7/2014 (year 3	)			—				3,334				—				14.04				—				—				—				—				18.13
			8/8/2013				—				10,000				—				13.49				—				—				—				—				13.49
			8/8/2013 (year)				—				3,333				—				13.49				—				—				—				—				10.65
			8/8/2013 (year 2	)			—				3,333				—				13.49				—				—				—				—				13.23
			8/8/2013 (year 3	)			—				3,334				—				13.49				—				—				—				—				12.06
			8/6/2012				—				8,000				—				12.70				—				—				—				—				12.70
			8/6/2012				—				8,000				—				12.70				—				—				—				—				12.70
Julie S. Washington			8/7/2014				—				4,000				—				14.04				—				—				—				—				14.04
			8/7/2014 (year 1	)			—				1,333				—				14.04				—				—				—				—				17.27
			8/7/2014 (year 2	)			—				1,333				—				14.04				—				—				—				—				17.32
			8/7/2014 (year 3	)			—				1,334				—				14.04				—				—				—				—				18.13
			8/8/2013				—				3,500				—				13.49				—				—				—				—				13.49
			8/8/2013 (year 1	)			—				1,166				—				13.49				—				—				—				—				10.65
			8/8/2013 (year 2	)			—				1,167				—				13.49				—				—				—				—				13.23
			8/8/2013 (year 3	)			—				1,167				—				13.49				—				—				—				—				12.06
			8/6/2012				—				3,000				—				12.70				—				—				—				—				12.70
			8/6/2012				—				3,000				—				12.70				—				—				—				—				12.70
			3/12/2012				5,000				—				10.75				10.75				69.3				6.25				0.92				—				6.70

Name		Grant date				Options granted				RSUs granted(1)				Exercise Price ($)				Closing price on grant date ($)				Volatility (%)				Expected Life (Years)				Risk Free Interest Rate (%)				Dividend Yield (%)				Grant Date Fair Value per Share ($)
Steve Adkins			8/7/2014				—				5,500				—				14.04				—				—				—				—				14.04
			8/7/2014 (year 1	)			—				1,833				—				14.04				—				—				—				—				17.27
			8/7/2014 (year 2	)			—				1,833				—				14.04				—				—				—				—				17.32
			8/7/2014 (year 3	)			—				1,834				—				14.04				—				—				—				—				18.13
			8/8/2013				—				3,250				—				13.49				—				—				—				—				13.49
			8/8/2013 (year 1	)			—				1,083				—				13.49				—				—				—				—				10.65
			8/8/2013 (year 2	)			—				1,083				—				13.49				—				—				—				—				13.23
			8/8/2013 (year 3	)			—				1,084				—				13.49				—				—				—				—				12.06
			8/6/2012				—				2,500				—				12.70				—				—				—				—				12.70
			8/6/2012				—				2,500				—				12.70				—				—				—				—				12.70
			11/6/2012				4,000				—				—				9.70				67.5				6.25				0.75				—				5.92
Dale Goss			8/7/2014				—				5,500				—				14.04				—				—				—				—				14.04
			8/7/2014 (year 1	)			—				1,833				—				14.04				—				—				—				—				17.27
			8/7/2014 (year 2	)			—				1,833				—				14.04				—				—				—				—				17.32
			8/7/2014 (year 3	)			—				1,834				—				14.04				—				—				—				—				18.13
			8/8/2013				—				3,250				—				13.49				—				—				—				—				13.49
			8/8/2013 (year 1	)			—				1,083				—				13.49				—				—				—				—				10.65
			8/8/2013 (year 2	)			—				1,083				—				13.49				—				—				—				—				13.23
			8/8/2013 (year 3	)			—				1,084				—				13.49				—				—				—				—				12.06
			8/6/2012				—				2,000				—				12.70				—				—				—				—				12.70
			8/6/2012				—				2,000				—				12.70				—				—				—				—				12.70

All Other Compensation Table

The following table describes each component of the “All Other Compensation” column in the Summary Compensation Table.

Name		Life Insurance Premiums ($)(1)				Relocation Expenses ($)				Tax Payments ($)				Company Contribution to 401(k) Plan ($)(2)				Total ($)
James D. White			909				—				—				—				909
Karen L. Luey			657				—				—				—				657
Julie S. Washington			594				—				—				—				594
Steve Adkins			575				—				—				—				575
Dale Goss			544				—				—				—				544

Grants of Plan-Based Awards at 2014 Fiscal Year End

The following table sets forth certain information with respect to stock and option awards and other plan-based awards granted during the fiscal year ended December 30, 2014 to our Named Executive Officers:

GRANTS OF PLAN-BASED AWARDS IN FISCAL 2014

Name		Grant Date				Estimated Future Payouts Under Non-Equity Incentive Plan Awards(1)												Estimated Future Payouts Under Equity Incentive Plan Awards(2)												All other stock awards: # of share of stock or units(3) (#)				All other option awards: # of securities underlying options (#)				Exercise or base price of option awards ($)				Grant date fair value of stock and option awards(4) ($)
						Threshold ($)				Target ($)				Maximum ($)				Threshold ($)				Target ($)				Maximum ($)
James D. White			1/16/2014				180,000				300,000				375,000				—				—				—				—				—				—				—
			8/11/2014				180,000				300,000				375,000				—				—				—				—				—				—				—
			8/7/2014				—				—				—				—				22,500				—				—				—				—				395,365
			8/7/2014				—				—				—				—				—				—				22,500				—				—				315,900
Karen L. Luey			1/16/2014				68,640				114,400				143,000				—				—				—				—				—				—				—
			8/11/2014				68,640				114,400				143,000				—				—				—				—				—				—				—
			8/7/2014				—				—				—				—				10,000				—				—				—				—				175,718
			8/7/2014				—				—				—				—				—				—				10,000				—				—				140,400
Julie S. Washington			1/16/2014				45,000				75,000				93,750				—				—				—				—				—				—				—
			8/11/2014				45,000				75,000				93,750				—				—				—				—				—				—				—
			8/7/2014				—				—				—				—				4,000				—				—				—				—				70,287
			8/7/2014				—				—				—				—				—				—				4,000				—				—				56,160
Steve A. Adkins			1/16/2014				42,750				75,000				89,063				—				—				—				—				—				—				—
			8/11/2014				42,750				75,000				89,063				—				—				—				—				—				—				—
			8/7/2014				—				—				—				—				5,500				—				—				—				—				96,644
			8/7/2014				—				—				—				—				—				—				5,500				—				—				77,220
Dale Goss			1/16/2014				39,000				65,000				81,250				—				—				—				—				—				—				—
			8/11/2014				39,000				65,000				81,250				—				—				—				—				—				—				—
			8/7/2014				—				—				—				—				5,500				—				—				—				—				96,644
			8/7/2014				—				—				—				—				—				—				5,500				—				—				77,220

Outstanding Equity Awards at 2014 Fiscal Year-End

The following table sets forth certain information with respect to the number and value of all unexercised options or unvested portions of restricted stock units previously awarded to our Named Executive Officers as of December 30, 2014:

OUTSTANDING EQUITY AWARDS AT DECEMBER 30, 2014

		Option Awards(1)																Stock Awards(1)
Name		Number of Securities Underlying Unexercised Options (#) Exercisable				Number of Securities Underlying Unexercised Options (#) Unexercisable				Option Exercise Price ($)				Option Expiration Date				Number of Shares or Units of Stock That Have Not Vested (#)				Market Value of Shares or Units of Stock That Have Not Vested ($)(2)				Equity Incentive Plan Awards: Number of Unearned Shares, Units or Other Rights That Have Not Vested (#)				Equity Incentive Plan Awards: Market or Payout Value of Unearned Shares, Units or Other Rights That Have Not Vested ($)
James D. White			278,008				—				3.00				12/2/2018				—				—				—				—
			15,000				—				11.10				11/12/2020				—				—				—				—
			15,000				5,000	(3)			8.05				11/14/2021				—				—				—				—
			—				—				—				—				6,666	(4)			97,523				—				—
			—				—				—				—				14,000	(6)			204,820				—				—
			—				—				—				—				22,500	(8)			329,175				—				—
			—				—				—				—				—				—				6,666	(5)			97,523
			—				—				—				—				—				—				14,000	(7)			204,820
			—				—				—				—				—				—				22,500	(8)			329,175
Karen L. Luey			6,000				—				47.55				6/14/2017				—				—				—				—
			2,400				—				22.40				12/7/2017				—				—				—				—
			11,524				—				6.55				9/3/2018				—				—				—				—
			15,964				—				6.55				9/3/2018				—				—				—				—
			8,000				—				8.95				11/16/2019				—				—				—				—
			8,000				—				11.35				6/1/2020				—				—				—				—
			8,000				—				11.10				11/12/2020				—				—				—				—
			3,000				1,000	(9)			11.05				5/26/2021				—				—				—				—
			6,450				2,150	(3)			8.05				11/14/2021				—				—				—				—
			—				—				—				—				2,666	(4)			39,003				—				—
			—				—				—				—				6,667	(6)			97,538				—				—
			—				—				—				—				10,000	(8)			146,300				—				—
			—				—				—				—				—				—				2,666	(5)			39,003
			—				—				—				—				—				—				6,667	(7)			97,538
			—				—				—				—				—				—				10,000	(8)			146,300
Julie S. Washington			8,000				—				11.35				6/1/2020				—				—				—				—
			7,000				—				11.10				11/12/2020				—				—				—				—
			1,500				500	(9)			11.05				5/26/2021				—				—				—				—
			4,500				1,500	(3)			8.05				11/14/2021				—				—				—				—
			2,500				2,500	(10)			10.75				3/12/2022				—				—				—				—
			—				—				—				—				1,000	(4)			14,630				—				—
			—				—				—				—				2,334	(6)			34,146				—				—
			—				—				—				—				4,000	(8)			58,520				—				—
			—				—				—				—				—				—				1,000	(5)			14,630
			—				—				—				—				—				—				2,334	(7)			34,146
			—				—				—				—				—				—				4,000	(8)			58,520