Aggregate special dividends declared during the period for each share of common stock outstanding.

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Aggregate dividends paid during the period for each share of common stock outstanding.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 505
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.3-04)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=27012166&loc=d3e187085-122770

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Aggregate dividends declared during the period for each share of common stock outstanding.

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CASH DIVIDENDS (Details) - $ / shares			3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
CASH DIVIDENDS (Details) - $ / shares	Jun. 23, 2020	Apr. 30, 2020	Jul. 31, 2020	Jul. 31, 2019	Jul. 31, 2020	Jul. 31, 2019	Jan. 31, 2020
CASH DIVIDENDS
Regular cash dividend declared per common stock	$ 0.25		$ 1.25	$ 0.25	$ 1.50	$ 0.50	$ 0.25
Regular cash dividend paid per common stock		$ 0.25
Special Cash dividend declared per common stock	$ 1.00