STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY

12 Months Ended

Jan. 31, 2014

STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY [Abstract]

STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY

12. STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

Common Stock

The Company has two classes of common stock. Each share of Class B Common Stock entitles the holder to one vote and each share of Class A Common Stock entitles the holder to 1/20th of one vote. On all matters, the Class A Common Stock and the Class B Common Stock will vote as a single class, except as otherwise required by applicable law or the articles of incorporation. Neither the Class A Common Stock nor the Class B Common Stock will be convertible into the other, and there will be no restrictions on the transferability of either class.

The amount of any dividend payable in cash or non-cash property of the Company (other than a dividend payable solely in the Company’s capital stock) with respect to each share of Class A Common Stock is equal to 120% of the value of any such dividend payable with respect to a share of Class B Common Stock, except for dividends declared for the purpose of distributing all or some of the proceeds received by the Company from any transaction determined by the Board to be a material transaction not in the ordinary course of business or for the purpose of effecting a spin-off of a subsidiary of the Company (in either case, such dividend will be paid ratably, on a per share basis, to all holders of Common Stock).

Dividends

The following table sets forth the dividends declared and paid by the Company during fiscal 2014:

Declaration Date	Record Date	Payable	Dividend Class A		Dividend Class B		Amount Paid in Cash		Class A Shares Issued		Fair Value of Class A Shares Issued
12/10/2013	12/24/2013	1/6/2014	$	0.072	$	0.060	$	1,095,000		—	$	—
9/10/2013	9/24/2013	10/1/2013	$	0.072	$	0.060	$	1,090,000		—	$	—
6/11/2013	6/25/2013	7/2/2013	$	0.072	$	0.060	$	1,089,000		—	$	—
4/24/2013	5/8/2013	5/15/2013	$	0.072	$	0.060	$	1,083,000		—	$	—
12/11/2012	12/26/2012	2/8/2013	$	0.072	$	0.060	$	947,000		10,000	$	145,000

Shares issued in payment of these dividends were issued out of treasury stock.

Stock Repurchase Activity

In September 2011, the Company’s Board of Directors approved a stock repurchase plan in which up to one million shares could be repurchased. Since the inception of the plan, the Company has repurchased 897,000 and 103,000 shares of the Company’s Class A and Class B common stock, respectively, for total cash consideration of $12.5 million including fees. As of March 2013, all shares authorized under the plan have been repurchased and the plan was closed.