Related Party Transactions	12 Months Ended
Jan. 31, 2015
Related Party Transactions	12. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS Upon consummation of the Merger, the Company entered into a management services agreement with Apollo Management and Tri-Artisan Capital Partners, LLC, a member of one of the co-investment vehicles managed by Apollo Management (“Tri-Artisan”). Under this management services agreement, Apollo Management and Tri-Artisan agreed to provide to the Company certain investment banking, management, consulting, and financial planning services on an ongoing basis for a fee of $3.0 million per year plus reimbursement of out-of-pocket expenses. Under this management services agreement, Apollo Management and Tri-Artisan also agreed to provide to the Company certain financial advisory and investment banking services from time to time in connection with major financial transactions that may be undertaken by it or its subsidiaries in exchange for fees customary for such services after taking into account expertise and relationships within the business and financial community of Apollo Management and Tri-Artisan. Under this management services agreement, the Company also agreed to provide customary indemnification. The Company paid Apollo Management and Tri-Artisan $3.1 million in each of Fiscal 2014 and Fiscal 2013 and $3.0 million in Fiscal 2012 for fees and out-of-pocket expenses. These amounts are included in “Selling, general and administrative expenses” in the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income (Loss). The initial purchasers of the 6.125% Senior Secured First Lien Notes on March 15, 2013 and the 7.75% Senior Notes on May 14, 2013 included Apollo Global Securities, LLC, an affiliate of the Apollo Funds, which is the Company’s controlling stockholder. In connection with the issuance of the 6.125% Senior Secured First Lien Notes and the 7.75% Senior Notes the Company paid fees in the aggregate amount of approximately $0.4 million to Apollo Global Securities, LLC. The initial purchasers of the 9.0% Senior Secured First Lien Notes on February 28, 2012 included Apollo Global Securities, LLC and Morgan Joseph TriArtisan LLC. Apollo Global Securities, LLC is an affiliate of Apollo Management VI, L.P., which is the Company’s controlling stockholder. Apollo Management, LLC, an affiliate of Apollo Management VI, L.P., has a non-controlling interest in Morgan Joseph TriArtisan LLC and its affiliates. Additionally, a member of the Company’s Board of Directors is an executive of Morgan Joseph TriArtisan Inc., an affiliate of Morgan Joseph TriArtisan LLC. In connection with the issuance of the 9.0% Senior Secured First Lien Notes, the Company paid fees of approximately $0.7 million to Apollo Global Securities, LLC and $0.1 million to Morgan Joseph TriArtisan LLC. The Company paid store planning and retail design fees to a business owned by a family member of one of the Company’s former executive officers. These fees are included in “Furniture, fixtures and equipment” in the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheets and “Selling, general and administrative expenses” in the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income (Loss). During the time that the former executive officer was employed by the Company, the Company paid fees of approximately $0.8 million for Fiscal 2012. This arrangement was approved by the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors.

Related Party Transactions

12 Months Ended

Jan. 31, 2015

12. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

Upon consummation of the Merger, the Company entered into a management services agreement with Apollo Management and Tri-Artisan Capital Partners, LLC, a member of one of the co-investment vehicles managed by Apollo Management (“Tri-Artisan”). Under this management services agreement, Apollo Management and Tri-Artisan agreed to provide to the Company certain investment banking, management, consulting, and financial planning services on an ongoing basis for a fee of $3.0 million per year plus reimbursement of out-of-pocket expenses. Under this management services agreement, Apollo Management and Tri-Artisan also agreed to provide to the Company certain financial advisory and investment banking services from time to time in connection with major financial transactions that may be undertaken by it or its subsidiaries in exchange for fees customary for such services after taking into account expertise and relationships within the business and financial community of Apollo Management and Tri-Artisan. Under this management services agreement, the Company also agreed to provide customary indemnification. The Company paid Apollo Management and Tri-Artisan $3.1 million in each of Fiscal 2014 and Fiscal 2013 and $3.0 million in Fiscal 2012 for fees and out-of-pocket expenses. These amounts are included in “Selling, general and administrative expenses” in the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income (Loss).

The initial purchasers of the 6.125% Senior Secured First Lien Notes on March 15, 2013 and the 7.75% Senior Notes on May 14, 2013 included Apollo Global Securities, LLC, an affiliate of the Apollo Funds, which is the Company’s controlling stockholder. In connection with the issuance of the 6.125% Senior Secured First Lien Notes and the 7.75% Senior Notes the Company paid fees in the aggregate amount of approximately $0.4 million to Apollo Global Securities, LLC.

The initial purchasers of the 9.0% Senior Secured First Lien Notes on February 28, 2012 included Apollo Global Securities, LLC and Morgan Joseph TriArtisan LLC. Apollo Global Securities, LLC is an affiliate of Apollo Management VI, L.P., which is the Company’s controlling stockholder. Apollo Management, LLC, an affiliate of Apollo Management VI, L.P., has a non-controlling interest in Morgan Joseph TriArtisan LLC and its affiliates. Additionally, a member of the Company’s Board of Directors is an executive of Morgan Joseph TriArtisan Inc., an affiliate of Morgan Joseph TriArtisan LLC. In connection with the issuance of the 9.0% Senior Secured First Lien Notes, the Company paid fees of approximately $0.7 million to Apollo Global Securities, LLC and $0.1 million to Morgan Joseph TriArtisan LLC.

The Company paid store planning and retail design fees to a business owned by a family member of one of the Company’s former executive officers. These fees are included in “Furniture, fixtures and equipment” in the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheets and “Selling, general and administrative expenses” in the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income (Loss). During the time that the former executive officer was employed by the Company, the Company paid fees of approximately $0.8 million for Fiscal 2012. This arrangement was approved by the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors.

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