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DEBT
6 Months Ended
Jul. 31, 2011
Notes to Financial Statements [Abstract]  
DEBT
NOTE 8 - DEBT

The Company and its subsidiaries have domestic and foreign uncommitted, unsecured lines of credit totaling $4,431,910 which can be used for working capital.  Of the total lines of credit available, the foreign unsecured line of credit totals $431,910, or 300,000 Euro.  As of July 31, 2011 and January 31, 2011, the Company had zero outstanding borrowings from its domestic line of credit.  The Company's foreign line of credit had outstanding borrowings of $293,971, or  204,189 Euro, and zero as of July 31, 2011 and January 31, 2011, respectively.

Short-term and long-term debt consisted of the following:

 
July 31,
  January 31,
 
2011
   
 2011
        
Bond payable, bank, payable in quarterly installments of
      
$58,460, plus interest at a rate equal to the greater of
      
(i) 16 basis points below the ninety day LIBOR rate
      
or (ii) 250 basis points (effective interest rate of 2.50%
      
at July 31, 2011), maturing April, 2021, collateralized
      
by the Telford, PA building
$2,279,958
   
$2,396,878
        
Note payable, bank, payable in quarterly installments of
      
$35,993, or 25,000 Euro, plus interest at a fixed rate of 3.82%,
      
maturing January, 2016
647,865
   
684,600
        
Equipment note, payable in monthly installments of
      
$13,482, no interest, maturing March 2012
107,852
   
188,742
        
Line of credit, $293,971, or 204,189 Euro, payable upon
      
demand, plus interest at a rate of 70 basis points over
      
the thirty day EURIBOR rate (effective interest rate of
      
2.13% at July 31, 2011)
293,971
   
-
        
 
3,329,646
   
3,270,220
Less current portion
779,635
   
532,540
 
2,550,011
   
2,737,680
Fair market value of interest rate swap liability
318,328
   
274,308
Long-term portion
$2,868,339
   
$3,011,988

One of the notes payable and the bond payable are subject to certain covenants, including maintenance of prescribed amounts of leverage and fixed charge coverage ratios.  As of July 31, 2011, the Company was in compliance with all applicable covenants.

The Company has an interest rate swap agreement to hedge against the potential impact on earnings from increases in market interest rates.  Effective April 3, 2006, the Company entered into a fifteen-year interest rate swap agreement for a notional amount equal to the balance on the bond payable maturing April 2021.  The Company swapped the ninety-day LIBOR for a fixed rate of 4.87%.  As of July 31, 2011, the effective fixed interest rate was 7.07% as a result of the swap agreement plus the interest rate floor provision of 250 basis points.  The interest rate swap agreement is accounted for as a fair value hedge that qualifies for treatment under the short-cut method of measuring effectiveness in accordance with FASB ASC Topic 815, "Derivatives and Hedging".  There was no hedge ineffectiveness as of July 31, 2011.  The fair value of the interest rate swap agreement resulted in a decrease in equity of $200,547 (net of tax) as of July 31, 2011 and a decrease in equity of $172,814 (net of tax) as of January 31, 2011.  The change in the fair value of the interest rate swap agreement resulted in a $27,733 (net of tax) equity decrease from the fiscal year ended January 31, 2011. These results are recorded in the accumulated other comprehensive loss section of shareholders' equity.
 
The bank has issued and has outstanding standby letters of credit to customers totaling $1,468,229 as of July 31, 2011, which have expiration dates during the fiscal years ending January 31, 2012 and 2013 in the amounts of $185,261 and $1,282,968, respectively.

Maturities of short-term and long-term debt are as follows:

As of
   
July 31,
   
2012
$779,635
 
2013
377,812
 
2014
377,812
 
2015
377,812
 
2016
305,817
 
Thereafter
1,110,758
 
 
$3,329,646