DEBT (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Feb. 03, 2013

Debt Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of Long-term Debt Instruments [Table Text Block]

The carrying amounts of the Company’s long-term debt were as follows:

	2012		2011
Senior secured term loan A facility - United States dollar-denominated	$	560,000	$	616,000
Senior secured term loan A facility - Euro-denominated	—		109,470
Senior secured term loan B facility - United States dollar-denominated	340,000		397,000
Senior secured term loan B facility - Euro-denominated	—		80,785
4 1/2% senior unsecured notes	700,000		—
7 3/8% senior unsecured notes	600,000		600,000
7 3/4% debentures	99,642		99,621
Total	2,299,642		1,902,876
Less: Current portion of long-term debt	88,000		69,951
Long-term debt	$	2,211,642	$	1,832,925

Schedule of Mandatory Long-Term Debt Repayments [Table Text Block]

As of February 3, 2013, the Company’s mandatory long-term debt repayments for the next five years were as follows:

Fiscal Year	Amount
2013	$	88,000
2014	144,000
2015	328,000
2016	340,000
2017	—

The terms of each of Term Loan A and Term Loan B contain a mandatory repayment schedule on a quarterly basis, such that the total annual repayments are as follows:

	Term Loan
	A			B
Borrowings on February 13, 2013	$	1,700,000		$	1,375,000
Percentage required to be repaid for the annual period ending March 31:
2014	5		%	1		%
2015	5		%	1		%
2016	7.5		%	1		%
2017	10		%	1		%
2018	72.5		%	1		%
2019				1		%
2020				94		%