Employee Retirement Benefits

6 Months Ended

Jul. 31, 2012

Employee Retirement Benefits [Abstract]

EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT BENEFITS

The Company provides postretirement medical and other benefits to senior executive officers and senior managers. There are no plan assets for the plans and any obligations are covered through operating cash and investments. The components of net periodic benefit cost for postretirement benefits are as follows:



	Three Months Ended				Six Months Ended
	July 31, 2012		July 31, 2011		July 31, 2012		July 31, 2011
Service cost	$	47	$	30	$	94	$	60
Interest cost	84		84		168		168
Amortization of actuarial losses	58		31		116		63
Net periodic benefit cost	$	189	$	145	$	378	$	291

- Definition

The entire disclosure for postemployment benefits, which may include supplemental unemployment benefits, obligations recognized for all types of benefits provided to former or inactive employees, their beneficiaries, and covered dependents after employment but before retirement. Disclosure may also include discussion that an obligation for postemployment benefits is not accrued in accordance with regulation only because the amount cannot be reasonably estimated.

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