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Accounts Receivable
12 Months Ended
Mar. 03, 2012
Accounts Receivable  
Accounts Receivable

5. Accounts Receivable

        The Company maintains an allowance for doubtful accounts receivable based upon the expected collectability of accounts receivable. The allowance for uncollectible accounts at March 3, 2012 and February 26, 2011 was $28,832 and $25,116, respectively. The Company's accounts receivable are due primarily from third-party payors (e.g., pharmacy benefit management companies, insurance companies or governmental agencies) and are recorded net of any allowances provided for under the respective plans. Since payments due from third-party payors are sensitive to payment criteria changes and legislative actions, the allowance is reviewed continually and adjusted for accounts deemed uncollectible by management.

        Until October 26, 2009, the Company maintained securitization agreements (the "First Lien Facility") with several multi-seller asset-backed commercial paper vehicles ("CPVs"). Under the terms of the First Lien Facility, the Company sold substantially all of its eligible third party pharmaceutical receivables to a bankruptcy remote Special Purpose Entity ("SPE") and retained servicing responsibility. The SPE then transferred an interest in these receivables to various CPVs. The Company also maintained a $225,000 second priority accounts receivable securitization term loan (the "Second Lien Facility").

        On October 26, 2009, the Company terminated both accounts receivable securitization facilities and replaced them with senior secured notes, increased borrowing capacity under the Company's existing senior secured revolving credit facility and an increase in borrowings the Company's Tranche 4 Term Loan. As part of this refinancing, the Company incurred a prepayment penalty of $2,250 in relation to the Second Lien Facility and recognized $3,822 of unamortized discount related to the Second Lien Facility. These charges are recorded as a component of selling, general, and administrative expenses.

        At October 26, 2009, prior to the termination of the First Lien Facility, the total outstanding receivables that had been transferred to CPV's were $250,000. The table below details receivable transfer activity for the years ended March 3, 2012, February 26, 2011 and February 27, 2010. Note that for the fifty-two period ended February 27, 2010, receivables securitization activity is reflected through October 26, 2009, the date of the termination of the securitization facilities.

 
  Year Ended  
 
  March 3,
2012
(53 Weeks)
  February 26,
2011
(52 Weeks)
  February 27,
2010
(52 Weeks)
 

Average amount of outstanding receivables transferred

  $   $   $ 226,521  

Total receivable transfers

  $   $   $ 2,240,000  

Collections made by the Company as part of the servicing arrangement on behalf of the CPVs

  $   $   $ 2,320,000  

        The program fee under the First Lien Facility was LIBOR plus 2.0% of the total amount advanced under the facility. The liquidity fee was 3.5% of the total facility commitment of $345,000. The program and the liquidity fees were recorded as a component of selling, general and administrative expenses. Program and liquidity fees for fiscal 2010 were $11,980. There were no program and liquidity fees for fiscal 2012 and 2011.

        Financing fees related to the Second Lien Facility for fiscal 2010 were $24,882 and were recorded as a component of selling, general, and administrative expenses.