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Employee Benefit Plans
6 Months Ended
Jul. 31, 2013
Compensation and Retirement Disclosure [Abstract]  
Employee Benefit Plans
EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS
The Company maintains several pension and retirement plans, and also provides certain health-care and life insurance benefits.
Net periodic pension and other postretirement benefit expense included the following components:
 
 
Three Months Ended July 31,
 
Pension Benefits
 
Other
Postretirement Benefits
(in thousands)
2013
 
2012
 
2013
 
2012
Net Periodic Benefit Cost:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Service cost
$
4,521

 
$
4,622

 
$
673

 
$
489

Interest cost
6,639

 
6,811

 
653

 
624

Expected return on plan assets
(6,170
)
 
(5,322
)
 

 

Amortization of prior service cost
243

 
254

 
(165
)
 
(165
)
Amortization of net loss
4,305

 
3,988

 
10

 
(81
)
Net expense
$
9,538

 
$
10,353

 
$
1,171

 
$
867

 
Six Months Ended July 31,
 
Pension Benefits
 
Other
Postretirement Benefits
(in thousands)
2013
 
2012
 
2013
 
2012
Net Periodic Benefit Cost:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Service cost
$
9,577

 
$
9,038

 
$
1,396

 
$
1,191

Interest cost
13,504

 
13,398

 
1,381

 
1,420

Expected return on plan assets
(11,120
)
 
(10,208
)
 

 

Amortization of prior service cost
486

 
508

 
(330
)
 
(330
)
Amortization of net loss
9,505

 
7,978

 
106

 
15

Net expense
$
21,952

 
$
20,714

 
$
2,553

 
$
2,296