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Components of Interest Expense (Table Text Block) | 3 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2013
Interest Expense, Borrowings [Abstract] |
Interest Expense | Components of interest expense include the following:
|  | Quarter Ended June 30,
|  | 2013 |  | 2012
|  | (Unaudited)
|  | (In thousands)
Interest expense | $ | 17,814 | $ | 15,646
Capitalized interest |  | (142 | ) | (77 | )
Amortization of transaction costs |  | 851 |  | 1,085
Interest expense resulting from derivatives |  | 4,805 |  | 6,837
Total interest expense | $ | 23,328 | $ | 23,491
Interest paid in cash, including payments related to derivative contracts, amounted to $22.0 million and $21.2 million for the first quarter of fiscal 2014 and 2013, respectively.

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