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Note 14 - Share Capital | 12 Months Ended
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Jan. 31, 2017
Notes to Financial Statements |
Share Capital [Text Block] | Note 14 – Share Capital On April 18, 2016, we filed a final short-form base shelf prospectus, allowing us to offer and issue the following securities: (i) common shares; (ii) preferred shares; (iii) senior or subordinated unsecured debt securities; (iv) subscription receipts; (v) warrants; and (vi) securities comprised of more than one of the aforementioned common shares, preferred shares, debt securities, subscription receipts and/ or warrants offered together as a unit. These securities may be offered separately or together, in separate series, in amounts, at prices and on terms to be set forth in one or more shelf prospectus supplements. The aggregate initial offering price of securities that may be sold by us (or certain of our current or future shareholders) pursuant to our base shelf prospectus during the 25 -month period that our base shelf prospectus, including any amendments thereto, remains valid is limited to $500 million. The short-form base shelf prospectus expires on May 18, 2018. The following table sets forth the common shares outstanding (number of shares in thousands):
(thousands of shares) |  |  | January 31, 2017 |  |  |  | January 31, 2016 |  |  |  | January 31, 2015 |
Balance, beginning of year |  |  | 75,761 |  |  |  | 75,480 |  |  |  | 63,661 |
Shares issued: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Stock options and share units exercised |  |  | 114 |  |  |  | 281 |  |  |  | 478 |
Issuance of common shares |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | 10,925 |
Acquisitions (Note 3) |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | 416 |
Balance, end of year |  |  | 75,875 |  |  |  | 75,761 |  |  |  | 75,480 |
Cash flows provided from stock options and share units exercised during 2017, 2016 and 2015 was approximately $0.6 million, $0.2 million and $0.9 million, respectively.

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