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9 Months Ended
Nov. 30, 2011
Debt [Abstract]  
Debt

10. Debt

Revolving Credit Facility. During the second quarter of fiscal 2012, we entered into a new 5-year, $700 million unsecured revolving credit facility (the "credit facility"), replacing our existing $700 million inventory-secured credit facility that was scheduled to expire in December 2011. The borrowings under the credit facility are available for working capital and general corporate purposes. As of November 30, 2011, $0.8 million of short-term debt was outstanding under the credit facility and the remaining capacity was fully available to us.

Capital Leases. Obligations under capital leases as of November 30, 2011, consisted of $0.8 million classified as current portion of long-term debt and $27.7 million classified as long-term debt.

Non-Recourse Notes Payable. As of March 1, 2010, and as discussed in Notes 2 and 5, we adopted ASU Nos. 2009-16 and 2009-17 and amended our warehouse facility agreement in effect as of that date. As a result, we consolidated the auto loan receivables previously securitized through that warehouse facility and term securitizations, along with the related non-recourse notes payable, and they are now accounted for as secured borrowings. The timing of principal payments on the non-recourse notes payable are based on principal collections, net of losses, on the securitized auto loan receivables. The majority of the non-recourse notes payable accrue interest at fixed rates and mature between March 2012 and April 2018, but may mature earlier or later, depending upon the repayment rate of the underlying auto loan receivables. As of November 30, 2011, $4.47 billion of non-recourse notes payable were outstanding. The outstanding balance included $147.2 million classified as current portion of non-recourse notes payable, as this represents principal payments that have been collected, but will be distributed in the following period.

During the second quarter of fiscal 2012, we renewed our $800 million warehouse facility that was scheduled to expire in August 2011 for an additional 364-day term. The agreement temporarily increased the borrowing capacity under that facility by $400 million, which subsequently expired in September 2011 concurrent with the completion of the 2011-2 term securitization. As of November 30, 2011, the combined warehouse facility limit was $1.6 billion. At that date, $876.0 million of auto loan receivables were funded in the warehouse facilities and unused warehouse capacity totaled $724.0 million. Of the combined warehouse facility limit, $800 million will expire in February 2012 and $800 million will expire in August 2012.

The return requirements of investors in the bank conduits could fluctuate significantly depending on market conditions. At renewal, the cost, structure and capacity of the facilities could change. These changes could have a significant effect on our funding costs. See Notes 4 and 5 for further information on the related securitized auto loan receivables.