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Shareholders' Equity
 12 Months Ended
Jan. 31, 2014
Shareholders' Equity

10. Shareholders’ Equity

On August 27, 2013, the Company’s Board of Directors authorized the repurchase of 10,000,000 common shares under a share repurchase program. During the fiscal year ended January 31, 2014, the Company repurchased and subsequently retired 300,300 common shares at a total cost of $10,695, or an average cost of $35.61 per share, including commissions.

On February 28, 2006, the Company’s Board of Directors approved a stock repurchase program which authorized the Company to repurchase up to 8,000,000 common shares. On November 16, 2010 and August 25, 2011, the Company’s Board of Directors approved two separate stock repurchase authorizations of 10,000,000 additional common shares. These additional authorizations supplemented the Company’s 2006 repurchase program. The Company repurchased all of the remaining outstanding shares available under these authorizations during fiscal 2012. The Company repurchased and subsequently retired 20,491,530 common shares at a total cost of $538,311, or an average cost of $26.27 per share, including commissions, during the fiscal year ended January 31, 2012. As a result of the share repurchase activity, the Company reduced the balance of additional paid-in-capital to zero during the fiscal year ended January 31, 2012 with subsequent share repurchase activity recorded as a reduction of retained earnings. During the fiscal year ended January 31, 2012, the Company reduced retained earnings by $501,676 related to these share repurchases.

 

In addition to the shares repurchased under the share repurchase program, during the fiscal years ended January 31, 2014 and January 31, 2012 the Company acquired and subsequently retired 9,520 and 282,813 common shares at a total cost of $397 and $7,167, respectively, from employees to meet minimum statutory tax withholding requirements.

Subsequent to January 31, 2014, the Company repurchased and retired 4,523,220 common shares at a total cost of $162,000 or an average cost of $35.83 per share, including commissions.