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Share-Based Compensation (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Jan. 31, 2015
Share-Based Compensation Expense Included in Selling, General and Administrative Expenses in Consolidated Statements of Income | Share-based compensation expense, included in “Selling, general and administrative expenses” in the Consolidated Statements of Income, for the fiscal years ended January 31, 2015, 2014 and 2013 was as follows:
|  | Fiscal Year Ended January 31, |
|  | 2015 |  |  | 2014 |  |  | 2013 |
Stock Options |  | $ | 1,377 |  |  | $ | 2,621 |  |  | $ | 2,214 |
Stock Appreciation Rights |  |  | 2,244 |  |  |  | 2,918 |  |  |  | 2,578 |
Performance Stock Units (1)(2) |  |  | 12,991 |  |  |  | 9,956 |  |  |  | 6,124 |
Restricted Stock Units |  |  | 124 |  |  |  | 247 |  |  |  | (24 | )
Total |  | $ | 16,736 |  |  | $ | 15,742 |  |  | $ | 10,892 |
(1) | Includes the reversal of $1,396 of previously recognized compensation expense in fiscal 2015, related to 163,336 PSU’s that will not vest as the achievement of the related performance target is not probable.
(2) | Includes the reversal of $3,418 of previously recognized compensation expense in fiscal 2013, related to 320,200 PSU’s that will not vest as the achievement of the related performance target is not probable.
Assumptions Used to Estimate Fair Value of Stock Options | The following weighted-average assumptions were used in the Model to estimate the fair value of stock options at the date of grant:
|  | Fiscal Year Ended January 31, |
|  | 2015 |  |  | 2014 |  |  | 2013 |
Expected life, in years |  |  | 3.4 |  |  |  | 3.5 |  |  |  | 3.6 |
Risk-free interest rate |  |  | 1.1 | % |  |  | 0.6 | % |  |  | 0.5 | %
Volatility |  |  | 33.0 | % |  |  | 36.0 | % |  |  | 45.0 | %
Dividend rate |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |
Summary of Stock Option Activity | The following table summarizes the Company’s stock option activity for the fiscal year ended January 31, 2015:
|  | Shares |  |  | Weighted- Average Exercise Price |  |  | Weighted- Average Contractual Terms (years) |  |  | Aggregate Intrinsic Value |
Awards outstanding at beginning of year |  |  | 2,813,194 |  |  | $ | 31.55 |  |  |  | 2.3 |  |  |  | 14,502 |
Granted |  |  | 100,000 |  |  |  | 35.85 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Exercised |  |  | (422,187 | ) |  |  | 25.33 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Forfeited or Expired |  |  | (26,617 | ) |  |  | 40.56 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Awards outstanding at end of year |  |  | 2,464,390 |  |  |  | 32.69 |  |  |  | 1.6 |  |  | $ | 8,547 |
Awards outstanding expected to vest |  |  | 2,458,921 |  |  |  | 32.69 |  |  |  | 1.6 |  |  | $ | 8,120 |
Awards exercisable at end of year |  |  | 2,355,015 |  |  | $ | 32.54 |  |  |  | 1.6 |  |  | $ | 8,538 |
Summary of Information Concerning Outstanding and Exercisable Stock Options | The following table summarizes other information related to stock options during the years ended January 31, 2015, 2014 and 2013:
|  | Fiscal Year Ended January 31, |
|  | 2015 |  |  | 2014 |  |  | 2013 |
Weighted-average grant date fair value—per share |  | $ | 7.02 |  |  | $ | 9.67 |  |  | $ | 7.71 |
Intrinsic value of awards exercised |  | $ | 4,852 |  |  | $ | 30,450 |  |  | $ | 19,544 |
Net cash proceeds from the exercise of stock options |  | $ | 10,693 |  |  | $ | 35,218 |  |  | $ | 30,671 |
Weighted Average Assumptions Used to Estimate Fair Value of Stock Appreciation Right's at Date of Grant | The following weighted-average assumptions were used in the Model to estimate the fair value of SAR’s at the date of grant:
|  | Fiscal Year Ended January 31, |
|  | 2015 |  |  | 2014 |  |  | 2013 |
Expected life, in years |  |  | — |  |  |  | 5.6 |  |  |  | 5.0 |
Risk-free interest rate |  |  | — |  |  |  | 1.0 | % |  |  | 0.9 | %
Volatility |  |  | — |  |  |  | 46.0 | % |  |  | 48.2 | %
Dividend rate |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |
Summary of Stock Appreciation Right Activity | The following table summarizes the Company’s SAR activity for the fiscal year ended January 31, 2015:
|  | Awards |  |  | Weighted- Average Exercise Price |  |  | Weighted- Average Remaining Contractual Term (years) |  |  | Aggregate Intrinsic Value |
Awards outstanding at beginning of year |  |  | 1,102,475 |  |  | $ | 31.33 |  |  |  | 5.7 |  |  |  |  |
Granted |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Exercised |  |  | (75,650 | ) |  |  | 28.87 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Forfeited or Expired |  |  | (133,417 | ) |  |  | 35.70 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Awards outstanding at end of year |  |  | 893,408 |  |  |  | 30.89 |  |  |  | 4.6 |  |  | $ | 3,990 |
Awards outstanding expected to vest |  |  | 873,671 |  |  |  | 30.89 |  |  |  | 4.6 |  |  | $ | 3,791 |
Awards exercisable at end of year |  |  | 498,675 |  |  | $ | 30.57 |  |  |  | 4.6 |  |  | $ | 2,164 |
Summary of Other Information Related to SAR's | The following table summarizes other information related to SAR’s during the years ended January 31, 2015, 2014 and 2013:
|  | Fiscal Year Ended January 31, |
|  | 2015 |  |  | 2014 |  |  | 2013 |
Weighted-average grant date fair value—per share |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 14.11 |  |  | $ | 11.85 |
Intrinsic value of awards exercised |  | $ | 654 |  |  | $ | 848 |  |  | $ | — |
Summary of Performance Share Units Activity | The following table summarizes the Company’s PSU activity for the fiscal year ended January 31, 2015:
|  | Shares |  |  | Weighted- Average Fair Value |
Non-vested awards outstanding at beginning of year |  |  | 3,709,225 |  |  | $ | 20.48 |
Granted |  |  | 867,500 |  |  |  | 23.40 |
Vested |  |  | (278,324 | ) |  |  | 17.12 |
Forfeited |  |  | (306,192 | ) |  |  | 20.69 |
Non-vested awards outstanding at end of year |  |  | 3,992,209 |  |  | $ | 21.32 |
Summary of Restricted Stock Units Activity | The following table summarizes the Company’s RSU activity for the fiscal year ended January 31, 2015:
|  | Shares |  |  | Weighted- Average Fair Value |
Non-vested awards outstanding at beginning of year |  |  | 10,000 |  |  | $ | 39.06 |
Granted |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |
Vested |  |  | (5,000 | ) |  |  | 39.06 |
Forfeited |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |
Non-vested awards outstanding at end of year |  |  | 5,000 |  |  | $ | 39.06 |

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