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FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS | 12 Months Ended
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Jan. 31, 2012
Financial Instruments Disclosure [Text Block] |
11. | FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS
| The Company uses interest rate swaps to manage its interest rate exposure at One Earth by fixing the interest rate on a portion of the variable rate debt. The Company does not engage in trading activities involving derivative contracts for which a lack of marketplace quotations would necessitate the use of fair value estimation techniques. As of January 31, 2012, the notional value of the interest rate swap was approximately $41.8 million. At January 31, 2012, the Company has recorded a liability of approximately $4.2 million related to the fair value of the swap. The change in fair value was recorded in the Consolidated Statements of Operations. The notional amounts and fair values of derivatives, all of which are not designated as cash flow hedges at January 31, 2012 are summarized in the table below (amounts in thousands):
|  |  | Notional Amount |  |  | Fair Value Liability |
Interest rate swaps |  | $ | 41,824 |  | $ | 4,235 |
| The notional amounts and fair values of derivatives, all of which are not designated as cash flow hedges at January 31, 2011 are summarized in the table below (amounts in thousands):
|  |  | Notional Amount |  |  | Fair Value Liability |
Interest rate swaps |  | $ | 68,138 |  | $ | 5,523 |
| As the interest rate swap is not designated as a cash flow hedge, the realized and unrealized gains and losses on the derivative instruments is reported in current earnings. The Company reported losses of approximately $1,148,000 $2,116,000 and $2,487,000, in fiscal years 2011, 2010 and 2009, respectively.
| Swap settlement payments to the counterparty totaled approximately $2,436,000, $2,477,000 and $2,510,000 in fiscal years 2011, 2010 and 2009, respectively.

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- Definition The entire disclosure for financial instruments. This disclosure includes, but is not limited to, fair value measurements of short and long term marketable securities, international currencies forward contracts, and auction rate securities. Financial instruments may include hedging and non-hedging currency exchange instruments, derivatives, securitizations and securities available for sale at fair value. Also included are investment results, realized and unrealized gains and losses as well as impairments and risk management disclosures. + References No definition available. + Details
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