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Savings Plans | 12 Months Ended
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Jan. 28, 2012
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(13) Savings Plans The Company established the Guess?, Inc. Savings Plan (the "Savings Plan") under Section 401(k) of the Internal Revenue Code. Under the Savings Plan, employees ("associates") may contribute up to 100% of their compensation per year subject to the elective limits as defined by IRS guidelines, and the Company may make matching contributions in amounts not to exceed 3.0% of the associates' annual compensation. Investment selections consist of mutual funds and do not include any Company common stock. The Company's contributions to the Savings Plan for fiscal 2012, fiscal 2011 and fiscal 2010 amounted to $1.2 million, $1.1 million and $1.1 million, respectively. Effective January 1, 2006, the Company adopted a Non-qualified Deferred Compensation Plan (the "DCP"). Under the DCP, select employees who satisfy certain eligibility requirements and members of the Board of Directors may make annual irrevocable elections to defer a portion of their base compensation and/or bonuses. The deferred amounts and earnings thereon are payable to participants at specified future distribution dates, upon termination of employment, retirement, disability, death or change in control of the Company, in a lump sum or installments, pursuant to elections under the rules of the DCP. The participants to the DCP have an unsecured contractual commitment by the Company to pay the amounts due under the DCP. The Company has purchased corporate-owned life insurance, which is held in a rabbi trust, to offset this liability. The assets held in the rabbi trust are not available for general corporate purposes except in the event of bankruptcy of the Company. All earnings and expenses of the rabbi trust are reported in the Company's consolidated statement of income in other income and expenses. For fiscal 2012, fiscal 2011 and fiscal 2010, the Company incurred (losses) gains of $(0.1) million, $0.7 million and $3.6 million, respectively, related to the change in the value of the insurance policy investments. The deferred compensation liability as of January 28, 2012 and January 29, 2011 was $6.8 million and $6.5 million, respectively. The related long-term asset was $12.3 million as of both January 28, 2012 and January 29, 2011.

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