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Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Jan. 28, 2012
Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan |
Schedule of periodic costs and other charges to comprehensive income |
|  | Year Ended Jan. 28, 2012 |  | Year Ended Jan. 29, 2011 |  | Year Ended Jan. 30, 2010 |
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Service cost |  | $ | — |  | $ | 69 |  | $ | 213 |
Interest cost |  |  | 2,641 |  |  | 2,177 |  |  | 2,053 |
Net amortization of unrecognized prior service cost |  |  | 940 |  |  | 1,195 |  |  | 1,743 |
Net amortization of actuarial losses |  |  | 2,048 |  |  | 619 |  |  | — |
Curtailment expense |  |  | 1,242 |  |  | 5,819 |  |  | — |
Net periodic defined benefit pension cost |  | $ | 6,871 |  | $ | 9,879 |  | $ | 4,009 |
Unrecognized prior service cost charged to comprehensive income |  | $ | 940 |  | $ | 1,195 |  | $ | 1,743 |
Unrecognized net actuarial loss charged to comprehensive income |  |  | 2,048 |  |  | 619 |  |  | — |
Actuarial losses |  |  | (9,342 | ) |  | (8,361 | ) |  | (5,569 | )
Curtailment expense |  |  | 1,242 |  |  | 5,819 |  |  | — |
Related tax impact |  |  | 2,057 |  |  | 251 |  |  | 1,435 |
Total periodic costs and other charges to comprehensive income |  | $ | (3,055 | ) | $ | (477 | ) | $ | (2,391 | )
Schedule of accumulated other comprehensive income, before tax, that have not yet been recognized in net periodic benefit cost |
|  | Jan. 28, 2012 |  | Jan. 29, 2011 |
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Unrecognized prior service cost |  | $ | 3,363 |  | $ | 5,545 |
Unrecognized net actuarial loss |  |  | 22,681 |  |  | 15,387 |
Net balance sheet impact |  | $ | 26,044 |  | $ | 20,932 |
Schedule of SERP's funded status and the amount recognized in consolidated balance sheets |
|  | Jan. 28, 2012 |  | Jan. 29, 2011 |
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Projected benefit obligation |  | $ | (59,755 | ) | $ | (47,772 | )
Plan assets at fair value(1) |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Net liability (included in other long-term liabilities) |  | $ | (59,755 | ) | $ | (47,772 | )
(1) The SERP is a non-qualified pension plan and hence the insurance policies are not considered to be plan assets. Accordingly, the table above does not include the insurance policies with cash surrender values of $38.4 million and $32.9 million at January 28, 2012 and January 29, 2011, respectively.
Schedule of reconciliation of the changes in the projected benefit obligation |
|  | Projected Benefit Obligation |
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Balance at January 30, 2010 |  | $ | 37,165 |
Service cost |  |  | 69 |
Interest cost |  |  | 2,177 |
Actuarial losses |  |  | 8,361 |
Balance at January 29, 2011 |  | $ | 47,772 |
Interest cost |  |  | 2,641 |
Actuarial losses |  |  | 9,342 |
Balance at January 28, 2012 |  | $ | 59,755 |

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