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Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Feb. 02, 2013
Compensation and Retirement Disclosure [Abstract] |
Schedule of periodic costs and other charges to comprehensive income | The components of net periodic pension cost to comprehensive income for fiscal 2013, fiscal 2012 and fiscal 2011 were as follows (in thousands):
| Year Ended |  | Year Ended |  | Year Ended
| Feb 2, 2013 |  | Jan 28, 2012 |  | Jan 29, 2011
Service cost | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 69 |
Interest cost | 2,392 |  |  | 2,641 |  |  | 2,177 |
Net amortization of unrecognized prior service cost | 620 |  |  | 940 |  |  | 1,195 |
Net amortization of actuarial losses | 3,340 |  |  | 2,048 |  |  | 619 |
Curtailment expense | — |  |  | 1,242 |  |  | 5,819 |
Net periodic defined benefit pension cost | $ | 6,352 |  |  | $ | 6,871 |  |  | $ | 9,879 |
Unrecognized prior service cost charged to comprehensive income | $ | 620 |  |  | $ | 940 |  |  | $ | 1,195 |
Unrecognized net actuarial loss charged to comprehensive income | 3,340 |  |  | 2,048 |  |  | 619 |
Actuarial gains (losses) | 3,508 |  |  | (9,342 | ) |  | (8,361 | )
Curtailment expense | — |  |  | 1,242 |  |  | 5,819 |
Related tax impact | (2,855 | ) |  | 2,057 |  |  | 251 |
Total periodic costs and other charges to comprehensive income | $ | 4,613 |  |  | $ | (3,055 | ) |  | $ | (477 | )
Schedule of accumulated other comprehensive income, before tax, that have not yet been recognized in net periodic benefit cost | Included in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss), before tax, as of February 2, 2013 and January 28, 2012 were the following amounts that have not yet been recognized in net periodic benefit cost (in thousands):
| Feb 2, 2013 |  | Jan 28, 2012
Unrecognized prior service cost | $ | 2,742 |  |  | $ | 3,363 |
Unrecognized net actuarial loss | 15,832 |  |  | 22,681 |
Total included in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) | $ | 18,574 |  |  | $ | 26,044 |
Schedule of SERP's funded status and the amount recognized in consolidated balance sheets | The following chart summarizes the SERP’s funded status and the amounts recognized in the Company’s consolidated balance sheets (in thousands):
| Feb 2, 2013 |  | Jan 28, 2012
Projected benefit obligation | $ | (58,639 | ) |  | $ | (59,755 | )
Plan assets at fair value (1) | — |  |  | — |
Net liability (included in other long-term liabilities) | $ | (58,639 | ) |  | $ | (59,755 | )
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(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 $47.9 million and $38.4 million at February 2, 2013 and January 28, 2012, respectively.
Schedule of reconciliation of the changes in the projected benefit obligation | A reconciliation of the changes in the projected benefit obligation for fiscal 2013 and fiscal 2012 is as follows (in thousands):
| Projected Benefit Obligation
Balance at January 29, 2011 | $ | 47,772 |
Interest cost | 2,641 |
Actuarial losses | 9,342 |
Balance at January 28, 2012 | $ | 59,755 |
Interest cost | 2,392 |
Actuarial gains | (3,508 | )
Balance at February 2, 2013 | $ | 58,639 |

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