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Defined Benefit Plans (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Jan. 31, 2015
Compensation and Retirement Disclosure [Abstract] |
Schedule of net periodic defined benefit pension cost and other charges to comprehensive income (loss) | The components of net periodic defined benefit pension cost to comprehensive income (loss) for fiscal 2015, fiscal 2014 and fiscal 2013 related to the SERP were as follows (in thousands):
| Year Ended |  | Year Ended |  | Year Ended
| Jan 31, 2015 |  | Feb 1, 2014 |  | Feb 2, 2013
Interest cost | $ | 2,289 |  |  | $ | 2,345 |  |  | $ | 2,392 |
Net amortization of unrecognized prior service (credit) cost | (233 | ) |  | 194 |  |  | 620 |
Net amortization of actuarial losses | 938 |  |  | 1,108 |  |  | 3,340 |
Net periodic defined benefit pension cost | $ | 2,994 |  |  | $ | 3,647 |  |  | $ | 6,352 |
Unrecognized prior service (credit) cost charged to comprehensive income (loss) | $ | (233 | ) |  | $ | 194 |  |  | $ | 620 |
Unrecognized net actuarial loss charged to comprehensive income (loss) | 938 |  |  | 1,108 |  |  | 3,340 |
Actuarial gains (losses) | (6,142 | ) |  | 1,751 |  |  | 3,508 |
Plan amendment | — |  |  | 4,529 |  |  | — |
Related tax impact | 2,080 |  |  | (2,963 | ) |  | (2,855 | )
Total periodic defined benefit pension cost and other charges to comprehensive income (loss) | $ | (3,357 | ) |  | $ | 4,619 |  |  | $ | 4,613 |
Schedule of accumulated other comprehensive income (loss), before tax, that have not yet been recognized in net periodic defined benefit pension cost | Included in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss), before tax, as of January 31, 2015 and February 1, 2014 were the following amounts that have not yet been recognized in net periodic defined benefit pension cost (in thousands):
| Jan 31, 2015 |  | Feb 1, 2014
Unrecognized prior service credit (1) | $ | (1,748 | ) |  | $ | (1,981 | )
Unrecognized net actuarial loss | 18,178 |  |  | 12,974 |
Total included in accumulated other comprehensive loss | $ | 16,430 |  |  | $ | 10,993 |
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(1) | During fiscal 2014, the Company amended the SERP to limit the amount of eligible wages under the plan that count toward the SERP benefit for the active participant. As a result, unrecognized prior service cost was reduced by $4.5 million during fiscal 2014.
Schedule of SERP's funded status and the amounts recognized in the Company's 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):
| Jan 31, 2015 |  | Feb 1, 2014
Projected benefit obligation (1) | $ | (61,862 | ) |  | $ | (54,704 | )
Plan assets at fair value (2) | — |  |  | — |
Net liability | $ | (61,862 | ) |  | $ | (54,704 | )
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(1) | The projected benefit obligation was included in accrued expenses and other long-term liabilities in the Company’s consolidated balance sheets depending on the expected timing of payments.
(2) | 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 $53.6 million and $51.4 million as of January 31, 2015 and February 1, 2014, respectively.
Schedule of reconciliation of the changes in the projected benefit obligation | A reconciliation of the changes in the projected benefit obligation for fiscal 2015 and fiscal 2014 is as follows (in thousands):
| Projected Benefit Obligation
Balance at February 2, 2013 | $ | 58,639 |
Interest cost | 2,345 |
Plan amendment | (4,529 | )
Actuarial gains | (1,751 | )
Balance at February 1, 2014 | $ | 54,704 |
Interest cost | 2,289 |
Actuarial losses | 6,142 |
Payments | (1,273 | )
Balance at January 31, 2015 | $ | 61,862 |

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