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FAIR VALUE (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Feb. 29, 2012

FAIR VALUE

Schedule of fair value hierarchy of financial assets and liabilities carried at fair value and measured on a recurring basis

(in thousands)

					Quoted Prices in			Significant Other			Significant
					Active Markets			Observable			Unobservable
		Fair Values at			for Identical Assets			Market Inputs			Inputs
Description		February 29, 2012			(Level 1)			(Level 2)			(Level 3)
Assets:
Money market accounts		$	801		$	801		$	-		$	-
Note receivable (1)		737			-			737			-
Total assets		$	1,538		$	801		$	737		$	-
Liabilities:
Long-term debt - fixed rate (1)		$	104,450		$	-		$	104,450		$	-
Long-term debt - floating rate		75,000			-			75,000			-
Interest rate swaps		8,553			-			8,553			-
Foreign currency contracts		163			-			163			-
Total liabilities		$	188,166		$	-		$	188,166		$	-

					Quoted Prices in			Significant Other			Significant
					Active Markets			Observable			Unobservable
		Fair Values at			for Identical Assets			Market Inputs			Inputs
Description		February 28, 2011			(Level 1)			(Level 2)			(Level 3)
Assets:
Money market accounts		$	6,435		$	6,435		$	-		$	-
Commercial paper		1,560			1,560			-			-
Mutual funds		1,233			1,233			-			-
Auction rate securities		20,711			-			-			20,711
Total assets		$	29,939		$	9,228		$	-		$	20,711
Liabilities:
Long-term debt - fixed rate (1)		$	104,650		$	-		$	104,650		$	-
Long-term debt - floating rate		125,000			-			125,000			-
Interest rate swaps		9,625			-			9,625			-
Foreign currency contracts		970			-			970			-
Total liabilities		$	240,245		$	-		$	240,245		$	-

(1)  Note receivable and debt values are reported at estimated fair value in this table, but are recorded in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets at the undiscounted value of remaining principal payments due.

Schedule of reconciliation of ARS measured and recorded at fair value on a recurring basis and other non-financial assets measured on a non-recurring basis using significant unobservable inputs (Level 3)

(in thousands)

			Fiscal Years Ended
			2012								2011
						Other								Other
						Non-Financial								Non-Financial
			ARS			Assets					ARS			Assets
Beginning balances			$	20,711		$	660,947				$	20,534		$	363,061
Total gains (losses):
Included in net income - realized			(626		)	(20,069		)			-			(11,858		)
Included in other comprehensive income - unrealized			1,213			-					527			-
Acquired during the period			-			178,676					-			309,984
Acquisition adjustments during the period			-			9,946					-			(240		)
Sales at par			(3,250		)	-					(350		)	-
Sales at fair value			(18,048		)	-					-			-
Ending balances			$	-		$	829,500				$	20,711		$	660,947
Cumulative unrealized losses relating to assets still held at each reporting date, net of taxes			$	-							$	(884	)

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- Definition

Tabular disclosure of the fair value measurement of assets on a recurring and non-recurring basis using significant unobservable inputs (Level 3), a reconciliation of the beginning and ending balances, separately presenting changes during the period attributable to the following: (1) total gains or losses for the period (realized and unrealized), segregating those gains or losses included in earnings (or changes in net assets) and gains or losses recognized in other comprehensive income, and a description of where those gains or losses included in earnings (or changes in net assets) are reported in the statement of income (or activities); (2) purchases, sales, issuances, and settlements (each type disclosed separately); and (3) transfers in and transfers out of Level 3 (for example, transfers due to changes in the observability of significant inputs), by class of asset.

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Tabular disclosure of assets and liabilities, including [financial] instruments measured at fair value that are classified in stockholders' equity, if any, that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis. The disclosures contemplated herein include the fair value measurements at the reporting date by the level within the fair value hierarchy in which the fair value measurements in their entirety fall, segregating fair value measurements using quoted prices in active markets for identical assets (Level 1), significant other observable inputs (Level 2), and significant unobservable inputs (Level 3).

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Topic 820

-SubTopic 10

-Publisher FASB

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification

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-Section 50

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6925170&loc=d3e19190-110258

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