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Repurchase of Helen of Troy Common Stock

6 Months Ended

Aug. 31, 2012

Repurchase of Helen of Troy Common Stock

Repurchase of Helen of Troy Common Stock

Note 13 – Repurchase of Helen of Troy Common Stock

As of August 31, 2012, we are authorized by our Board of Directors to purchase up to 3,019,071 shares of common stock in the open market or through private transactions. Our current equity compensation plans include provisions that allow for the “cashless exercise” of stock options by all plan participants. In a cashless exercise, any required payroll taxes, federal withholding taxes and exercise price of the shares due from the option holder can be paid for by having the option holder tender back to the Company a number of shares at fair value equal to the amounts due. Cashless exercises are accounted for by the Company as a purchase and retirement of shares.

For the periods covered in the accompanying consolidated condensed financial statements, there was no open market repurchase activity; however, common stock option exercises and director stock compensation resulted in the following share repurchases:

SHARE REPURCHASES
		Three Months Ended August 31,								Six Months Ended August 31,
			2012			2011					2012			2011
Common stock received from stock option exercises
Number of shares			2,595			1,040,079					47,039			1,066,262
Aggregate market value of shares (in thousands)			$	82		$	37,345				$	1,558		$	38,182
Average price per share			$	31.46		$	35.91				$	33.11		$	35.81
Common stock received from director stock compensation
Number of shares			1,122			-					2,244			-
Aggregate market value of shares (in thousands)			$	34		$	-				$	72		$	-
Average price per share			$	30.30		$	-				$	32.04		$	-

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The entire disclosure for an entity's treasury stock, including the average cost per share, carrying basis for each class of treasury stock, description of share repurchase program authorized by an entity's board of directors, the number of shares repurchased, the cost of the shares repurchased, the remaining maximum dollar value of shares available for repurchase under the program, the treatment of the purchase price in excess of the current market value, number of shares held for each class of treasury stock, and other information necessary to a fair presentation.

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