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LONG-TERM DEBT (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Feb. 28, 2013
LONG-TERM DEBT |
Summary of long-term debt | (dollars in thousands)
|  | Original |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
|  | Date |  | Interest |  |  |  |  | February 28, |  |  | February 29, |
|  | Borrowed |  | Rates |  | Matures |  |  | 2013 |  |  | 2012 |
$15 million unsecured Senior Note payable at a fixed interest rate of 7.24%. Interest payable quarterly. Annual principal payments of $3 million began in July 2008. Paid in full in July 2012. |  | 07/97 |  | 7.24% |  | 07/12 |  |  | $ | - |  |  | $ | 3,000 |
$75 million unsecured floating interest rate 10 year Senior Notes. Interest set and payable quarterly at three-month LIBOR plus 90 basis points. Principal is due at maturity. Notes can be prepaid without penalty. (1) |  | 06/04 |  | 6.01% |  | 06/14 |  |  | 75,000 |  |  | 75,000 |
$100 million unsecured Senior Notes payable at a fixed interest rate of 3.90%. Interest payable semi-annually. Annual principal payments of $20 million begin in January 2014. Prepayment of notes are subject to a “make whole” premium. |  | 01/11 |  | 3.90% |  | 01/18 |  |  | 100,000 |  |  | 100,000 |
Total long-term debt |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 175,000 |  |  | 178,000 |
Less current maturities of long-term debt |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | (20,000 | ) |  | (3,000 | )
Long-term debt, excluding current maturities |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ | 155,000 |  |  | $ | 175,000 |
(1) Floating interest rates have been hedged with an interest rate swap to effectively fix interest rates. Additional information regarding the swap is provided in Note (12) to these consolidated financial statements.
Summary of components of interest expense | (in thousands)
|  | Fiscal Years Ended the Last Day of February, |
|  | 2013 |  |  | 2012 |  | 2011 |
Interest and commitment fees |  | $ | 8,858 |  |  | $ | 7,670 |  | $ | 3,268 |
Deferred finance costs |  | 903 |  |  | 823 |  | 428 |
Interest rate swap settlements, net |  | 3,584 |  |  | 4,424 |  | 5,997 |
Total interest expense |  | $ | 13,345 |  |  | $ | 12,917 |  | $ | 9,693 |

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