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FAIR VALUE (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Feb. 28, 2014

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
					Active Markets			Observable
		Fair Values at			for Identical Assets			Market Inputs
Description		February 28, 2014			(Level 1)			(Level 2)
Assets:
Money market accounts		$	1,549		$	1,549		$	-
Total assets		$	1,549		$	1,549		$	-
Liabilities:
Long-term debt - fixed rate (1)		$	83,951		$	-		$	83,951
Long-term debt - floating rate		112,607			-			112,607
Interest rate swaps and foreign currency contracts		1,596			-			1,596
Total liabilities		$	198,154		$	-		$	198,154

					Quoted Prices in			Significant Other
					Active Markets			Observable
		Fair Values at			for Identical Assets			Market Inputs
Description		February 28, 2013			(Level 1)			(Level 2)
Assets:
Money market accounts		$	1,091		$	1,091		$	-
Foreign currency contracts		496			-			496
Total assets		$	1,587		$	1,091		$	496
Liabilities:
Long-term debt - fixed rate (1)		$	105,725		$	-		$	105,725
Long-term debt - floating rate		75,000			-			75,000
Interest rate swaps		4,824			-			4,824
Total liabilities		$	185,549		$	-		$	185,549

(1)  Debt values are reported at estimated fair value in these tables but are recorded in the accompanying consolidated

balance sheets at the undiscounted value of remaining principal payments due.

Schedule of reconciliation of other non-financial assets measured on a non-recurring basis using significant unobservable inputs (Level 3)

(in thousands)
		Fiscal Years Ended
		2014			2013
Beginning balances		$	808,869		$	829,500
Total gains / income (losses / expense):
Included in net income - realized		(33,403)			(22,400		)
Acquired during the period		339			778
Acquisition adjustments and retirements during the period		(255)			991
Ending balances		$	775,550		$	808,869

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- Definition

Tabular disclosure of the nonrecurring fair value measurement of assets 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 (loss), 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, issues, 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

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 820

-SubTopic 10

-Section 50

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