Income Taxes	9 Months Ended
Nov. 30, 2014
Income Taxes
Income Taxes	Note 12 - Income Taxes Income tax expense for the fiscal quarter and year-to-date ended November 30, 2014 was 9.2 and 10.7 percent of income before income taxes, respectively, compared to 20.0 and 19.0 percent, respectively, for the same periods last year. The year-over-year comparison of our effective tax rates was primarily impacted by shifts in the mix of taxable income in our various tax jurisdictions. In the fiscal quarter ended November 30, 2014, the Company also recorded a $0.85 million tax benefit associated with a net reduction in the valuation allowance for net operating loss carryforwards and a $0.52 million tax benefit resulting from the finalization of certain tax returns. In addition, during the fiscal quarter ended August 31, 2014, the Company recorded a tax benefit of $2.07 million related to the resolution of an uncertain tax position with a foreign tax authority, resulting in a lower effective tax rate for the fiscal year-to-date ended November 30, 2014 when compared to the same period last year. The gain from the amendment of the license agreement with Honeywell International Inc. described in Note 9 also decreased our effective tax rate by 1.2 and 0.8 percentage points for the fiscal quarter and year-to-date ended November 30, 2014, respectively. Our effective tax rates were unfavorably impacted by asset impairment charges of $9.00 million for the fiscal quarter ended May 31, 2014, and $12.05 million for the fiscal quarter ended May 31, 2013, for which the related tax benefits were $0.86 and $0.02 million, respectively.

Income Taxes

9 Months Ended

Nov. 30, 2014

Note 12 - Income Taxes

Income tax expense for the fiscal quarter and year-to-date ended November 30, 2014 was 9.2 and 10.7 percent of income before income taxes, respectively, compared to 20.0 and 19.0 percent, respectively, for the same periods last year. The year-over-year comparison of our effective tax rates was primarily impacted by shifts in the mix of taxable income in our various tax jurisdictions. In the fiscal quarter ended November 30, 2014, the Company also recorded a $0.85 million tax benefit associated with a net reduction in the valuation allowance for net operating loss carryforwards and a $0.52 million tax benefit resulting from the finalization of certain tax returns. In addition, during the fiscal quarter ended August 31, 2014, the Company recorded a tax benefit of $2.07 million related to the resolution of an uncertain tax position with a foreign tax authority, resulting in a lower effective tax rate for the fiscal year-to-date ended November 30, 2014 when compared to the same period last year. The gain from the amendment of the license agreement with Honeywell International Inc. described in Note 9 also decreased our effective tax rate by 1.2 and 0.8 percentage points for the fiscal quarter and year-to-date ended November 30, 2014, respectively. Our effective tax rates were unfavorably impacted by asset impairment charges of $9.00 million for the fiscal quarter ended May 31, 2014, and $12.05 million for the fiscal quarter ended May 31, 2013, for which the related tax benefits were $0.86 and $0.02 million, respectively.