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LONG-TERM DEBT (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Feb. 29, 2016
LONG-TERM DEBT |
Summary of long-term debt |
|  | Original |  |  |  |  |  |  |
|  | Date |  | Interest |  |  |  | Last Day of February,
|  | Borrowed |  | Rates |  | Matures |  | 2016 |  | 2015
$37.61 million unsecured loan with the Mississippi Business Finance Corporation (the "MBFC Loan"), interest is set and payable quarterly at a Base Rate, plus a margin of up to 1.00%, or applicable LIBOR plus a margin of up to 2.00%, as determined by the interest rate elected and the Leverage Ratio. Loan subject to holder's call on or after March 1, 2018. Loan can be prepaid without penalty. (1) |  | 03/13 |  | Floating |  | 03/23 |  | $ | 33,807 |  | $ | 35,707
$100 million unsecured Senior Notes payable at a fixed interest rate of 3.90%. Interest payable semi-annually. Annual principal payments of $20 million began in January 2014. Prepayment of notes are subject to a "make whole" premium. |  | 01/11 |  | 3.90 | % | 01/18 |  |  | 40,000 |  |  | 60,000
Credit Agreement |  | 01/15 |  | Floating |  | 01/20 |  |  | 550,100 |  |  | 337,500
Total long-term debt |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 623,907 |  |  | 433,207
Less current maturities of long-term debt |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | (23,800) |  |  | (21,900)
Long-term debt, excluding current maturities |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ | 600,107 |  | $ | 411,307
| (1) |  | $1.90 million in principal payments were made on March 1, 2015 and 2014, respectively. The remaining loan balance is payable as follows: $3.80 million on March 1, 2016; $5.70 million on March 1, 2017; $1.90 million on March 1, 2018 through 2022; and $14.81 million on March 1, 2023. Any remaining outstanding principal and interest is due upon maturity on March 1, 2023.
Schedule of interest rates on credit agreement | INTEREST RATES ON CREDIT AGREEMENT (in thousands)
|  | Fiscal Years Ended the Last Day of February, |
|  | 2016 |  | 2015 |  | 2014 |
Average borrowings outstanding (1) |  | $ | 399,800 |  | $ | 300,280 |  | $ | 29,680 |
Average interest rate during each year (2) |  |  | 1.6 | % |  | 2.5 | % |  | 1.3 | %
Interest rate range during each year |  |  | 1.4 - 4.0 | % |  | 1.9 - 4.4 | % |  | 1.2 - 3.6 | %
Weighted average interest rates on borrowings outstanding at year end |  |  | 2.8 | % |  | 1.9 | % |  | 0.0 | %
(1)Average borrowings outstanding is computed as the average of the current and four prior quarters ending balances of our credit facility. (2) The average interest rate during each year is computed by dividing the total interest expense associated with our credit facility for a fiscal year by the average borrowings outstanding for the same fiscal year.
Summary of components of interest expense | INTEREST EXPENSE (in thousands)
|  | Fiscal Years Ended the Last Day of February,
|  | 2016 |  | 2015 |  | 2014
Interest and commitment fees |  | $ | 9,949 |  | $ | 11,958 |  | $ | 5,610
Deferred finance costs |  |  | 1,158 |  |  | 1,846 |  |  | 911
Interest rate swap settlements, net |  |  | - |  |  | 1,218 |  |  | 3,672
Cross-currency debt swap |  |  | (11) |  |  | - |  |  | -
Total interest expense |  | $ | 11,096 |  | $ | 15,022 |  | $ | 10,193

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