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Equity Based Employee Benefit Plans (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Jan. 28, 2012
Equity Based Employee Benefit Plans Disclosure [Abstract] |
Informatioin with respect to stock options granted | Information with respect to stock options granted under the above plans is as follows:
|  | Number of Shares |  | Weighted-Average Exercise Price Per Share |  | Weighted-Average Remaining Contractual Term in Years |  | Aggregate Intrinsic Value (1) (in thousands)
Outstanding at January 29, 2011 |  | 44,813,257 |  |  | $ | 19.86 |  |  |  |  |
Granted |  | 6,086,065 |  |  | 15.90 |  |  |  |  |
Exercised |  | (3,251,293 | ) |  | 11.31 |  |  |  |  |
Canceled |  | (1,652,681 | ) |  | 21.27 |  |  |  |  |
Outstanding at January 28, 2012 |  | 45,995,348 |  |  | $ | 19.89 |  |  | 5.35 |  |  | $ | 18,713 |
Exercisable at January 28, 2012 |  | 32,768,260 |  |  | $ | 20.51 |  |  | 4.11 |  |  | $ | 18,103 |
Vested or expected to vest at January 28, 2012 |  | 44,393,242 |  |  | $ | 19.94 |  |  | 5.25 |  |  | $ | 18,711 |
(1) | The intrinsic value of the nonqualified stock options is the amount by which the market value of the underlying stock exceeds the exercise price of an option.
Fair value of options granted, weighted average assumptions | The fair value of options granted in each year was estimated at the date of grant using the following weighted-average assumptions:
|  | 2011 |  | 2010 |  | 2009
Risk free interest rate |  | 2.1 | % |  | 2.3 | % |  | 2.1 | %
Expected dividend yield |  | 1.4 | % |  | 1.3 | % |  | 1.1 | %
Expected stock volatility |  | 28 | % |  | 31 | % |  | 35 | %
Expected life of options |  | 5.5 years |  |  | 5.4 years |  |  | 5.3 years |
Summary of the grants of Restricted Stock | The following table summarizes the Company's grants of Restricted Shares in 2011:
|  | Number of Shares |  | Weighted-Average Grant Date Fair Value Per Share
Nonvested at January 29, 2011 |  | 14,271,158 |  |  | $ | 20.62 |
Granted |  | 8,377,845 |  |  | 15.93 |
Vested |  | (4,519,697 | ) |  | 21.72 |
Canceled |  | (1,330,044 | ) |  | 18.78 |
Nonvested at January 28, 2012 |  | 16,799,262 |  |  | $ | 18.13 |

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of the number and weighted-average grant date fair value for restricted stock units that were outstanding at the beginning and end of the year, and the number of restricted stock units that were granted, vested, or forfeited during the year. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Topic 718 -SubTopic 10 -Publisher FASB -Number -Article -Subparagraph (c)(1) -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Paragraph 2 -Section 50 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6415400&loc=d3e5070-113901 + Details
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- Definition Tabular disclosure of the number and weighted-average exercise prices (or conversion ratios) for share options (or share units) that were outstanding at the beginning and end of the year, vested and expected to vest, exercisable or convertible at the end of the year, and the number of share options or share units that were granted, exercised or converted, forfeited, and expired during the year. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Topic 718 -SubTopic 10 -Publisher FASB -Number -Article -Subparagraph (c)(1) -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Paragraph 2 -Section 50 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6415400&loc=d3e5070-113901 + Details
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- Definition Tabular disclosure of the significant assumptions used during the year to estimate the fair value of stock options, including, but not limited to: (a) expected term of share options and similar instruments, (b) expected volatility of the entity's shares, (c) expected dividends, (d) risk-free rate(s), and (e) discount for post-vesting restrictions. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Topic 718 -SubTopic 10 -Publisher FASB -Number -Article -Subparagraph (f)(2) -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Paragraph 2 -Section 50 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6415400&loc=d3e5070-113901 + Details
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