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Debt and Credit Agreements (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Jan. 28, 2012
Debt and Credit Agreements Disclosure [Abstract] |
Major components of outstanding debt | The major components of the Company's outstanding debt are as follows (in thousands):
|  | January 28, 2012 |  | January 29, 2011
April 2011 Notes |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 500,000 |
October 2012 Notes |  | 332,617 |  |  | 325,000 |
January 2014 Notes |  | 1,525,003 |  |  | 1,500,000 |
Lines of credit |  | 170,745 |  |  | 218,689 |
Capital lease obligations and other notes payable |  | 9,815 |  |  | 13,701 |
|  | 2,038,180 |  |  | 2,557,390 |
Fair value adjustments on hedged debt |  | — |  |  | 44,373 |
Less: Current portion |  | (439,143 | ) |  | (587,356 | )
Net long-term debt |  | $ | 1,599,037 |  |  | $ | 2,014,407 |
Aggregate annual maturities of long-term debt and capital lease obligations | Aggregate annual maturities of long-term debt and capital lease obligations are as follows (in thousands):
Fiscal Year: | Total
2012 | $ | 439,143 |
2013 | 1,596,980 |
2014 | 620 |
2015 | 416 |
2016 | 316 |
Thereafter | 705 |
| $ | 2,038,180 |

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