STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY

12 Months Ended

Jan. 31, 2016

STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY [Abstract]

STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY

4. STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

Common Stock

The Company has two classes of common stock. Each share of Class B Common Stock entitles the holder to one vote and each share of Class A Common Stock entitles the holder to 1/20th of one vote. On all matters, the Class A Common Stock and the Class B Common Stock will vote as a single class, except as otherwise required by applicable law or the articles of incorporation. Neither the Class A Common Stock nor the Class B Common Stock will be convertible into the other, and there will be no restrictions on the transferability of either class.

The amount of any dividend payable in cash or non-cash property of the Company (other than a dividend payable solely in the Company’s capital stock) with respect to each share of Class A Common Stock is equal to 120% of the value of any such dividend payable with respect to a share of Class B Common Stock, except for dividends declared for the purpose of distributing all or some of the proceeds received by the Company from any transaction determined by the Board to be a material transaction not in the ordinary course of business or for the purpose of effecting a spin-off of a subsidiary of the Company (in either case, such dividend will be paid ratably, on a per share basis, to all holders of Common Stock).

Issuance of Common Stock

On January 22, 2015, the Company closed an offering of 2,000,000 shares of Class A common stock. The net proceeds to the Company from the sale of the stock were $37.0 million after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and offering expenses. 

On February 18, 2015 the offering underwriters exercised in full an option to purchase additional shares.  As a result, 450,000 shares of Class A common stock were issued generating approximately $8.4 million in additional net proceeds.

Dividends

The following table sets forth the dividends declared and paid by the Company during fiscal 2016: 

Declaration Date	Record Date	Payable	Dividend Class A		Dividend Class B		Amount
12/9/2015	12/23/2015	1/6/2016	$	0.072	$	0.06	$	1,313,000
9/9/2015	9/23/2015	9/30/2015	$	0.072	$	0.06	$	1,313,000
6/9/2015	6/23/2015	6/30/2015	$	0.072	$	0.06	$	1,310,000
4/15/2015	4/29/2015	5/6/2015	$	0.072	$	0.06	$	1,299,000

Stock Repurchase Activity

In September 2011, the Company’s Board of Directors approved a stock repurchase plan in which up to one million shares could be repurchased. Since the inception of the plan, the Company has repurchased 897,000 and 103,000 shares of the Company’s Class A and Class B common stock, respectively, for total cash consideration of $12.5 million including fees. As of March 2013, all shares authorized under the plan have been repurchased and the plan was closed.