(12)	Benefit Plans

Our 401(k) plan permits full-time employees who have attained age 21 and part-time employees who have worked a minimum of 1,000 hours in a year and have attained age 21 to participate in the 401(k) plan and elect to contribute up to 25% of their salary, subject to federal limitations, to the plan. Employer contributions include a quarterly guaranteed match of 25% of employee contributions up to a maximum of 6% deferral of compensation and are allocated solely to those employees who are participating in the plan and are employed on the last day of the plan quarter or who became disabled or have died or retired during the plan quarter. Also included is a discretionary match based on specific criteria reviewed every fiscal six-month period by management and approved by the Board of Directors. This discretionary match is allocated solely to those employees who are participating in the plan and are employed on the last day of the six-month period. Discretionary matching amounts are not material to the financial statements or results of operations. Amounts expensed related to the 401(k) plan were approximately $0.2 million, $0.3 million, and $0.2 million for fiscal 2013, 2012, and 2011, respectively.

Our Associate Stock Ownership Plan (“ASOP”) permits full-time employees who have attained age 21 and completed one year of service and part-time employees who have worked a minimum of 1,000 hours in a year and have attained age 21 to participate in the ASOP. Employer contributions are determined at the discretion of the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors elected not to contribute to the ASOP during fiscal years 2013, 2012 or 2011, nor do they plan to contribute to the plan during fiscal 2014. The contribution is based on a percentage of participants’ eligible compensation. Common shares held by the ASOP were 323,266, 350,372, and 352,414, at January 31, 2014, 2013, and 2012, respectively. Shares issued and held under the ASOP are included as outstanding shares for the purposes of calculating earnings per share.

Until February 25, 2013, we maintained a defined contribution supplemental executive retirement plan (“SERP”). The SERP provided eligible executives with supplemental pension benefits in addition to amounts received under our other retirement plans. Annual contributions ranged from 5% to 10% of base pay plus bonus depending upon the participant’s age. For each of the five plan years beginning January 1, 2006 and ending December 31, 2010, we contributed, as a transitional contribution, an additional 10% of base pay plus bonus for participants, the sum of whose age and service with the Company was at least 60 on January 1, 2006. Contributions into the SERP were invested in available-for-sale securities. As of January 31, 2014, we had approximately $1.9 million in SERP assets, which are recorded at fair value on the consolidated balance sheets in “Current Assets.” As of January 31, 2013, we had approximately $2.1 million in SERP assets, which were recorded at fair value on the consolidated balance sheets in “Other Assets.” The SERP accounts vested on the earliest occurrence of (i) the date the sum of the participant’s age and service with the Company equals 60, (ii) the participant’s death, (iii) the participant’s disability, (iv) the date of involuntary termination occurring within two years from the date of a change in control, or (v) the date the participant’s employment is terminated without cause, all as defined in the SERP. We recorded expenses related to the SERP of approximately $0.1 million, $0.3 million and $0.2 million during the fiscal years ended January 31, 2014, 2013, and 2012, respectively. As of February 25, 2013, the Board of Directors elected to terminate the SERP. The SERP assets were distributed in September 2013 to the four officers who were terminated as a result of the February 2013 restructuring, and the remaining SERP assets were distributed in February 2014.