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Fair Value Financial Instruments
12 Months Ended
Feb. 29, 2012
Fair Value Financial Instruments [Abstract]  
Fair Value Financial Instruments

(8) Fair Value Financial Instruments

The carrying amounts of cash, accounts receivable, accounts payable and long-term debt approximate fair value because of the short maturity and/or variable rates associated with these instruments. Derivative financial instruments are recorded at fair value.

Fair value is the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants. The hierarchy below lists three levels of fair value based on the extent to which inputs used in measuring fair value are observable in the market. The Company categorizes each of its fair value measurements in one of these three levels based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement in its entirety. These levels are:

 

         
Level 1   -   Inputs utilize quoted prices (unadjusted) in active markets for identical assets or liabilities that the Company has the ability to access.
     
Level 2   -   Inputs utilize data points that are observable such as quoted prices, interest rates and yield curves.
     
Level 3   -   Inputs are unobservable data points for the asset or liability, and include situations where there is little, if any, market activity for the asset or liability.

 

Derivatives are reported at fair value utilizing Level 2 inputs. The Company utilizes valuation models with observable market data inputs to estimate the fair value of its Swap.

The following table summarizes financial liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of February 28, 2011, segregated by the level of the valuation inputs within the fair value hierarchy utilized to measure fair value (in thousands). There were no financial assets or liabilities measured at fair value at February 29, 2012.

 

                                 
    February 28,     Fair Value Measurements  

Description

  2011     (Level 1)     (Level 2)     (Level 3)  

Derivative liability (“Swap”)

  $ (586   $ —       $ (586   $ —    
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
    $ (586   $ —       $ (586   $ —