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Components of Interest Expense (Table Text Block)
3 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2012
Interest Expense, Borrowings [Abstract]  
Interest expense disclosure
Interest Expense
 
Components of interest expense include the following:
 
   
Quarter Ended June 30,
 
   
2012
  
2011
 
   
(Unaudited)
 
   
(In thousands)
 
Interest expense
 $15,646  $15,839 
Capitalized interest
  (77)  (32)
Amortization of transaction costs
  1,085   1,036 
Interest expense resulting from derivatives
  6,837   5,790 
Total interest expense
 $23,491  $22,633 
 
Interest paid in cash, including payments related to derivative contracts, amounted to $21.2 million and $21.7 million for the first quarter of fiscal 2013 and 2012, respectively.