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Employee Postretirement Benefits
6 Months Ended
Jul. 31, 2014
Compensation and Retirement Disclosure [Abstract]  
Employee Postretirement Benefits
EMPLOYEE POSTRETIREMENT BENEFITS

The Company provides postretirement medical and other benefits to senior executive officers and senior managers. These plan obligations are unfunded. The components of net periodic benefit cost for postretirement benefits are as follows:
 
Three Months Ended
 
Six Months Ended
 
July 31,
2014
 
July 31,
2013
 
July 31,
2014
 
July 31,
2013
Service cost
$
49

 
$
51

 
$
98

 
$
101

Interest cost
92

 
87

 
183

 
174

Amortization of actuarial losses
38

 
45

 
76

 
91

Net periodic benefit cost
$
179

 
$
183

 
$
357

 
$
366



Postretirement benefit cost components are reclassified in their entirety from accumulated other comprehensive loss to net periodic benefit cost.  Net periodic benefit costs are reported in net income as “Cost of sales” or “Selling, general and administrative expenses” in a manner consistent with the classification of direct labor and personnel costs of the eligible employees.