Employee Postretirement Benefits

3 Months Ended

Apr. 30, 2016

Compensation and Retirement Disclosure [Abstract]

Employee Postretirement Benefits

EMPLOYEE POSTRETIREMENT BENEFITS

The Company provides postretirement medical and other benefits to certain senior executive officers and senior managers. These plan obligations are unfunded. The components of the net periodic benefit cost for postretirement benefits are as follows:

	Three Months Ended
	April 30, 2016			April 30, 2015
Service cost	$	20		$	108
Interest cost	83			105
Amortization of actuarial losses	37			84
Amortization of unrecognized prior service cost	(40		)	—
Net periodic benefit cost	$	100		$	297

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.