Related Party Transactions

12 Months Ended

Feb. 02, 2013

Related Party Transactions [Abstract]

Related Party Transactions

14. Related Party Transactions

One of our directors is the majority shareholder of the legal firm that is the Company’s general counsel. The amounts paid for these services are competitive with amounts that would be paid to a third party for similar services. Legal fees associated with these services were $0.2 million in 2012, 2011 and 2010. In addition, the director also participated in our 2012, 2011 and 2010 Incentive Plans related to his role as general counsel to the Company.

We leased three locations in 2012, 2011 and 2010 from a company for which one of our directors is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. We paid approximately $0.8 million in base rent in 2012, 2011 and 2010. The amounts paid for leased space and other lease-related services are competitive with amounts that would be paid to a third party to lease similar space.

One of our directors, as a private investor, indirectly owns a minority interest in the entity which operates a secure location for and maintains certain of our data processing equipment. Expenses associated with this service were $0.3 million in 2012, 2011 and 2010. We entered this facility prior to our director’s investment. The amounts paid are competitive with amounts that would be paid to others for similar services.