Related Party Transactions

12 Months Ended

Feb. 01, 2014

Related Party Transactions [Abstract]

Related Party Transactions

13. Related Party Transactions

One of our directors is the majority shareholder of the legal firm that is the Company’s general counsel. We believe 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 2013, 2012 and 2011. In addition, the director also participated in our 2013, 2012 and 2011 Incentive Plans related to his role as general counsel to the Company.

We leased three locations in 2013, 2012 and 2011 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 2013, 2012 and 2011. We believe 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 $0.4 million in 2013 and $0.3 million in 2012 and 2011. We entered this facility prior to our director’s investment. We believe amounts paid are competitive with amounts that would be paid to others for similar services.