FAIR VALUE (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Feb. 28, 2013

FAIR VALUE

Schedule of fair value hierarchy of financial assets and liabilities carried at fair value and measured on a recurring basis

(in thousands)

			Quoted Prices in		Significant Other
			Active Markets		Observable
	Fair Values at		for Identical Assets		Market Inputs
Description	February 28, 2013		(Level 1)		(Level 2)
Assets:
Money market accounts	$	1,091	$	1,091	$	-
Foreign currency contracts	496		-		496
Total assets	$	1,587	$	1,091	$	496
Liabilities:
Long-term debt - fixed rate (1)	$	105,725	$	-	$	105,725
Long-term debt - floating rate	75,000		-		75,000
Interest rate swaps	4,824		-		4,824
Total liabilities	$	185,549	$	-	$	185,549
			Quoted Prices in		Significant Other
			Active Markets		Observable
	Fair Values at		for Identical Assets		Market Inputs
Description	February 29, 2012		(Level 1)		(Level 2)
Assets:
Money market accounts	$	801	$	801	$	-
Note receivable (1)	737		-		737
Total assets	$	1,538	$	801	$	737
Liabilities:
Long-term debt - fixed rate (1)	$	104,450	$	-	$	104,450
Long-term debt - floating rate	75,000		-		75,000
Interest rate swaps	8,553		-		8,553
Foreign currency contracts	163		-		163
Total liabilities	$	188,166	$	-	$	188,166

(1)  Note receivable and debt values are reported at estimated fair value in this table but are recorded in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets at the undiscounted value of remaining principal payments due.

Schedule of reconciliation of ARS measured and recorded at fair value on a recurring basis and other non-financial assets measured on a non-recurring basis using significant unobservable inputs (Level 3)

(in thousands)

	Fiscal Years Ended
	2013			2012
	Other						Other
	Non-Financial						Non-Financial
	Assets			ARS			Assets
Beginning balances	$	829,500		$	20,711		$	660,947
Total gains/income (losses/expense):
Included in net income - realized	(22,400		)	(626		)	(20,069		)
Included in other comprehensive income - unrealized	-			1,213			-
Acquired during the period	778			-			178,676
Acquisition adjustments during the period	991			-			9,946
Sales at par	-			(3,250		)	-
Sales at fair value	-			(18,048		)	-
Ending balances	$	808,869		$	-		$	829,500
Cumulative unrealized losses relating to assets still held at each reporting date, net of taxes				$	-