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Treasury Stock and Repurchase Program
3 Months Ended
Jul. 31, 2013
Treasury Stock [Abstract]  
Treasury Stock and Repurchase Program
Note 11 - Treasury Stock and Repurchase Program:
 
On September 19, 2012, the Company’s Board of Directors approved a new share repurchase program, authorizing the repurchase of shares of the Company’s common stock up to an aggregate purchase price of $3,000,000.  The repurchases will be made from time to time on the open market at prevailing market prices, in negotiated transactions off the market, in block purchases or otherwise. The new repurchase program may be suspended or discontinued at any time at the Company’s discretion and has no set expiration date.
 
Treasury stock, at cost, consists of the following:
 
(in thousands except for shares and cost
per share)
 
Shares
   
Total Average
Cost Assigned
   
Average Cost per Share
   
Aggregate Purchase Price
Remaining Under the Program
 
Balance as of April 30, 2013 (1)(2)(3)
    123,572     $ 1,572     $ 12.72     $ 2,818  
Purchases effected in open market during the quarter ended:
                               
July 31, 2013
    25,723       226     $ 8.82     $ 2,592  
                                 
Balance as of July 31, 2013
    149,295     $ 1,798     $ 12.04          
 
(1) Includes 18,400 shares with a total average cost of $354,000 that were acquired prior to the repurchase program authorized in January 2011.
 
(2) Includes 85,219 shares with a total average cost of $1,036,000 that were acquired during the former repurchase program, which was authorized in January 2011 and expired in January 2012.
 
(3) Includes 19,953 shares with a total average cost of $182,000 that were acquired during the new repurchase program authorized in September 2012.