Capital shares

12 Months Ended

Oct. 31, 2011

Capital shares [Abstract]

Capital shares

Note 10 — Capital shares

Preferred — We have authorized 10,000 Series A convertible preferred shares without par value. No preferred shares were outstanding in 2011, 2010 or 2009.

Common — On March 1, 2011, the Board of Directors declared a 2-for-1 stock split on our common shares, paid in the form of a 100 percent stock dividend on April 12, 2011 for all shares outstanding on March 25, 2011. Accordingly, all per-share amounts and number of common shares and common share equivalents have been adjusted retroactively to reflect the stock split.

We have 160,000 authorized common shares without par value. At October 31, 2011 and 2010, there were 98,023 common shares issued. At October 31, 2011 and 2010, the number of outstanding common shares, net of treasury shares, was 65,601 and 67,871, respectively.

Common shares repurchased during 2011, 2010 and 2009 were as follows:

Year	Number of Shares		Total Amount		Average per Share
2011		3,024	$	134,163	$	44.37
2010		697	$	22,047	$	31.63
2009		394	$	6,826	$	17.31