Per Share Data

9 Months Ended

Jul. 29, 2011

Per Share Data

Per Share Data

Per Share Data

Reconciliations of basic and diluted weighted-average shares of common stock outstanding are as follows:

	Three Months Ended		Nine Months Ended
	July 29,	July 30,	July 29,	July 30,
(Shares in thousands)	2011	2010	2011	2010
Basic
Weighted-average number of shares of common stock	31,176	32,464	31,488	33,397
Assumed issuance of contingent shares	—	—	3	3
Weighted-average number of shares of common stock and assumed issuance of contingent shares	31,176	32,464	31,491	33,400
Diluted
Weighted-average number of shares of common stock and assumed issuance of contingent shares	31,176	32,464	31,491	33,400
Effect of dilutive securities	563	508	571	419
Weighted-average number of shares of common stock, assumed issuance of contingent shares, and effect of dilutive securities	31,739	32,972	32,062	33,819

Options to purchase an aggregate of 221,306 and 320,490 shares of common stock outstanding during the third quarter of fiscal 2011 and 2010, respectively, were excluded from the diluted net earnings per share calculation because their exercise prices were greater than the average market price of the company’s common stock during the same respective periods. Options to purchase an aggregate of 191,841 and 331,730 shares of common stock outstanding during the year-to-date periods through the third quarter of fiscal 2011 and 2010, respectively, were excluded from the diluted net earnings per share calculations because their exercise prices were greater than the average market price of the company’s common stock during the same respective periods.