STOCK-BASED PAYMENT

3 Months Ended

Oct. 31, 2013

Disclosure of Compensation Related Costs, Share-based Payments [Abstract]

STOCK–BASED PAYMENT

The Company currently has four stock-based employee and director compensation award types (Restricted Stock Unit, Stock Option Plans, Management Stock Purchase Plan (“MSPP”), and Employee Stock Purchase Plan (“ESPP”)), which are more fully described in Note 15, Common Stock, to the consolidated financial statements included in the 2013 Form 10-K.

The detailed components of stock-based compensation expense recorded in the condensed consolidated statements of earnings for the three months ended October 31, 2013 and October 31, 2012 are reflected in the table below:



	Three Months Ended
	Oct 31, 2013		Oct 31, 2012
Restricted stock units	$	4,193	$	3,308
Stock options	1,521		1,134
ESPP	225		388
MSPP	192		850
Total	$	6,131	$	5,680

- Definition

The entire disclosure for compensation-related costs for equity-based compensation, which may include disclosure of policies, compensation plan details, allocation of equity compensation, incentive distributions, equity-based arrangements to obtain goods and services, deferred compensation arrangements, employee stock ownership plan details and employee stock purchase plan details.

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