Discontinued Operations

9 Months Ended

Jul. 31, 2017

Discontinued Operations and Disposal Groups [Abstract]

Discontinued Operations

DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS

Following the sale of our Security business in 2015, we record all costs associated with this former business in discontinued operations. Such costs generally relate to litigation we retained and insurance reserves. For the nine months endedJuly 31, 2017, we incurred a net loss from discontinued operations of $73.2 million (a pretax loss of $123.7 million). As described in Note 11, “Commitments and Contingencies,” this loss primarily relates to the settlements of the Augustus and Karapetyan cases. We recorded the liability for these settlements within “Legal settlements from discontinued operations” on the accompanying unaudited consolidated balance sheets.