Income Per Share Information

12 Months Ended

Oct. 31, 2013

Earnings Per Share [Abstract]

Income per Share Information

Income Per Share Information

Information pertaining to the calculation of income per share for each of the fiscal years ended October 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011 is as follows (amounts in thousands):

	2013		2012		2011
Numerator:
Net income as reported	$	170,606	$	487,146	$	39,795
Plus: Interest and costs attributable to 0.5% Exchangeable Senior Notes, net of income tax benefit	1,604		78
Numerator for diluted earnings per share	$	172,210	$	487,224	$	39,795
Denominator:
Basic weighted-average shares	$	169,288	167,346		167,140
Common stock equivalents (a)	2,817		1,996		1,241
Shares attributable to 0.5% Exchangeable Senior Notes	5,858		812
Diluted weighted-average shares	177,963		170,154		168,381
Other information:
Weighted-average number of anti-dilutive options and restricted stock units (b)	1,509		3,646		7,936
Shares issued under stock incentive and employee stock purchase plans	1,213		2,927		2,390

(a) Common stock equivalents represent the dilutive effect of outstanding in-the-money stock options using the treasury stock method, Stock Price-Based RSUs whose Target Price criteria have been met but are unpaid and shares expected to be issued under Performance-Based Restricted Stock Units.

(b) Based upon the average of the average quarterly closing prices of the Company’s common stock on the NYSE for the year.