Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss

9 Months Ended

Jul. 31, 2015

Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), Net of Tax [Abstract]

Accumulated Other Comprehensive (Loss) Income and Total Comprehensive Income (Loss)

Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss

The tables below provide, for the periods indicated, the components of accumulated other comprehensive loss (amounts in thousands):

	Nine months ended July 31, 2015
	Employee retirement plans			Available-for-sale securities			Derivative instruments			Total
Balance, beginning of period	$	(2,789	)	$	(2	)	$	(47	)	$	(2,838	)
Other comprehensive (loss) income before reclassifications	(754		)	3			(3		)	(754		)
Gross amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income	655									655
Income tax benefit (expense)	37			(1		)	1			37
Other comprehensive (loss) income, net of tax	(62		)	2			(2		)	(62		)
Balance, end of period	$	(2,851	)	$	—		$	(49	)	$	(2,900	)

	Nine months ended July 31, 2014
	Employee retirement plans			Available-for-sale securities			Derivative instruments			Total
Balance, beginning of period	$	(2,112	)	$	(5	)	$	(270	)	$	(2,387	)
Other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassifications	(247		)	(15		)	324			62
Gross amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)	495			(6		)				489
Income tax (expense) benefit	(95		)	7			(126		)	(214		)
Other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax	153			(14		)	198			337
Balance, end of period	$	(1,959	)	$	(19	)	$	(72	)	$	(2,050	)

	Three months ended July 31, 2015
	Employee retirement plans			Available-for-sale securities		Derivative instruments			Total
Balance, beginning of period	$	(2,990	)	$	—	$	(61	)	$	(3,051	)
Other comprehensive income before reclassifications						19			19
Gross amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income	223								223
Income tax expense	(84		)			(7		)	(91		)
Other comprehensive income, net of tax	139			—		12			151
Balance, end of period	$	(2,851	)	$	—	$	(49	)	$	(2,900	)

	Three months ended July 31, 2014
	Employee retirement plans			Available-for-sale securities			Derivative instruments			Total
Balance, beginning of period	$	(1,956	)	$	(27	)	$	(47	)	$	(2,030	)
Other comprehensive (loss) income before reclassifications	(170		)	14			(41		)	(197		)
Gross amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income	167									167
Income tax benefit (expense)				(6		)	16			10
Other comprehensive (loss) income, net of tax	(3		)	8			(25		)	(20		)
Balance, end of period	$	(1,959	)	$	(19	)	$	(72	)	$	(2,050	)

Reclassifications for the amortization of the employee retirement plans are included in “Selling, general and administrative” expense in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income. Reclassifications for the realized gains and losses on available-for-sale securities are included in “Other income – net” in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income.