Income Per Share Information (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Oct. 31, 2016

Earnings Per Share [Abstract]

Calculation of income per share

Information pertaining to the calculation of income per share for each of the fiscal years ended October 31, 2016, 2015, and 2014, is as follows (amounts in thousands):

	2016		2015		2014
Numerator:
Net income as reported	$	382,095	$	363,167	$	340,032
Plus: Interest and costs attributable to 0.5% Exchangeable Senior Notes, net of income tax benefit	1,538		1,561		1,557
Numerator for diluted earnings per share	$	383,633	$	364,728	$	341,589
Denominator:
Basic weighted-average shares	168,261		176,425		177,578
Common stock equivalents (a)	1,854		2,420		2,439
Shares attributable to 0.5% Exchangeable Senior Notes	5,858		5,858		5,858
Diluted weighted-average shares	175,973		184,703		185,875
Other information:
Weighted-average number of antidilutive options and restricted stock units (b)	3,932		1,826		1,970
Shares issued under stock incentive and employee stock purchase plans	587		1,467		1,453

(a) Common stock equivalents represent the dilutive effect of outstanding in-the-money stock options using the treasury stock method and shares expected to be issued under Performance-Based Restricted Stock Units and Nonperformance-Based Restricted Stock Units.

(b) Weighted-average number of antidilutive options and restricted stock units are based upon the average of the average quarterly closing prices of our common stock on the NYSE for the year.