Income Per Share Information (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Apr. 30, 2017

The table below provides, for the periods indicated, information pertaining to the calculation of income per share, common stock equivalents, weighted-average number of antidilutive options, and shares issued (amounts in thousands):



	Six months ended April 30,				Three months ended April 30,
	2017		2016		2017		2016
Numerator:
Net income as reported	$	195,054	$	162,234	$	124,638	$	89,054
Plus interest and costs attributable to 0.5% Exchangeable Senior Notes, net of income tax benefit	769		777		385		388
Numerator for diluted earnings per share	$	195,823	$	163,011	$	125,023	$	89,442

Denominator:
Basic weighted-average shares	163,040		171,578		163,492		168,952
Common stock equivalents (a)	2,011		1,967		2,051		1,604
Shares attributable to 0.5% Exchangeable Senior Notes	5,859		5,858		5,860		5,858
Diluted weighted-average shares	170,910		179,403		171,403		176,414

Other information:
Weighted-average number of antidilutive options and restricted stock units (b)	3,535		3,659		1,865		4,364
Shares issued under stock incentive and employee stock purchase plans	1,974		483		694		10


(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 closing price of our common stock on the NYSE for the period.