(Loss) Income Per Share Information

3 Months Ended

Jan. 31, 2012

(Loss) Income Per Share Information [Abstract]

(Loss) Income per Share Information

13. (Loss) Income per Share Information

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

		September 30,		September 30,
	Three months ended January 31,
	2012		2011
Basic weighted-average shares		166,311		166,677
Common stock equivalents (a)		—		1,444
Diluted weighted-average shares		166,311		168,121
Common stock equivalents excluded from diluted weighted-average shares due to anti-dilutive effect (a)		796		—
Weighted average number of anti-dilutive options (b)		5,906		8,383
Shares issued under stock incentive and employee stock purchase plans		942		414

(a) Common stock equivalents represent the dilutive effect of outstanding in-the-money stock options. For the three-month period ended January 31, 2012, there were no incremental shares attributed to outstanding options to purchase common stock because the Company had a net loss in the period and any incremental shares would be anti-dilutive.

(b) Based upon the average closing price of the Company’s common stock on the NYSE for the period.