Stock Compensation

9 Months Ended

Jul. 31, 2016

Disclosure of Compensation Related Costs, Share-based Payments [Abstract]

The compensation cost recognized in the unaudited condensed consolidated statements of operations for the Company’s stock compensation arrangements was as follows:



	Three Months Ended July 31,						Nine Months Ended July 31,
	2016			2015			2016			2015
	(in thousands)
Cost of license	$	2,912		$	2,463		$	8,116		$	6,673
Cost of maintenance and service	650			547			1,792			1,574
Research and development expense	13,046			11,955			36,469			32,432
Sales and marketing expense	5,139			5,268			14,581			13,573
General and administrative expense	3,824			3,672			11,085			10,517
Stock compensation expense before taxes	25,571			23,905			72,043			64,769
Income tax benefit	(6,781		)	(5,637		)	(19,106		)	(15,273		)
Stock compensation expense after taxes	$	18,790		$	18,268		$	52,937		$	49,496

As of July 31, 2016, there was $189.2 million of unamortized share-based compensation expense relating to options and restricted stock units and awards, which is expected to be amortized over a weighted-average period of approximately 2.7 years.

The intrinsic values of equity awards exercised during the periods are as follows:



	Three Months Ended July 31,				Nine Months Ended July 31,
	2016		2015		2016		2015
	(in thousands)
Intrinsic value of awards exercised	$	19,530	$	17,631	$	28,028	$	42,262