Stock Repurchase Program (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Jan. 31, 2022

Stock Repurchase Program [Abstract]

Stock Repurchase And Reissuance Activities

Stock repurchase activities as well as the reissuance of treasury stock for employee stock-based compensation purposes were as follows:

	Three Months Ended   January 31,
	2022(2)(3)		2021(1)
	(in thousands)
Total shares repurchased	701		837
Total cost of the repurchased shares	$	245,000	$	202,871
Reissuance of treasury stock	895		583

(1) Excluded the 166,726 shares and $50.0 million equity forward contract from the December 2020 ASR settled in March 2021.

(2) Included 107,701 shares and $35.0 million equity forward contract from the August 2021 ASR settled in November 2021.

(3) Excluded the 161,215 shares and $40.0 million equity forward contract from the December 2021 ASR settled in February 2022.