Stock Repurchase Program (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Oct. 31, 2011

Stock Repurchase And Reissuance Activities


	Year Ended October 31,
	2011		2010		2009
	(in thousands, except per share price)
Shares repurchased		15,144		8,236		—
Average purchase price	$	26.53	$	22.42		—
Aggregate purchase price (1)	$	401.8	$	184.7		—
Reissuance of treasury stock		9,973		9,770		5,159

(1)	Does not include $33.3 million equity forward contract related to the above referenced ASR.

- Definition

Tabular disclosure of an entity's treasury stock, including the average cost per share, carrying basis for each class of treasury stock, description of share repurchase program authorized by an entity's board of directors, the number of shares repurchased, the cost of the shares repurchased, the remaining maximum dollar value of shares available for repurchase under the program, the treatment of the purchase price in excess of the current market value, number of shares held for each class of treasury stock, and other information necessary to a fair presentation.

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