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Stock Repurchase Program (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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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.

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