REDEEMABLE NONCONTROLLING INTERESTS (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Oct. 31, 2024

Temporary Equity Disclosure [Abstract]

Redeemable Noncontrolling Interest [Table Text Block]

Management's estimate of the aggregate Redemption Amount of all Put Rights that the Company could be required to pay is as follows (in thousands):


	As of October 31,
	2024	2023
Redeemable at fair value	$306,143	$308,472
Redeemable based on a multiple of future earnings	60,013	56,335
Redeemable noncontrolling interests	$366,156	$364,807

Schedule of Put Rights [Table Text Block]

A summary of the Put Rights associated with the redeemable noncontrolling interests in certain of the Company’s subsidiaries as of October 31, 2024 is as follows:


Subsidiary Acquisition Year	Operating Segment	Company Ownership Interest	Earliest Put Right Year	Purchase Period (Years)
2005	ETG	95.9%	2025 (1)	1 (3)
2006	FSG	80.1%	2025 (1)	4
2008	FSG	90.0%	2025 (1)	4
2009	ETG	82.5%	2025 (1)	1
2012	FSG	84.0%	2025 (1)	4
2012	FSG	80.1%	2027	4 (4)
2015	FSG	82.0%	2025 (1)	3 (5)
2015	FSG	80.1%	2025 (1)	4
2015	FSG	90.1%	2025 (2)	4
2015	ETG	80.1%	2025 (1)	2
2018	ETG	85.0%	2025 (1)	1
2018	FSG	90.0%	2027	4
2019	ETG	92.7%	2025 (1)	4
2019	ETG	88.8%	2025 (2)	4
2019	FSG	80.1%	2026	4
2019	ETG	75.0%	2025 (1)	4 (6)
2020	ETG	80.1%	2025	4
2020	ETG	75.0%	2025 (1)	4 (6)
2020	ETG	90.0%	2025	4
2021	FSG	80.1%	2026	4
2021	FSG	89.0%	2028	4
2021	ETG	80.1%	2025 (1)	3 (7)
2022	FSG	74.0%	2029	4
2022	FSG	96.0%	2029	4
2022	ETG	80.4%	2027	4
2023	ETG	90.0%	2025	1
2023	ETG	90.7%	2028	1
2024	ETG	92.5%	2029	4
2024	ETG	87.9%	2028	1 (8)

(1) Currently puttable.

(2) Put Right previously exercised.

(3) The Put Right for a 2.6% noncontrolling interest is to be purchased in a lump sum and the Put Right for the remaining 1.5% interest is to be purchased over a four-year period.

(4) The Put Rights for a 10% noncontrolling interest and the remaining 9.9% interest may be exercised beginning in fiscal 2027 and 2029, respectively, with each purchase over a four-year period.

(5) The Put Right for a 15% noncontrolling interest may be exercised in 5% increments annually and the first increment is currently puttable. The Put Right for the remaining 3% noncontrolling interest may be exercised in one-fifth increments beginning in fiscal 2028.

(6) The exercise of a Put Right for either entity will automatically trigger a Put Right exercise for the other entity. The Put Rights for a 10% noncontrolling interest are currently puttable and the remaining 15% interest may be exercised beginning in 2025, with each purchase over a four-year period.

(7) The Put Rights for an aggregate 13.5% noncontrolling interest is currently puttable with the purchase over a three-year period. The Put Right for the remaining 6.4% noncontrolling interest may be exercised beginning in fiscal 2028 with the purchase over a four-year period.

(8) The Put Right for a 7.2% noncontrolling interest is to be purchased in a lump sum and the Put Right for the remaining 4.9% interest is to be purchased over a two-year period.