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Stock Repurchase Program and Cash Dividend | 6 Months Ended
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Apr. 30, 2020
Stock Repurchase Program [Abstract] |
Stock Repurchase Program [Text Block] | Stock Repurchase Program and Cash Dividends Stock Repurchase Program On March 10, 2020 our Board of Directors terminated our existing 20 million share repurchase program, which was authorized in December 2019, and authorized, under a new repurchase program, the repurchase of 20 million shares of our common stock in open market transactions, privately negotiated transactions (including accelerated share repurchases), issuer tender offers or other financial arrangements or transactions for general corporate purposes, including to obtain shares for the Company’s equity award and other employee benefit plans. Our Board of Directors did not fix any expiration date for this repurchase program. The table below provides, for the periods indicated, information about our share repurchase programs:
| Six months ended April 30, |  |  |  | Three months ended April 30, |  |
| 2020 |  | 2019 |  | 2020 |  | 2019
Number of shares purchased (in thousands) | 15,938 |  |  | 788 |  |  | 4,252 |  |  | 3 |
Average price per share | $ | 39.75 |  |  | $ | 32.04 |  |  | $ | 37.05 |  |  | $ | 36.95 |
Remaining authorization at April 30 (in thousands) | 19,998 |  |  | 19,784 |  |  | 19,998 |  |  | 19,784 |
Cash Dividends During the six months ended April 30, 2020 and 2019, we declared and paid cash dividends of $0.22 per share to our shareholders. During the three months ended April 30, 2020 and 2019, we declared and paid cash dividends of $0.11 per share to our shareholders.

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