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Share-Based Payments (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Apr. 30, 2015

Share-Based Payments [Abstract]

Weighted average Black-Scholes assumptions for stock options granted

		2015
Expected volatility (%)			25.0	%
Dividend Yield (%)			2.2	%
Risk-free interest rate (%)			1.5	%
Expected life of stock option (years)			5.6

Summary of the Company's stock option activity and related information

		Number of Options				Weighted-Average Exercise Price
Outstanding at May 1, 2014			33,667			$	44.50
Granted			955,000				112.59
Exercised			31,667				44.29
Outstanding at April 30, 2015			957,000			$	112.45
Exercisable at April 30, 2015			2,000			$	47.78

Summary of restricted shares, deferred shares, deferred stock units, and performance units

		Restricted Shares and Deferred Stock Units				Weighted-Average Grant Date Fair Value				Performance Units				Weighted-Average Conversion Date Fair Value
Outstanding at May 1, 2014			839,188			$	76.54				101,020			$	104.91
Granted			109,091				104.82				75,848				111.41
Converted			101,020				104.91				(101,020)				104.91
Vested			(416,328)				68.59				—				—
Forfeited			(36,082)				90.65				—				—
Outstanding at April 30, 2015			596,889			$	91.21				75,848			$	111.41

Weighted-average grant date fair values of the equity awards

Year Ended April 30,		Restricted Shares and Deferred Stock Units				Weighted-Average Grant Date Fair Value				Performance Units				Weighted-Average Conversion Date Fair Value
2015			109,091			$	104.82				75,848			$	111.41
2014			167,134				101.08				101,020				104.91
2013			109,770				76.37				106,666				100.54

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Tabular disclosure of the number and weighted-average exercise prices (or conversion ratios) for share options (or share units) that were outstanding at the beginning and end of the year, vested and expected to vest, exercisable or convertible at the end of the year, and the number of share options or share units that were granted, exercised or converted, forfeited, and expired during the year.

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