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Leases (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Oct. 31, 2014

Leases [Abstract]

Information Related to Company's Rent Expense

The table below contains information related to the Company’s rent expense (Dollars in millions):

For the years ended October 31,		2014				2013				2012
Rent Expense		$	57.4			$	54.7			$	51.4

Company's Minimum Rent Commitments Under Operating and Capital Leases

The following table provides the Company’s minimum rent commitments under operating and capital leases in the next five years and the remaining years thereafter:

		Operating				Capital
Fiscal Year		Leases				Leases
2015		$	47.1			$	0.1
2016			33.5				0.1
2017			23.3				0.1
2018			14.1				—
2019			10.5				—
Thereafter			29.5				—
Total		$	158.0			$	0.3

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Tabular disclosure of rental expense from operating leases for each period for which an income statement is presented with separate amounts for minimum rentals, contingent rentals, and sublease rentals. Rental payments under leases with terms of a month or less that were not renewed need not be included.

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-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

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