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Financial Instruments and Fair Value Measurements (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Jan. 31, 2015
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosure [Abstract] |
Recurring Fair Value Measurements | The following table presents the fair value for those assets and (liabilities) measured on a recurring basis as of January 31, 2015 (Dollars in millions):
|  | January 31, 2015 |  |  |
|  | Fair Value Measurement |  |  | Balance sheet
|  | Level 1 |  |  | Level 2 |  |  | Level 3 |  |  | Total |  |  | Location
Interest rate derivatives |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | Other long-term liabilities
Foreign exchange hedges |  |  | — |  |  |  | 0.6 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 0.6 |  |  | Prepaid expenses and other current assets
Foreign exchange hedges |  |  | — |  |  |  | (0.2 | ) |  |  | — |  |  |  | (0.2 | ) |  | Other current liabilities
Insurance annuity |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 20.2 |  |  |  | 20.2 |  |  | Other long-term assets
Total* |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 0.4 |  |  | $ | 20.2 |  |  | $ | 20.6 |  |  |
|  | October 31, 2014 |  |  |
|  | Fair Value Measurement |  |  | Balance sheet
|  | Level 1 |  |  | Level 2 |  |  | Level 3 |  |  | Total |  |  | Location
Interest rate derivatives |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | (0.2 | ) |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | (0.2 | ) |  | Other long-term liabilities
Foreign exchange hedges |  |  | — |  |  |  | 0.6 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 0.6 |  |  | Prepaid expenses and other current assets
Foreign exchange hedges |  |  | — |  |  |  | (0.2 | ) |  |  | — |  |  |  | (0.2 | ) |  | Other current liabilities
Insurance annuity |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 22.6 |  |  |  | 22.6 |  |  | Other long-term assets
Total* |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 0.2 |  |  | $ | 22.6 |  |  | $ | 22.8 |  |  |
* | The carrying amounts of cash and cash equivalents, trade accounts receivable, accounts payable, current liabilities and short-term borrowings as of January 31, 2015 approximate their fair values because of the short-term nature of these items and are not included in this table.
Estimated Fair Values for the Company's Senior Notes and the Assets Held by Special Purpose Entities | The following table presents the estimated fair values for the Company’s Senior Notes and the Assets held by special purpose entities (Dollars in millions):
|  | January 31, 2015 |  |  | October 31, 2014 |
Senior Notes due 2017 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Estimated fair value |  | $ | 323.0 |  |  | $ | 325.5 |
Senior Notes due 2019 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Estimated fair value |  |  | 283.8 |  |  |  | 287.5 |
Senior Notes due 2021 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Estimated fair value |  |  | 267.1 |  |  |  | 297.7 |
Assets held by special purpose entities |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Estimated fair value |  |  | 55.6 |  |  |  | 54.5 |
Summary of Losses of Long Lived Assets at Fair Value on Non-recurring Basis | The following table is a summary of losses as a result of the Company measuring long-lived assets at fair value on a non-recurring basis during the three months ended January 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively, all of which were valued using Level 3 inputs (Dollars in millions):
|  | Three months ended |
|  | January 31, |
|  | 2015 |  |  | 2014 |
Long-lived assets held and used |  | $ | 0.2 |  |  | $ | 0.2 |

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