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Reconciliation of Weighted Average Shares Outstanding and Share Repurchases (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Oct. 31, 2017

Reconciliation of Weighted Average Shares Outstanding and Share Repurchases [Abstract]

Reconciliation of Shares used in Computation of Earnings Per Share

A reconciliation of the shares used in the computation of earnings per share follows (in thousands):

		Three Months Ended October 31,								Six Months Ended October 31,
		2017				2016				2017				2016
Weighted average shares outstanding			57,013				57,759				57,100				57,717
Less: Unearned restricted shares			(138	)			(221	)			(152	)			(223	)
Shares used for basic earnings per share			56,875				57,538				56,948				57,494
Dilutive effect of stock options and other stock awards			679				-				685				765
Shares used for diluted earnings per share			57,554				57,538				57,633				58,259

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Tabular disclosure of the weighted average number of shares used in calculating basic net earnings per share (or unit) and diluted earnings per share (or unit).

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 260
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6371337&loc=d3e3550-109257

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