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Capital Stock and Changes in Capital Accounts
12 Months Ended
Apr. 30, 2018
Capital Stock and Changes in Capital Accounts [Abstract]  
Capital Stock and Changes in Capital Accounts
Note 17 – Capital Stock and Changes in Capital Accounts

Each share of our Class B Common Stock is convertible into one share of Class A Common Stock. The holders of Class A stock are entitled to elect 30% of the entire Board of Directors and the holders of Class B stock are entitled to elect the remainder. On all other matters, each share of Class A stock is entitled to one tenth of one vote and each share of Class B stock is entitled to one vote.

During fiscal year 2017, our Board of Directors approved an additional share repurchase program of four million shares of Class A or B Common Stock. We repurchased in fiscal year 2018 713,177 Class A shares at an average price of $55.65 per share. In fiscal year 2017 we repurchased 953,188 shares, which included 952,667 Class A shares and 521 Class B shares at an average price of $52.80 per share. As of April 30, 2018, we had authorization from our Board of Directors to purchase up to 3,080,471 additional shares.