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

9 Months Ended

Jan. 31, 2018

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:

		Three Months Ended January 31,								Nine Months Ended January 31,
		2018				2017				2018				2017
Weighted average shares outstanding			57,170				57,434				57,123				57,624
Less: Unvested restricted shares			(135	)			(210	)			(144	)			(219	)
Shares used for basic earnings per share			57,035				57,224				56,979				57,405
Dilutive effect of stock options and other stock awards			836				788				757				776
Shares used for diluted earnings per share			57,871				58,012				57,736				58,181

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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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