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

3 Months Ended

Jul. 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 July 31,
		2018				2017
Weighted average shares outstanding			57,510				57,188
Less: Unvested restricted shares			(80	)			(172	)
Shares used for basic earnings per share			57,430				57,016
Dilutive effect of stock options and other stock awards			684				693
Shares used for diluted earnings per share			58,114				57,709

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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://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 260
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
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-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6371337&loc=d3e3550-109257

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