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

6 Months Ended

Oct. 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 October 31,						Six Months Ended October 31,
	2018			2017			2018			2017
Weighted average shares outstanding		57,426			57,013			57,451			57,100
Less: Unvested restricted shares		(47)			(138)			(59)			(152)
Shares used for basic earnings per share		57,379			56,875			57,392			56,948
Dilutive effect of stock options and other stock awards		491			679			563			685
Shares used for diluted earnings per share		57,870			57,554			57,955			57,633

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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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