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Note 2 - Stock Compensation

6 Months Ended

Apr. 30, 2015

Disclosure of Compensation Related Costs, Share-based Payments [Abstract]

Disclosure of Compensation Related Costs, Share-based Payments [Text Block]

2.	Stock Compensation

For the three and six months ended April 30, 2015, the Company’s total stock-based compensation expense was $3.2 million and $6.7 million ($2.1 million and $4.6 million net of tax), respectively, and $1.5 million and $5.0 million for the three and six months ended April 30, 2014, respectively. Included in this total stock-based compensation expense was the vesting of stock options of $0.5 million and $1.4 million for the three and six months ended April 30, 2015, respectively, and $1.0 million and $2.0 million for the three and six months ended April 30, 2014, respectively.

- Definition

The entire disclosure for compensation-related costs for equity-based compensation, which may include disclosure of policies, compensation plan details, allocation of equity compensation, incentive distributions, equity-based arrangements to obtain goods and services, deferred compensation arrangements, employee stock ownership plan details and employee stock purchase plan details.

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