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Treasury Stock and Repurchase Program (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Jan. 31, 2014
Treasury Stock [Abstract] |
Schedule of treasury stock, at cost |
(in thousands except for shares and cost per share) |  | Shares |  |  | Total Average Cost Assigned |  |  | Average Cost per Share |  |  | Aggregate Purchase Price Remaining Under the Program |
Balance as of April 30, 2013 (1)(2)(3) |  |  | 123,572 |  |  | $ | 1,572 |  |  | $ | 12.72 |  |  | $ | 2,818 |  |
Purchases effected in open market during the quarters ended: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
July 31, 2013 |  |  | 25,723 |  |  |  | 226 |  |  | $ | 8.82 |  |  | $ | 2,592 |  |
October 31, 2013 |  |  | 13,428 |  |  |  | 123 |  |  | $ | 9.13 |  |  | $ | 2,469 |  |
January 31, 2014 |  |  | 15,922 |  |  |  | 160 |  |  | $ | 10.02 |  |  | $ | 2,309 |  |
Balance as of January 31, 2014 |  |  | 178,645 |  |  | $ | 2,081 |  |  | $ | 11.65 |  |  |  |  |  |
(1) Includes 18,400 shares with a total average cost of $354,000 that were acquired prior to the repurchase program authorized in January 2011. (2) Includes 85,219 shares with a total average cost of $1,036,000 that were acquired during the former repurchase program, which was authorized in January 2011 and expired in January 2012. (3) Includes 19,953 shares with a total average cost of $182,000 that were acquired during the current repurchase program authorized in September 2012.

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