Aggregate special dividends declared during the period for each share of common stock outstanding.

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Aggregate dividends paid during the period for each share of common stock outstanding.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 505
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.3-04)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=27012166&loc=d3e187085-122770

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Aggregate dividends declared during the period for each share of common stock outstanding.

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CASH DIVIDENDS (Details) - $ / shares	1 Months Ended						12 Months Ended
CASH DIVIDENDS (Details) - $ / shares	Sep. 30, 2018	Jul. 31, 2018	Apr. 30, 2018	Oct. 31, 2017	Sep. 30, 2017	Sep. 30, 2016	Jan. 31, 2019	Jan. 31, 2018	Jan. 31, 2017
CASH DIVIDENDS
Regular cash dividend declared per common stock					$ 1.00	$ 0.70	$ 1.00	$ 1.00	$ 1.00
Regular cash dividend paid per common stock	$ 0.25	$ 0.25	$ 0.25	$ 1.00
Special Cash dividend declared per common stock						$ 0.30