STOCK OPTION AND RESTRICTED STOCK AWARDS

6 Months Ended

Apr. 30, 2012

STOCK OPTION AND RESTRICTED STOCK AWARDS

STOCK OPTION AND RESTRICTED STOCK AWARDS

(17)In the first six months of 2012, the Company granted stock options to employees for the purchase of 2.6 million shares of common stock at an exercise price of $74.24 per share and a binomial lattice model fair value of $22.51 per share at the grant date.  At April 30, 2012, options for 18.4 million shares were outstanding with a weighted-average exercise price of $55.73 per share.  The Company also granted 251 thousand restricted stock units to employees and nonemployee directors in the first six months of 2012, of which 107 thousand are subject to service based only conditions, 72 thousand are subject to performance/service based conditions and 72 thousand are subject to market/service based conditions.  The fair value of the service based only units at the grant date was a weighted-average $75.08 per unit based on the market price of a share of underlying common stock.  The fair value of the performance/service based units at the grant date was $70.14 per unit based on the market price of a share of underlying common stock excluding dividends.  The fair value of the market/service based units at the grant date was $92.85 per unit based on a lattice valuation model excluding dividends.  At April 30, 2012, the Company was authorized to grant an additional 13.6 million shares related to stock option and restricted stock awards.