STOCK OPTION AND RESTRICTED STOCK AWARDS	9 Months Ended
STOCK OPTION AND RESTRICTED STOCK AWARDS	Jul. 31, 2014
STOCK OPTION AND RESTRICTED STOCK AWARDS
STOCK OPTION AND RESTRICTED STOCK AWARDS	(17) In December 2013, the Company granted stock options to employees for the purchase of 2.4 million shares of common stock at an exercise price of $87.46 per share and a binomial lattice model fair value of $24.74 per share at the grant date. At July 31, 2014, options for 15.2 million shares were outstanding with a weighted-average exercise price of $71.24 per share. The Company also granted 233 thousand restricted stock units to employees and non-employee directors in the first nine months of 2014, of which 99 thousand are subject to service based only conditions, 67 thousand are subject to performance/service based conditions and 67 thousand are subject to market/service based conditions. The fair value of the service based only units at the grant date was $87.31 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 $81.53 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 $116.86 per unit based on a lattice valuation model excluding dividends. At July 31, 2014, the Company was authorized to grant an additional 7.2 million shares related to stock option and restricted stock awards.

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