STOCK OPTION AND RESTRICTED STOCK AWARDS

9 Months Ended

Jul. 31, 2015

STOCK OPTION AND RESTRICTED STOCK AWARDS

STOCK OPTION AND RESTRICTED STOCK AWARDS

(17)  In December 2014, the Company granted stock options to employees for the purchase of 3.0 million shares of common stock at an exercise price of $88.19 per share and a binomial lattice model fair value of $19.67 per share at the grant date.  At July 31, 2015, options for 14.9 million shares were outstanding with a weighted-average exercise price of $77.38 per share.  The Company also granted 237 thousand restricted stock units to employees and non-employee directors in the first nine months of 2015, of which 111 thousand are subject to service based only conditions, 63 thousand are subject to performance/service based conditions and 63 thousand are subject to market/service based conditions.  The fair value of the service based only units at the grant date was $88.69 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 $81.78 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 $113.97 per unit based on a lattice valuation model excluding dividends.  At July 31, 2015, the Company was authorized to grant an additional 16.9 million shares related to stock option and restricted stock awards.