FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Jan. 31, 2017

Schedule of Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring Basis [Table Text Block]

The Company's assets and liabilities that were measured at fair value on a recurring basis are set forth by level within the fair value hierarchy in the following tables (in thousands):



	As of January 31, 2017
	Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1)		Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2)		Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)		Total
Assets:
Deferred compensation plans:
Corporate owned life insurance		$—		$96,801		$—		$96,801
Money market funds	4,123		—		—		4,123
Equity securities	2,206		—		—		2,206
Mutual funds	1,796		—		—		1,796
Other	1,193		50		—		1,243
Total assets		$9,318		$96,851		$—		$106,169

Liabilities:
Contingent consideration		$—		$—		$19,045		$19,045



	As of October 31, 2016
	Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1)		Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2)		Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)		Total
Assets:
Deferred compensation plans:
Corporate owned life insurance		$—		$86,004		$—		$86,004
Money market funds	2,515		—		—		2,515
Equity securities	1,832		—		—		1,832
Mutual funds	1,758		—		—		1,758
Other	1,043		50		—		1,093
Total assets		$7,148		$86,054		$—		$93,202

Liabilities:
Contingent consideration		$—		$—		$18,881		$18,881

Fair Value Measurements, Recurring and Nonrecurring, Valuation Techniques [Table Text Block]

The Level 3 inputs used to derive the estimated fair value of the Company's contingent consideration liability as of January 31, 2017 were as follows:



	Fiscal 2016 Acquisition				Fiscal 2015 Acquisition
Compound annual revenue growth rate range	(3	%)	-	10%	4	%	-	20%
Weighted average discount rate	3.8%				1.7%

Fair Value, Assets Measured on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation [Table Text Block]

Changes in the Company’s contingent consideration liability measured at fair value on a recurring basis using unobservable inputs (Level 3) for the three months ended January 31, 2017 are as follows (in thousands):




Balance as of October 31, 2016		$18,881
Increase in accrued contingent consideration	537
Foreign currency transaction adjustments	(373		)
Balance as of January 31, 2017		$19,045

Included in the accompanying Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet under the following captions:
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities		$6,806
Other long-term liabilities	12,239
		$19,045