REDEEMABLE NONCONTROLLING INTERESTS REDEEMABLE NONCONTROLLING INTERESTS (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Oct. 31, 2017

Redeemable Noncontrolling Interests [Abstract]

Schedule of Put Rights [Table Text Block]

A summary of the Put Rights associated with the redeemable noncontrolling interests in certain of the Company’s subsidiaries as of October 31, 2017 is as follows:



Subsidiary Acquisition Year	Operating Segment	Company Ownership Interest	Earliest Put Right Year	Purchase Period (Years)
2005	ETG	95.9%	2018 ⁽¹⁾	4 ⁽²⁾
2006	FSG	80.1%	2018 ⁽¹⁾	4
2008	FSG	82.3%	2018 ⁽¹⁾	5
2009	ETG	82.5%	2018 ⁽¹⁾	1
2012	ETG	78.0%	2018 ⁽¹⁾	2
2012	FSG	84.0%	2018	4
2012	FSG	80.1%	2019	4
2015	FSG	80.0%	2019	4
2015	FSG	80.1%	2020	4
2015	ETG	80.1%	2020	2
2015	FSG	80.1%	2022	4
2017	FSG	80.1%	2022	2 ⁽³⁾


⁽¹⁾Currently puttable
⁽²⁾A portion is to be purchased in a lump sum
⁽³⁾ The second purchase is to be made two years after the first Put Right Year