FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Jan. 31, 2018

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, 2018
	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		$—		$126,715		$—		$126,715
Money market funds	4,890		—		—		4,890
Equity securities	3,167		—		—		3,167
Mutual funds	1,683		—		—		1,683
Other	1,379		—		—		1,379
Total assets		$11,119		$126,715		$—		$137,834

Liabilities:
Contingent consideration		$—		$—		$24,931		$24,931



	As of October 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		$—		$113,220		$—		$113,220
Money market funds	3,972		—		—		3,972
Equity securities	2,895		—		—		2,895
Mutual funds	1,541		—		—		1,541
Other	1,246		—		—		1,246
Total assets		$9,654		$113,220		$—		$122,874

Liabilities:
Contingent consideration		$—		$—		$27,573		$27,573

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, 2018 were as follows:



	Fiscal 2017 Acquisition				Fiscal 2016 Acquisition				Fiscal 2015 Acquisition
Compound annual revenue growth rate range	(8	%)	-	4%	4	%	-	12%	9	%	-	13%
Weighted average discount rate	5.5%				4.7%				.8%

Fair Value, Liabilities 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, 2018 are as follows (in thousands):




Balance as of October 31, 2017		$27,573
Decrease in accrued contingent consideration	(3,195		)
Payment of contingent consideration	(300		)
Foreign currency transaction adjustments	853
Balance as of January 31, 2018		$24,931

Included in the accompanying Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet under the following captions:
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities		$7,262
Other long-term liabilities	17,669
		$24,931