(Loss) Income Per Share Information

6 Months Ended

Apr. 30, 2012

Earnings Per Share [Abstract]

(Loss) Income per Share Information

Income (Loss) per Share Information

The table below provides, for the periods indicated, information pertaining to the calculation of income (loss) per share, common stock equivalents, weighted average number of anti-dilutive option and shares issued (amounts in thousands).

	Six months ended April 30,		Three months ended April 30,
	2012	2011	2012	2011
Basic weighted-average shares	166,652	166,794	166,994	166,910
Common stock equivalents (a)	1,169		1,541
Diluted weighted-average shares	167,821	166,794	168,535	166,910
Common stock equivalents excluded from diluted weighted-average shares due to anti-dilutive effect (a)		1,537		1,630
Weighted average number of anti-dilutive options (b)	5,355	7,446	3,983	6,509
Shares issued under stock incentive and employee stock purchase plans	1,603	513	661	100

(a) Common stock equivalents represent the dilutive effect of outstanding in-the-money stock options and Stock Price -Based RSUs whose Target Price criteria has been met. For the six-month and three-month periods ended April 30, 2011, there were no incremental shares attributed to outstanding options to purchase common stock because the Company had a net loss in the periods and any incremental shares would be anti-dilutive.

(b) Based upon the average closing price of the Company’s common stock on the NYSE for the period.