Stock Repurchase Program

9 Months Ended

Jul. 31, 2012

In March 2003, the Company’s Board of Directors authorized the repurchase of up to 20 million shares of its common stock, par value $0.01, from time to time, in open market transactions or otherwise, for the purpose of providing shares for its various employee benefit plans. The table below provides, for the periods indicated, information about the Company’s share repurchase program.



	Nine months ended July 31,				Three months ended July 31,
	2012		2011		2012		2011
Number of shares purchased	16,000		23,000		3,000		4,000
Average price per share	$	23.75	$	20.18	$	28.10	$	20.44
Remaining authorization at July 31 (in thousands):	8,770		11,807		8,770		11,807