Income Per Share Information

9 Months Ended

Jul. 31, 2012

Earnings Per Share [Abstract]

Income per Share Information

Income per Share Information

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

	Nine months ended July 31,		Three months ended July 31,
	2012	2011	2012	2011
Basic weighted-average shares	166,990	167,221	167,664	168,075
Common stock equivalents (a)	1,623	1,445	2,565	1,263
Diluted weighted-average shares	168,613	168,666	170,229	169,338
Weighted average number of anti-dilutive options (b)	4,663	7,118	3,279	6,461
Shares issued under stock incentive and employee stock purchase plans	2,269	2,227	666	1,713

(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.

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