Income Per Share Information (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Oct. 31, 2014

Earnings Per Share [Abstract]

Calculation of income per share

Information pertaining to the calculation of income per share for each of the fiscal years ended October 31, 2014, 2013, and 2012, is as follows (amounts in thousands):

	2014		2013		2012
Numerator:
Net income as reported	$	340,032	$	170,606	$	487,146
Plus: Interest and costs attributable to 0.5% Exchangeable Senior Notes, net of income tax benefit	1,557		1,604		78
Numerator for diluted earnings per share	$	341,589	$	172,210	$	487,224
Denominator:
Basic weighted-average shares	177,578		169,288		167,346
Common stock equivalents (a)	2,439		2,817		1,996
Shares attributable to 0.5% Exchangeable Senior Notes	5,858		5,858		812
Diluted weighted-average shares	185,875		177,963		170,154
Other information:
Weighted-average number of antidilutive options and restricted stock units (b)	1,970		1,509		3,646
Shares issued under stock incentive and employee stock purchase plans	1,453		1,213		2,927

(a) Common stock equivalents represent the dilutive effect of outstanding in-the-money stock options using the treasury stock method, Stock Price-Based RSUs whose Target Price criteria have been met but are unpaid, and shares expected to be issued under Performance-Based Restricted Stock Units and Nonperformance-Based Restricted Stock Units.

(b) Based upon the average of the average quarterly closing prices of our common stock on the NYSE for the year.