| 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 |
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| | (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. |
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