Income Per Share Information

12 Months Ended

Oct. 31, 2015

Income Per Share Information

Information pertaining to the calculation of income per share for each of the fiscal years ended October 31, 2015, 2014, and 2013, is as follows (amounts in thousands):



	2015		2014		2013
Numerator:
Net income as reported	$	363,167	$	340,032	$	170,606
Plus: Interest and costs attributable to 0.5% Exchangeable Senior Notes, net of income tax benefit	1,561		1,557		1,604
Numerator for diluted earnings per share	$	364,728	$	341,589	$	172,210

Denominator:
Basic weighted-average shares	176,425		177,578		169,288
Common stock equivalents (a)	2,420		2,439		2,817
Shares attributable to 0.5% Exchangeable Senior Notes	5,858		5,858		5,858
Diluted weighted-average shares	184,703		185,875		177,963
Other information:
Weighted-average number of antidilutive options and restricted stock units (b)	1,826		1,970		1,509
Shares issued under stock incentive and employee stock purchase plans	1,467		1,453		1,213


(a)	Common stock equivalents represent the dilutive effect of outstanding in-the-money stock options using the treasury stock method and shares expected to be issued under Performance-Based Restricted Stock Units and Nonperformance-Based Restricted Stock Units.


(b)	Weighted-average number of antidilutive options and restricted stock units are based upon the average of the average quarterly closing prices of our common stock on the NYSE for the year.