Quarterly Financial Data (unaudited)

12 Months Ended

Oct. 31, 2012

11. Quarterly Financial Data (unaudited)


	Fiscal Year 2012
	First Quarter			Second Quarter		Third Quarter		Fourth Quarter
	(In thousands, except per share data)
				(Unaudited)
Net sales	$	517,826		$	595,046	$	624,854	$	648,379
Gross profit		8,822			59,145		69,614		35,832
Net income (loss)		(7,989	)		23,865		28,721		9,347
Diluted earnings (loss) per share	$	(0.36	)	$	1.05	$	1.25	$	0.41


	Fiscal Year 2011
	First Quarter			Second Quarter			Third Quarter			Fourth Quarter
	(In thousands, except per share data)
				(unaudited)
Net sales	$	427,732		$	479,342		$	511,169		$	559,842
Gross profit (loss)		(31,207	)		(6,024	)		(67,427	)		(11,505	)
Net income (loss)		(33,556	)		(16,276	)		(55,683	)		(21,562	)
Diluted earnings (loss) per share	$	(1.52	)	$	(0.74	)	$	(2.51	)	$	(0.97	)

- Definition

The entire disclosure for the quarterly financial data in the annual financial statements. The disclosure may include a tabular presentation of financial information for each fiscal quarter for the current and previous year, including revenues, gross profit, income or loss before extraordinary items and earnings per share data. It also includes an indication if the information in the note is unaudited, comments on the aggregate effect of year-end adjustments, and an explanation of matters or transactions that affect comparability or are pertinent to an understanding of the information furnished.

+ References+ Details