Stock Repurchase Program (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Apr. 30, 2016

Stock Repurchase Program [Abstract]

Stock Repurchase And Reissuance Activities

Stock repurchase activities are as follow:

	Three Months Ended   April 30,				Six Months Ended   April 30,
	2016		2015		2016		2015
	(in thousands)
Total shares repurchased (1)	515		—		4,364		3,290
Total cost of the repurchased shares(1)	$	20,000	$	—	$	200,000	$	144,000
Reissuance of treasury stock	1,261		1,597		1,462		2,379

(1) Does not include the final 517,410 shares and $20.0 million equity forward contract, respectively, from the December 2015 ASRs settled in May 2016.