Stock Repurchase Program (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Jul. 31, 2017

Stock Repurchase Program [Abstract]

Stock Repurchase And Reissuance Activities

Stock repurchase activities are as follow:

	Three Months Ended   July 31,				Nine Months Ended   July 31,
	2017		2016		2017		2016
	(in thousands)
Total shares repurchased (1)	1,627		2,525		4,401		6,889
Total cost of the repurchased shares(1)	$	120,000	$	120,000	$	300,000	$	320,000
Reissuance of treasury stock	1,316		1,708		3,188		3,169

(1) The number of shares purchased and average purchase price paid per share includes the 265,894 shares and $20.0 million equity forward contract, respectively, from the February 2017 ASR settled in May 2017.