Common Shares

9 Months Ended

Jan. 31, 2021

Stockholders' Equity Note [Abstract]

The following table sets forth common share information.


	January 31, 2021	April 30, 2020
Common shares authorized	300.0	300.0
Common shares outstanding	109.8	114.1
Treasury shares	36.7	32.4

Repurchase Program: On October 22, 2020, the Board authorized the repurchase of up to 5.0 million common shares, in addition to the 3.6 million common shares that remained available for repurchase pursuant to prior authorizations of the Board, for a total of 8.6 million common shares available for repurchase. Under our repurchase program, 4.5 million common shares were repurchased for $521.9 between December 2, 2020, and January 29, 2021, of which 0.2 million common shares will be settled during the fourth quarter of 2021. Included in the total repurchases during the third quarter of 2021 were 2.0 million common shares repurchased under a 10b5-1 plan entered into on December 30, 2020. At January 31, 2021, approximately 4.1 million common shares remain available for repurchase pursuant to the Board’s authorizations. The remaining shares repurchased during the nine months ended January 31, 2021 and 2020, consisted of shares repurchased from stock plan recipients in lieu of cash payments.