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| Capital Stock and Share Repurchase |
The Company's Board of Directors completed four separate authorizations (September 2011, March 2014, October 2014 and March 2015) to repurchase up to 7,000,000 shares each of the Company's outstanding common stock. At November 30, 2015, shares repurchased under these authorizations totaled 19,926,479 and an additional 8,073,521 shares remain available for repurchase under the existing share repurchase programs.
The reconciliation between basic and diluted earnings per share from continuing operations is as follows (in thousands, except per share amounts):
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