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Retirement Plans (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Feb. 29, 2016

Retirement Plan (Tables) [Abstract]

Schedule of Retirement Plan Costs

		Three Months Ended						Nine Months Ended
		2016			2015			2016			2015
Defined benefit pension plans		$	53		$	(10)		$	160		$	(27)
Defined contribution plans			104			96			304			284
Postretirement healthcare plans			20			21			61			61
		$	177		$	107		$	525		$	318

Schedule of Net Periodic Benefit Cost

		Three Months Ended						Nine Months Ended
Pension Plans		2016			2015			2016			2015
	Service cost	$	166		$	165		$	497		$	493
	Interest cost		295			274			885			824
	Expected return on plan assets		(377)			(420)			(1,131)			(1,260)
	Amortization of prior service credit and other		(31)			(29)			(91)			(84)
		$	53		$	(10)		$	160		$	(27)
		Three Months Ended						Nine Months Ended
Postretirement Healthcare Plans		2016			2015			2016			2015
	Service cost	$	10		$	10		$	30		$	30
	Interest cost		10			11			31			31
		$	20		$	21		$	61		$	61

Schedule of Pension Plans Contributions

		2016			2015
Required		$	8		$	380
Voluntary			487			115
		$	495		$	495

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Tabular disclosure of defined contribution pension plans or defined contribution other postretirement plans, separately for pension plans and other postretirement benefit plans.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 715
-SubTopic 70
-Section 50
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Tabular disclosure of the costs related to the various types of retirement plans including defined benefit pension plan cost, defined contribution plan cost, other postretirement benefit plan cost, and net periodic benefit cost.

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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Tabular disclosure of the components of net benefit costs for pension plans and/or other employee benefit plans including service cost, interest cost, expected return on plan assets, gain (loss), prior service cost or credit, transition asset or obligation, and gain (loss) recognized due to settlements or curtailments.

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