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Retirement Plans (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Feb. 28, 2017

Retirement Plan Tables [Abstract]

Schedule of Retirement Plan Costs

		Three Months Ended								Nine Months Ended
		2017				2016				2017				2016
Defined benefit pension plans		$	57			$	53			$	173			$	160
Defined contribution plans			117				104				348				304
Postretirement healthcare plans			19				20				57				61
		$	193			$	177			$	578			$	525

Schedule of Net Periodic Benefit Cost

		Three Months Ended								Nine Months Ended
		2017				2016				2017				2016
Pension Plans
Service cost		$	180			$	166			$	540			$	497
Interest cost			293				295				879				885
Expected return on plan assets			(384	)			(377	)			(1,156	)			(1,131	)
Amortization of prior service credit and other			(32	)			(31	)			(90	)			(91	)
		$	57			$	53			$	173			$	160

		Three Months Ended								Nine Months Ended
		2017				2016				2017				2016
Postretirement Healthcare Plans
Service cost		$	9			$	10			$	27			$	30
Interest cost			10				10				30				31
		$	19			$	20			$	57			$	61

Schedule of Pension Plans Contributions

		2017				2016
Required		$	444			$	8
Voluntary			1,306				487
		$	1,750			$	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
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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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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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