GOODWILL AND INTANGIBLE ASSETS (Tables)

12 Months Ended

May 31, 2016

Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of Goodwill and Intangible Assets

As of May 31, 2016 and 2015, goodwill and other intangible assets consisted of the following:



	2016		2015
	(in thousands)
Goodwill	$	4,829,405	$	1,491,833
Other intangible assets:
Customer-related intangible assets	$	1,864,709	$	718,011
Acquired technologies	549,293		93,194
Trademarks and trade names	188,763		10,777
Contract-based intangible assets	159,890		130,874
	2,762,655		952,856
Less accumulated amortization on:
Customer-related intangible assets	414,979		342,488
Acquired technologies	26,403		8,509
Trademarks and trade names	7,830		4,437
Contract-based intangible assets	48,735		37,286
	497,947		392,720
	$	2,264,708	$	560,136

Schedule of Goodwill

The following table sets forth the changes in the carrying amount of goodwill for the years ended May 31, 2016 and 2015:



	North America			Europe			Asia-Pacific			Total
	(in thousands)
Balance at May 31, 2014	$	786,655		$	491,038		$	59,592		$	1,337,285
Goodwill acquired	4,794			67,220			192,225			264,239
Effect of foreign currency translation	(11,715		)	(72,337		)	(25,639		)	(109,691		)
Balance at May 31, 2015	779,734			485,921			226,178			1,491,833
Goodwill acquired	3,318,768			—			53,402			3,372,170
Effect of foreign currency translation	(3,872		)	(13,737		)	(15,397		)	(33,006		)
Measurement-period adjustments	(8,200		)	(411		)	7,019			(1,592		)
Balance at May 31, 2016	$	4,086,430		$	471,773		$	271,202		$	4,829,405

Schedule of Expected Amortization Expense

The estimated amortization expense of acquired intangibles as of May 31, 2016 for the next five fiscal years, calculated using the exchange rate at the date of acquisition, if applicable, is as follows (in thousands):



2017	$	321,802
2018	301,258
2019	294,294
2020	275,560
2021	256,312