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ACCUMULATED OTHER COMPREHENSIVE LOSS (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Feb. 29, 2016
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss [Abstract] |
Schedule of accumulated other comprehensive income (Loss) | The changes in the accumulated balances for each component of other comprehensive loss were as follows for the three months ended February 29, 2016 and February 28, 2015 (in thousands):
| Foreign Currency Translation |  | Unrealized Gains (Losses) on Hedging Activities |  | Defined Benefit Pension Plans |  | Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss
Balance at November 30, 2014 | $ | (96,922 | ) |  | $ | (2,445 | ) |  | $ | (3,359 | ) |  | $ | (102,726 | )
Other comprehensive loss, net of income tax | (81,432 | ) |  | (68 | ) |  | — |  |  | (81,500 | )
Balance at February 28, 2015 | $ | (178,354 | ) |  | $ | (2,513 | ) |  | $ | (3,359 | ) |  | $ | (184,226 | )
Balance at November 30, 2015 | $ | (237,692 | ) |  | $ | (3,733 | ) |  | $ | (3,809 | ) |  | $ | (245,234 | )
Other comprehensive loss, net of income tax | (25,885 | ) |  | (6,182 | ) |  | — |  |  | (32,067 | )
Balance at February 29, 2016 | $ | (263,577 | ) |  | $ | (9,915 | ) |  | $ | (3,809 | ) |  | $ | (277,301 | )
The changes in the accumulated balances for each component of other comprehensive loss were as follows for the nine months ended February 29, 2016 and February 28, 2015 (in thousands):
| Foreign Currency Translation |  | Unrealized Gains (Losses) on Hedging Activities |  | Defined Benefit Pension Plans |  | Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss
Balance at May 31, 2014 | $ | 1,583 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | (3,359 | ) |  | $ | (1,776 | )
Other comprehensive loss, net of income tax | (179,937 | ) |  | (2,513 | ) |  | — |  |  | (182,450 | )
Balance at February 28, 2015 | $ | (178,354 | ) |  | $ | (2,513 | ) |  | $ | (3,359 | ) |  | $ | (184,226 | )
Balance at May 31, 2015 | $ | (178,309 | ) |  | $ | (3,874 | ) |  | $ | (3,809 | ) |  | $ | (185,992 | )
Other comprehensive income (loss), net of income tax | (85,268 | ) |  | (6,041 | ) |  | — |  |  | (91,309 | )
Balance at February 29, 2016 | $ | (263,577 | ) |  | $ | (9,915 | ) |  | $ | (3,809 | ) |  | $ | (277,301 | )

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