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Pension Plans | 9 Months Ended
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Feb. 28, 2013
Pension Plans | NOTE 13 — PENSION PLANS We offer defined benefit pension plans, defined contribution pension plans, as well as several unfunded health care benefit plans primarily for certain of our retired employees. The following tables provide the retirement-related benefit plans’ impact on income before income taxes for the three and nine month periods ended February 28, 2013 and February 29, 2012:
|  | U.S. Plans |  |  | Non-U.S. Plans |
|  | Three Months Ended |  |  | Three Months Ended |
Pension Benefits |  | February 28, 2013 |  |  | February 29, 2012 |  |  | February 28, 2013 |  |  | February 29, 2012 |
|  | (In thousands) |
Service cost |  | $ | 6,488 |  |  | $ | 4,976 |  |  | $ | 1,050 |  |  | $ | 965 |
Interest cost |  |  | 4,060 |  |  |  | 3,826 |  |  |  | 1,769 |  |  |  | 2,040 |
Expected return on plan assets |  |  | (4,358 | ) |  |  | (4,354 | ) |  |  | (1,846 | ) |  |  | (2,036 | )
Amortization of: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Prior service cost |  |  | 87 |  |  |  | 88 |  |  |  | 2 |  |  |  | 2 |
Net actuarial losses recognized |  |  | 4,222 |  |  |  | 2,127 |  |  |  | 692 |  |  |  | 560 |
Net Periodic Benefit Cost |  | $ | 10,499 |  |  | $ | 6,663 |  |  | $ | 1,667 |  |  | $ | 1,531 |
|  | U.S. Plans |  |  | Non-U.S. Plans |
|  | Three Months Ended |  |  | Three Months Ended |
Postretirement Benefits |  | February 28, 2013 |  |  | February 29, 2012 |  |  | February 28, 2013 |  |  | February 29, 2012 |
|  | (In thousands) |
Service cost |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 288 |  |  | $ | 192 |
Interest cost |  |  | 88 |  |  |  | 104 |  |  |  | 289 |  |  |  | 250 |
Amortization of: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Prior service (credit) |  |  | (22 | ) |  |  | (22 | ) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Net actuarial (gains) losses recognized |  |  | 4 |  |  |  | (14 | ) |  |  | 114 |  |  |  | 18 |
Net Periodic Benefit Cost |  | $ | 70 |  |  | $ | 68 |  |  | $ | 691 |  |  | $ | 460 |
|  | U.S. Plans |  |  | Non-U.S. Plans |
|  | Nine Months Ended |  |  | Nine Months Ended |
Pension Benefits |  | February 28, 2013 |  |  | February 29, 2012 |  |  | February 28, 2013 |  |  | February 29, 2012 |
|  | (In thousands) |
Service cost |  | $ | 19,464 |  |  | $ | 14,929 |  |  | $ | 3,150 |  |  | $ | 2,896 |
Interest cost |  |  | 12,180 |  |  |  | 11,480 |  |  |  | 5,307 |  |  |  | 6,121 |
Expected return on plan assets |  |  | (13,074 | ) |  |  | (13,062 | ) |  |  | (5,538 | ) |  |  | (6,109 | )
Amortization of: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Prior service cost |  |  | 261 |  |  |  | 264 |  |  |  | 6 |  |  |  | 8 |
Net actuarial losses recognized |  |  | 12,666 |  |  |  | 6,382 |  |  |  | 2,076 |  |  |  | 1,679 |
Net Periodic Benefit Cost |  | $ | 31,497 |  |  | $ | 19,993 |  |  | $ | 5,001 |  |  | $ | 4,595 |
|  | U.S. Plans |  |  | Non-U.S. Plans |
|  | Nine Months Ended |  |  | Nine Months Ended |
Postretirement Benefits |  | February 28, 2013 |  |  | February 29, 2012 |  |  | February 28, 2013 |  |  | February 29, 2012 |
|  | (In thousands) |
Service cost |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 864 |  |  | $ | 576 |
Interest cost |  |  | 264 |  |  |  | 312 |  |  |  | 867 |  |  |  | 749 |
Amortization of: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Prior service (credit) |  |  | (66 | ) |  |  | (65 | ) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Net actuarial (gains) losses recognized |  |  | 12 |  |  |  | (43 | ) |  |  | 342 |  |  |  | 55 |
Net Periodic Benefit Cost |  | $ | 210 |  |  | $ | 204 |  |  | $ | 2,073 |  |  | $ | 1,380 |
We previously disclosed in our financial statements for the fiscal year ended May 31, 2012 that we expected to contribute approximately $29.9 million to our retirement plans in the U.S. and approximately $8.3 million to plans outside the U.S. during the current fiscal year. In our financial statements for the quarterly period ended November 30, 2012, we disclosed that we expected to contribute $5.4 million less to our retirement plans in the U.S., for a total of $24.5 million. As of February 28, 2013, this has not changed.

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