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Other Expense, Net (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Feb. 29, 2020
Other Income And Expenses [Abstract] |
Other Expense, Net | Other expense, net, consists of the following components:
|  | Three Months Ended |  |  | Nine Months Ended |
|  | February 29, |  |  | February 28, |  |  | February 29, |  |  | February 28, |
(In thousands) |  | 2020 |  |  | 2019 |  |  | 2020 |  |  | 2019 |
Royalty (income) expense, net |  | $ | (61 | ) |  | $ | 88 |  |  | $ | (155 | ) |  | $ | 154 |
(Income) related to unconsolidated equity affiliates |  |  | (150 | ) |  |  | (133 | ) |  |  | (125 | ) |  |  | (299 | )
Pension non-service costs |  |  | 1,510 |  |  |  | 372 |  |  |  | 4,489 |  |  |  | 1,146 |
Loss on extinguishment of debt (a) |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | 3,051 |
Loss on divestiture (b) |  |  | 123 |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | 949 |  |  |  | - |
Other expense, net |  | $ | 1,422 |  |  | $ | 327 |  |  | $ | 5,158 |  |  | $ | 4,052 |
(a) | In connection with the redemption of all our outstanding 2.25% convertible senior notes in November 2018, we recognized a loss of $3.1 million, due to the fair value measurement of the instrument on the date of conversion.
(b) | Reflects the loss incurred upon divestiture of a contracting business located in Australia, which had reported through our PCG segment.

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