Retirement and Death Benefit Plans

12 Months Ended

May 31, 2017

NOTE 17

Retirement and Death Benefit Plans

The Corporation has entered into various arrangements with certain employees or former employees for benefits to be paid in the following manner:

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to an employee’s estate in the event of death

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an employee in the event of retirement or disability to be paid over 10 years beginning at the date of retirement or disability

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in the event of death, the employee’s beneficiary will receive the balance due the employee

The Corporation also purchased life insurance contracts on the covered employees or former employees. The present value of the principal cost of such arrangements is being accrued over the period from the date of such arrangements to full eligibility using a discount rate of 4.0 percent in fiscal 2017 and fiscal 2016. The current and non-current amounts accrued for such arrangements totaled $5,122,000 and $5,340,000 at May 31, 2017 and 2016, respectively. In fiscal 2017 the amount credited to operations under these arrangements was approximately $17,000. In fiscal 2016 the amount charged to operations under these arrangements was approximately $10,000.