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Debt (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Aug. 31, 2011

Schedule of Debt [Table Text Block]

		Carrying Value			Fair Value			Carrying Value			Fair Value			Carrying Value			Fair Value
		August 31, 2011						May 31, 2011						August 31, 2010
Lines of Credit (weighted average interest rates of 4.0%, 6.7% and 3.9%, respectively)		$	7.9		$	7.9		$	0.7		$	0.7		$	7.7		$	7.7
Loan Agreement:
Revolving Loan			—			—			—			—			—			—
Term Loan (interest rates of 1.0%, 1.0% and 1.1%, respectively)			39.5			39.5			50.2			50.2			82.3			82.3
5% Notes due 2013, net of discount			152.6			153.0			152.5			156.6			152.3			149.2
Total debt		$	200.0		$	200.4		$	203.4		$	207.5		$	242.3		$	239.2
Less lines of credit, short-term debt and current portion of long-term debt			(47.4	)		(47.4	)		(43.5	)		(43.5	)		(50.5	)		(50.5	)
Total long-term debt		$	152.6		$	153.0		$	159.9		$	164.0		$	191.8		$	188.7

Schedule of Maturities Debt [Table Text Block]

2012		$	47.4
2013			152.6
Total debt		$	200.0

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