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Treasury Stock (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Aug. 31, 2016

Stockholders' Equity Attributable to Parent [Abstract]

Tabular Disclosure of an Entity's Treasury Stock

The Board has authorized the Company to repurchase Common Stock, from time to time as conditions allow, on the open market or through negotiated private transactions.

The table below represents the remaining Board authorization:

	Amount
Additional authorization July 2015	50.0
Less repurchases made under the authorizations as of August 31, 2016	(4.5		)
Remaining Board authorization at August 31, 2016	$	45.5

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Tabular disclosure of an entity's treasury stock including amount authorized by an entity's board of directors, the number of shares repurchased and the remaining maximum dollar value of shares available for repurchase under the program

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