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Capital Stock and Stock-Based Awards (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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May 31, 2017
Disclosure of Compensation Related Costs, Share-based Payments [Abstract] |
Schedule of capital stock | Capital stock consisted of the following as of May 31, 2017:
| Class A Stock |  | Common Stock |  | Preferred Stock
Authorized | 4,000,000 |  |  | 70,000,000 |  |  | 2,000,000 |
Reserved for Issuance | 244,506 |  |  | 6,822,489 |  |  | — |
Outstanding | 1,656,200 |  |  | 33,383,303 |  |  | — |
Schedule of share-based compensation activity | The following table sets forth the intrinsic value of stock options exercised, pretax stock-based compensation cost and related tax benefits for the Class A Stock and Common Stock plans for the fiscal years ended May 31:
| 2017 |  | 2016 |  | 2015
Total intrinsic value of stock options exercised | $ | 11.0 |  |  | $ | 14.6 |  |  | $ | 5.8 |
Stock-based compensation cost (pretax) | $ | 10.1 |  |  | $ | 9.7 |  |  | $ | 11.3 |
Tax benefits related to stock-based compensation cost | $ | 0.8 |  |  | $ | 1.8 |  |  | $ | 2.1 |
Weighted average grant date fair value per option | $ | 12.70 |  |  | $ | 14.78 |  |  | $ | 11.41 |
Schedule of stock option activity | The following table sets forth the stock option activity for the Class A Stock and Common Stock plans for the fiscal year ended May 31, 2017:
| Options |  | Weighted Average Exercise Price |  | Average Remaining Contractual Term (in years) |  | Aggregate Intrinsic Value
Outstanding at May 31, 2016 | 3,025,046 |  |  | $ | 32.10 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Granted | 522,761 |  |  | $ | 39.39 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Exercised | (833,046 | ) |  | $ | 30.97 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Expired, cancellations and forfeitures | (20,937 | ) |  | $ | 38.68 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Outstanding at May 31, 2017 | 2,693,824 |  |  | $ | 33.81 |  |  | 6.3 |  | $ | 24.0 |
Exercisable at May 31, 2017 | 1,446,554 |  |  | $ | 30.14 |  |  | 4.6 |  | $ | 18.0 |
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items] |
Schedule of nonvested restricted stock unit activity | The following table sets forth the RSU and MSPP Stock Unit activity for the year ended May 31, 2017:
| Stock Units/RSUs |  | Weighted Average grant date fair value
Nonvested as of May 31, 2016 | 273,263 |  |  | $ | 23.79 |
Granted | 94,896 |  |  | $ | 26.14 |
Vested | (58,084 | ) |  | $ | 35.67 |
Forfeited | — |  |  | $ | — |
Nonvested as of May 31, 2017 | 310,075 |  |  | $ | 22.28 |
Schedule of employee stock purchase plan activity | The following table sets forth the ESPP share activity for the fiscal years ended May 31:
| 2017 |  | 2016 |  | 2015
Shares issued |  | 42,799 |  |  |  | 43,141 |  |  |  | 55,501 |
Weighted average purchase price per share | $ | 35.58 |  |  | $ | 33.65 |  |  | $ | 31.98 |
Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) [Member] |
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items] |
Schedule of restricted stock unit activity | The following table sets forth the RSU award activity for the fiscal years ended May 31:
| 2017 |  | 2016 |  | 2015
RSUs granted |  | 52,331 |  |  |  | 74,536 |  |  |  | 66,146 |
Weighted average grant date price per unit | $ | 39.22 |  |  | $ | 43.10 |  |  | $ | 33.80 |
Management Stock Purchase Plan [Member] |
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items] |
Schedule of restricted stock unit activity | The following table sets forth the MSPP Stock Unit activity for the fiscal years ended May 31:
| 2017 |  | 2016 | 2015
MSPP Stock Units allocated |  | 42,565 |  |  |  | 58,633 |  |  | 67,027 |
Purchase price per unit | $ | 28.49 |  |  | $ | 30.38 |  | $ | 23.79 |

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