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Segment Information | 9 Months Ended
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Feb. 29, 2020
Segment Reporting [Abstract] |
Segment Information | SEGMENT INFORMATION The Company categorizes its businesses into three reportable segments: Children’s Book Publishing and Distribution, Education and International.
• | Children’s Book Publishing and Distribution operates as an integrated business which includes the publication and distribution of children’s books, ebooks, media and interactive products in the United States through its book clubs and book fairs in its school channels and through the trade channel. This segment is comprised of three operating segments.
• | Education includes the publication and distribution to schools and libraries of children’s books, classroom magazines, print and digital supplemental and core classroom materials and related support services, and print and on-line reference and non-fiction products for grades pre-kindergarten to 12 in the United States. This segment is comprised of three operating segments.
• | International includes the publication and distribution of products and services outside the United States by the Company’s international operations, and its export and foreign rights businesses. This segment is comprised of three operating segments.
The following table sets forth information for the Company's segments for the fiscal quarters ended February 29, 2020 and February 28, 2019:
| Children’s Book Publishing & Distribution |  | Education |  | Overhead (1) |  | Total Domestic |  | International |  | Total
Three months ended February 29, 2020 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Revenues | $220.2 |  | $74.3 |  | — |  |  | $294.5 |  | $78.8 |  | $373.3
Bad debt expense | 1.2 |  | 0.7 |  | — |  |  | 1.9 |  | 1.1 |  | 3.0
Depreciation and amortization (2) | 6.7 |  | 3.3 |  | 10.8 |  | 20.8 |  | 1.9 |  | 22.7
Asset impairments and write downs | — |  |  | — |  |  | 40.0 |  | 40.0 |  | — |  |  | 40.0
Segment operating income (loss) | 2.2 |  | 9.8 |  | (68.3) |  | (56.3) |  | (3.7) |  | (60.0)
Expenditures for other noncurrent assets (3) | 11.5 |  | 5.4 |  | 19.4 |  | 36.3 |  | 5.4 |  | 41.7
Three months ended February 28, 2019 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Revenues | $218.0 |  | $60.3 |  | — |  |  | $278.3 |  | $81.8 |  | $360.1
Bad debt expense | 0.8 |  | 0.5 |  | — |  |  | 1.3 |  | 0.3 |  | 1.6
Depreciation and amortization (2) | 5.9 |  | 2.6 |  | 10.4 |  | 18.9 |  | 1.6 |  | 20.5
Asset impairments and write downs | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Segment operating income (loss) | 4.4 |  | 0.3 |  | (23.1) |  | (18.4) |  | (3.0) |  | (21.4)
Expenditures for other noncurrent assets (3) | 17.3 |  | 5.5 |  | 15.3 |  | 38.1 |  | 2.7 |  | 40.8
The following table sets forth information for the Company's segments for the fiscal periods ended February 29, 2020 and February 28, 2019:
| Children’s Book Publishing & Distribution |  | Education |  | Overhead (1) |  | Total Domestic |  | International |  | Total
Nine months ended February 29, 2020 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Revenues | $743.4 |  | $192.6 |  | — |  |  | $936.0 |  | $267.1 |  | $1,203.1
Bad debt expense | 2.8 |  |  | 1.5 |  |  | — |  |  | 4.3 |  |  | 3.0 |  |  | 7.3 |
Depreciation and amortization (2) | 19.9 |  |  | 9.8 |  |  | 32.7 |  |  | 62.4 |  |  | 5.4 |  |  | 67.8 |
Asset impairments and write downs | — |  |  | — |  |  | 40.0 |  |  | 40.0 |  |  | — |  |  | 40.0 |
Segment operating income (loss) | 70.1 |  |  | 2.6 |  |  | (119.3 | ) |  | (46.6 | ) |  | 4.3 |  |  | (42.3 | )
Segment assets at February 29, 2020 | 594.1 |  |  | 208.5 |  |  | 853.9 |  |  | 1,656.5 |  |  | 291.9 |  |  | 1,948.4 |
Goodwill at February 29, 2020 | 47.1 |  |  | 68.2 |  |  | — |  |  | 115.3 |  |  | 10.0 |  |  | 125.3 |
Expenditures for other noncurrent assets (3) | 40.2 |  |  | 15.0 |  |  | 37.6 |  |  | 92.8 |  |  | 18.1 |  |  | 110.9 |
Other noncurrent assets at February 29, 2020 (3) | $183.0 |  | $123.1 |  | $499.1 |  | $805.2 |  | $76.6 |  | $881.8
Nine months ended February 28, 2019 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Revenues | $731.6 |  | $179.7 |  | — |  |  | $911.3 |  | $271.9 |  | $1,183.2
Bad debt expense | 3.2 |  |  | 1.2 |  |  | — |  |  | 4.4 |  |  | 1.3 |  |  | 5.7 |
Depreciation and amortization (2) | 17.5 |  |  | 6.7 |  |  | 31.1 |  |  | 55.3 |  |  | 5.0 |  |  | 60.3 |
Asset impairments and write downs | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Segment operating income (loss) | 64.7 |  |  | (6.3 | ) |  | (73.4 | ) |  | (15.0 | ) |  | 8.0 |  |  | (7.0 | )
Segment assets at February 28, 2019 | 585.2 |  |  | 173.6 |  |  | 977.9 |  |  | 1,736.7 |  |  | 286.4 |  |  | 2,023.1 |
Goodwill at February 28, 2019 | 40.9 |  |  | 68.2 |  |  | — |  |  | 109.1 |  |  | 10.0 |  |  | 119.1 |
Expenditures for other noncurrent assets (3) | 48.3 |  |  | 15.6 |  |  | 55.9 |  |  | 119.8 |  |  | 10.1 |  |  | 129.9 |
Other noncurrent assets at February 28, 2019 (3) | $170.4 |  | $112.3 |  | $502.8 |  | $785.5 |  | $80.3 |  | $865.8
(1) | Overhead includes all domestic corporate amounts not allocated to segments, including expenses and costs related to the management of corporate assets. Unallocated assets are principally comprised of deferred income taxes and property, plant and equipment related to the Company’s headquarters in the metropolitan New York area, its fulfillment and distribution facilities located in Missouri, its facility located in Connecticut and certain technology assets.
(2) | Includes depreciation of property, plant and equipment and amortization of intangible assets and prepublication and production costs.
(3) Other noncurrent assets include property, plant and equipment, prepublication assets, production assets, cloud computing costs, royalty advances, goodwill, intangible assets and investments. Expenditures for other noncurrent assets for the International segment include expenditures for long-lived assets of $4.3 and $1.5 for the three months ended February 29, 2020 and February 28, 2019, respectively, and $14.2 and $5.9 for the nine months ended February 29, 2020 and February 28, 2019, respectively. Other noncurrent assets for the International segment include long-lived assets of $44.1 and $36.3 as of February 29, 2020 and February 28, 2019, respectively.

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- Definition The entire disclosure for reporting segments including data and tables. Reportable segments include those that meet any of the following quantitative thresholds a) it's reported revenue, including sales to external customers and intersegment sales or transfers is 10 percent or more of the combined revenue, internal and external, of all operating segments b) the absolute amount of its reported profit or loss is 10 percent or more of the greater, in absolute amount of 1) the combined reported profit of all operating segments that did not report a loss or 2) the combined reported loss of all operating segments that did report a loss c) its assets are 10 percent or more of the combined assets of all operating segments. + References Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/topic&trid=2134510 + Details
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