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Debt (Details 4) (USD $) | May 31, 2013
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Debt Instrument [Line Items] |
Limit on additional debt borrowings | $ 353,290,000
Fixed rate Senior Notes | Book value |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |
Fixed rate debt | 100,000,000
Fixed rate Senior Notes | Fair Value, Level 2 | Discounted cash flow analysis |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |
Fixed rate debt | $ 105,180,000

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- Definition Represents the limit on the additional amount of debt, from all sources, that may be borrowed. + References No definition available. + Details
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- Details
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- Definition The fair value amount of long-term debt whether such amount is presented as a separate caption or as a parenthetical disclosure. Additionally, this element may be used in connection with the fair value disclosures required in the footnote disclosures to the financial statements. The element may be used in both the balance sheet and disclosure in the same submission. + References No definition available. + Details
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