Taxes - Schedule for components for deferred income taxes (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions |
May 31, 2026 |
May 31, 2025 |
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| Deferred tax assets: | ||
| Tax uniform capitalization | $ 12.8 | $ 12.2 |
| Prepublication expenses | 3.9 | 3.0 |
| Inventory reserves | 19.2 | 21.8 |
| Allowance for credit losses | 2.0 | 1.8 |
| Deferred revenue | 6.1 | 6.2 |
| Stock based compensation | 4.6 | 5.9 |
| Other reserves | 5.2 | 4.4 |
| Postretirement, post employment and pension obligations | 1.6 | 1.6 |
| Tax carryforwards | 30.5 | 32.4 |
| Lease liabilities | 76.5 | 27.7 |
| Other | 13.5 | 15.0 |
| Gross deferred tax assets | 175.9 | 132.0 |
| Valuation allowance | (21.6) | (17.1) |
| Total deferred tax assets | 154.3 | 114.9 |
| Deferred tax liabilities: | ||
| Depreciation and amortization | (35.4) | (53.9) |
| Lease right-of-use assets | (73.0) | (24.4) |
| Research and development costs capitalized | (20.6) | (8.3) |
| Other | (2.0) | (3.7) |
| Total deferred tax liabilities | (131.0) | (90.3) |
| Total net deferred tax assets | 23.3 | 24.6 |
| Foreign jurisdictions unable to be netted | $ 8.5 | $ 10.1 |
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- Definition Deferred Tax Assets, Deferred Revenue No definition available.
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- Definition The tax effect as of the balance sheet date of the amount of the estimated future tax deductions attributable to inventory reserves related items which can only be realized if sufficient taxable income is generated in future periods to enable the deduction to be taken. No definition available.
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- Definition Deferred Tax Assets, Lease Liabilities No definition available.
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- Definition Deferred Tax Assets, Prepublication Expenses No definition available.
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- Definition Deferred Tax Assets, Tax Deferred Expense, Compensation and Benefits, Postretirement Benefits and Pension Obligations No definition available.
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- Definition The tax effect as of the balance sheet date of the amount of the tax uniform capitalization. No definition available.
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- Definition The tax effect as of the balance sheet date of the amount of the depreciation and amortization. No definition available.
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- Definition Deferred Tax Liabilities, Foreign Jurisdictions Unable To Be Netted No definition available.
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- Definition Deferred Tax Liabilities, Leases, Right Of Use Asset No definition available.
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- Definition Amount before allocation of valuation allowances of deferred tax asset attributable to deductible temporary differences and carryforwards. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
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- Definition Amount, after allocation of valuation allowances and deferred tax liability, of deferred tax asset attributable to deductible differences and carryforwards, without jurisdictional netting. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
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- Definition Amount after allocation of valuation allowances of deferred tax asset attributable to deductible temporary differences and carryforwards. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
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- Definition Amount, before allocation of valuation allowance, of deferred tax asset attributable to deductible temporary differences, classified as other. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
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- Definition Amount, before allocation of a valuation allowances, of deferred tax assets attributable to deductible tax credit carryforwards including, but not limited to, research, foreign, general business, alternative minimum tax, and other deductible tax credit carryforwards. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
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- Definition Amount before allocation of valuation allowances of deferred tax asset attributable to deductible temporary differences from share-based compensation. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
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- Definition Amount, before allocation of valuation allowance, of deferred tax asset attributable to deductible temporary difference from allowance for credit loss on accounts receivable. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
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- Definition Amount, before allocation of valuation allowance, of deferred tax asset attributable to deductible temporary differences from reserves, classified as other. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
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- Definition Amount of deferred tax assets for which it is more likely than not that a tax benefit will not be realized. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
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- Definition Amount, after deferred tax asset, of deferred tax liability attributable to taxable differences without jurisdictional netting. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
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- References No definition available.
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- Definition Amount of deferred tax liability attributable to taxable temporary differences from research and development costs. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
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- Definition Amount of deferred tax liability attributable to taxable temporary differences classified as other. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
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