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Segment Information
 3 Months Ended
Aug. 31, 2026
Segment Reporting [Abstract]  
Segment Information SEGMENT INFORMATION
The Company categorizes its businesses into four reportable segments: Children’s Book Publishing and Distribution, Education, Entertainment 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 School Reading Events business, which includes the book clubs and book fairs channels, and through the trade channel. This segment is comprised of two 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 programs and related support services, and print and online reference and non-fiction products for grades pre-kindergarten to 12 in the United States. This segment is comprised of one operating segment.

•Entertainment includes the development, production, distribution and licensing of children and family film and television content. This segment is comprised of one operating segment.

•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 four operating segments.

The Company's chief operating decision maker ("CODM") is the President and Chief Executive Officer. The CODM uses operating income (loss) as the profit measure to evaluate segment performance and allocate resources to the segments. The CODM considers variances of actual performance to forecasts and prior year when making decisions.

The following tables present the Company’s revenue, significant expenses, and operating income (loss) by segment for the periods indicated:

Three months ended August 31, 2026
Children's Book Publishing and DistributionEducationEntertainmentInternational
Overhead (1)
Consolidated
Revenues$105.8 $30.4 $20.1 $60.5 $— $216.8 
Cost of goods sold (2)
55.4 14.8 12.0 36.1 (0.2)118.1 
Selling, general and administrative expenses (2)
83.3 36.3 6.8 25.9 26.0 178.3 
Depreciation and amortization5.3 2.6 3.1 1.4 0.2 12.6 
Operating income (loss)$(38.2)$(23.3)$(1.8)$(2.9)$(26.0)$(92.2)
Interest income (expense), net (1.6)
Other components of net periodic benefit (cost) 0.1 
Earnings (loss) before income taxes$(93.7)
Other segment disclosures:
Segment assets$620.8 
$
188.5 
$
245.6 
$
246.6 
$
423.8 
$
1,725.3 
Long-lived asset additions4.8 — 0.8 3.2 2.0 10.8 
(1) Overhead includes all domestic corporate amounts not allocated to segments, including expenses and costs related to the management of corporate assets.
(2) The significant expense categories and amounts align with the segment-level information that is regularly provided to the CODM.
Three months ended August 31, 2025
Children's Book Publishing and DistributionEducationEntertainmentInternational
Overhead (1)
Consolidated
Revenues$109.4 $40.1 $13.6 $59.4 $3.1 $225.6 
Cost of goods sold (2)
62.2 19.3 8.1 35.4 (1.5)123.5 
Selling, general and administrative expenses (2)(3)
76.1 39.3 6.4 26.8 28.6 177.2 
Depreciation and amortization5.4 2.7 3.1 1.4 3.7 16.3 
Other segment items (4)
0.8 — — — — 0.8 
Operating income (Loss)$(35.1)$(21.2)$(4.0)$(4.2)$(27.7)$(92.2)
Interest income (expense), net (4.5)
Other components of net periodic benefit (cost)(0.3)
Earnings (loss) before income taxes$(97.0)
Other segment disclosures:
Segment assets$634.7 $211.1 $255.5 $261.0 $592.3 $1,954.6 
Long-lived asset additions1.2 0.1 0.0 3.4 2.7 7.4 
(1) Overhead includes all domestic corporate amounts not allocated to segments, including expenses and costs related to the management of corporate assets and rental income related to leased space in the Company's headquarters. As a result of the sale-leaseback transactions completed during the third quarter of fiscal 2026, the Company no longer owns the leasable space.
(2) The significant expense categories and amounts align with the segment-level information that is regularly provided to the CODM.
(3) Selling, general and administrative expenses includes equity in the net income (loss) of investees accounted for by the equity method. A loss of less than $0.1 and loss of $0.1 was recognized in the Entertainment and International segments, respectively.
(4) Other segment items include asset impairments and write downs.
The following table presents geographic information for revenues for the periods indicated. Revenues are attributed to locations based on the origin of sale.

Three months ended August 31,
20262025
United States$131.9 $141.7 
International84.9 83.9 
Total Revenues$216.8 $225.6 

The following table presents geographic information for long-lived assets as of the dates indicated. Long-lived assets consist of property, plant and equipment, net, excluding capitalized software.

August 31, 2026August 31, 2025
United States$94.6 $412.4 
International46.8 35.2 
Total Long-lived assets$141.4 $447.6