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Employee Benefit and Retirement Plans
 9 Months Ended
Aug. 31, 2026
Retirement Benefits [Abstract]  
Employee Benefit and Retirement Plans EMPLOYEE BENEFIT AND RETIREMENT PLANS    
We sponsor defined benefit pension plans in the U.S. and certain foreign locations. Additionally, we sponsor defined contribution plans in the U.S. and contribute to defined contribution plans in various locations outside the U.S., including government-sponsored retirement plans. We also provide postretirement medical and life insurance benefits to certain U.S. employees and retirees. We previously froze the accrual of future benefits under certain defined benefit pension plans in the U.S. and certain foreign locations. Although our defined benefit plans in the U.S., United Kingdom (UK), and Canada have generally been frozen, employees who are participants in the plans retained benefits accumulated up to the date of the freeze, based on credited service and eligible earnings, in accordance with the terms of the plans.
The following table presents the components of our pension expense (income) and other postretirement benefits expense for the three and nine months ended August 31, 2026 and 2025 (in millions):
United States pensionInternational pensionOther postretirement benefits
202620252026202520262025
Three months ended August 31,
Service cost$0.4 $0.4 $0.2 $0.2 $0.2 $0.2 
Interest costs8.9 8.9 2.6 2.6 0.6 0.6 
Expected return on plan assets(9.3)(9.3)(3.7)(3.7)— — 
Amortization of prior service costs0.2 0.1 — — — (0.1)
Amortization of net actuarial losses (gains)0.2 0.3 — — (0.6)(0.6)
Total expense (income)$0.4 $0.4 $(0.9)$(0.9)$0.2 $0.1 
Nine months ended August 31,
Service cost$1.1 $1.2 $0.5 $0.5 $0.6 $0.6 
Interest costs26.7 26.7 7.9 7.6 1.6 1.7 
Expected return on plan assets(27.7)(27.9)(11.1)(10.7)— — 
Amortization of prior service costs0.4 0.3 0.1 0.1 (0.1)(0.2)
Amortization of net actuarial losses (gains)0.7 0.9 (0.1)(0.1)(1.7)(1.9)
Total expense (income)$1.2 $1.2 $(2.7)$(2.6)$0.4 $0.2 
During the nine months ended August 31, 2026 and 2025, we contributed $6.1 million and $7.2 million, respectively, to our pension plans. Total contributions to our pension plans in fiscal year 2025 were $9.2 million.
All of the amounts in the tables above for pension expense (income) and other postretirement benefits expense, other than service cost, were included in Other income, net within our consolidated income statements. The net aggregate amount of
pension and other postretirement benefits income, excluding service cost components, was $(1.1) million and $(1.2) million for the three months ended August 31, 2026 and 2025, respectively, and $(3.3) million and $(3.5) million for the nine months ended August 31, 2026 and 2025, respectively.