LEASES

12 Months Ended

May 31, 2011

Leases Operating Abstract

Operating Leases Of Lessee Disclosure Text Block

NOTE K — LEASES

We lease certain property, plant and equipment under long-term operating lease agreements, some of which provide for increased rental payments based upon increases in the cost-of-living index. The following table illustrates our future minimum lease commitments under all non-cancelable lease agreements, for each of the next five years and in the aggregate, as of May 31, 2011:

	May 31,
	(In thousands)
	2011	$	37,302
	2012		28,923
	2013		20,872
	2014		15,742
	2015		13,180
	Thereafter		44,134
	Total Minimum Lease Commitments	$	160,153
Total rental expense for all operating leases amounted to $41.4 million, $41.8 million and $40.4 million for the fiscal years
ended May 31, 2011, 2010 and 2009, respectively.