Goodwill, Service Contracts and Other Assets (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Feb. 29, 2012

Goodwill, Service Contracts and Other Assets

Changes in the carrying amount of goodwill by operating segment

	Rental		First Aid,
	Uniforms &	Uniform	Safety &
	Ancillary	Direct	Fire	Document
	Products	Sales	Protection	Management	Total
Goodwill (in thousands)
Balance as of June 1, 2011	$943,177	$23,995	$192,944	$327,766	$1,487,882
Goodwill acquired/adjusted	2,163	—	(479)	(571)	1,113
Foreign currency translation	(366)	(7)	—	(2,157)	(2,530)
Balance as of February 29, 2012	$944,974	$23,988	$192,465	$325,038	$1,486,465

Changes in the carrying amount of service contracts by operating segment

	Rental		First Aid,
	Uniforms &	Uniform	Safety &
	Ancillary	Direct	Fire	Document
	Products	Sales	Protection	Management	Total
Service Contracts (in thousands)
Balance as of June 1, 2011	$ 44,628	$     —	$ 35,878	$ 21,806	$102,312
Service contracts acquired	1,346	—	838	1,573	3,757
Service contracts amortization	(12,287)	—	(5,522)	(5,717)	(23,526)
Foreign currency translation	(513)	—	—	(364)	(877)
Balance as of February 29, 2012	$ 33,174	$     —	$ 31,194	$ 17,298	$ 81,666

Information regarding service contracts and other assets

	As of February 29, 2012
	Carrying	Accumulated
(In thousands)	Amount	Amortization	Net
Service contracts	$382,835	$301,169	$	81,666
Noncompete agreements	$76,231	$69,076	$	7,155
Investments(1)	91,638	—	91,638
Other	22,578	5,905	16,673
Total	$190,447	$74,981	$	115,466
	As of May 31, 2011
	Carrying	Accumulated
(In thousands)	Amount	Amortization	Net
Service contracts	$379,967	$277,655	$	102,312
Noncompete agreements	$  76,091	$  63,982	$	12,109
Investments(1)	84,197	—	84,197
Other	23,135	4,690	18,445
Total	$183,423	$68,672	$	114,751

(1)Investments at February 29, 2012, include the cash surrender value of insurance policies of $58.1 million, equity method investments of $32.7 million and cost method investments of $0.8 million.  Investments at May 31, 2011, include the cash surrender value of insurance policies of $51.1 million, equity method investments of $30.2 million and cost method investments of $2.9 million.