Note 18 - Income Taxes (Tables)

12 Months Ended

May 31, 2013

Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]

Breakdown of Income (Loss) Before Income Taxes By Geographic Area [Table Text Block]

				Successor			Predecessor
				August 20, 2011			June 1, 2011
	Year Ended			through			through			Year Ended
	May 31, 2013			May 31, 2012			August 19, 2011			May 31, 2011
Domestic Operations	$	(74,451	)		(69,012	)		(10,820	)		105,060
Foreign Operations		10,743			(12,181	)		7,127			25,570
(Loss) income before income taxes	$	(63,708	)		(81,193	)		(3,693	)		130,630

Schedule of Components of Income Tax Expense (Benefit) [Table Text Block]

				Successor			Predecessor
				August 20, 2011			June 1, 2011
	Year Ended			through			through			Year Ended
	May 31, 2013			May 31, 2012			August 19, 2011			May 31, 2011
Current:
Federal	$	403			700			3,161			26,542
State and Local		69			143			673			6,102
Foreign		4,434			3,706			2,823			7,718
		4,906			4,549			6,657			40,362
Non-Current:
Federal		(899	)		328			-			-
State and Local		-			-			-			-
Foreign		-			-			-			-
		(899	)		328			-			-
Deferred:
Federal		(26,319	)		(31,946	)		(3,429	)		3,551
State and Local		(1,522	)		(1,639	)		(494	)		(2,873	)
Foreign		(732	)		(2,838	)		(53	)		263
		(28,573	)		(36,423	)		(3,976	)		941
(Benefit) provision for income taxes	$	(24,566	)		(31,546	)		2,681			41,303

Schedule of Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation [Table Text Block]

				Successor			Predecessor
				August 20, 2011			June 1, 2011
	Year Ended			through			through			Year Ended
	May 31, 2013			May 31, 2012			August 19, 2011			May 31, 2011
Federal statutory tax rate		35.0	%		35.0	%		35.0	%		35.0	%
State income taxes, net of federal tax benefit		3.7	%		1.5	%		1.5	%		0.4	%
Foreign taxes		-0.9	%		-0.9	%		-37.2	%		-0.3	%
Incremental U.S. benefit related to foreign dividends		0.8	%		3.5	%		-9.8	%		-0.4	%
Tax Credits		1.9	%		0.4	%		3.1	%		-0.4	%
Permanent items		-1.3	%		-0.2	%		-66.7	%		-0.7	%
Production activity deduction		0.0	%		0.0	%		0.0	%		-2.1	%
Change in analysis of uncertain income tax positions		0.9	%		-0.3	%		1.5	%		0.3	%
Valuation Allowance		-1.5	%		0.0	%		0.0	%		0.0	%
Other		0.0	%		-0.1	%		0.0	%		-0.2	%
Effective tax rate		38.6	%		38.9	%		-72.6	%		31.6	%

Schedule of Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities [Table Text Block]

	As of May 31
	2013			2012
Deferred tax liabilities:
Intangibles	$	(269,972	)		(277,816	)
Interest expense		(13,685	)		-
Property, Plant & Equipment		(4,765	)		(4,504	)
Transfer pricing		(2,022	)		-
Prepaids and other		(309	)		(324	)
Deferred tax assets:
Tax Credit carry-forwards		30,797			25,109
Net operating loss carry-forwards		27,532			10,371
Compensation expense		3,002			3,165
Reserves not currently deductible		1,194			1,723
Inventory		1,894			950
Other		3,640			3,207
		(222,694	)		(238,119	)
Valuation Allowance		(3,234	)		(1,888	)
Net deferred tax assets (liabilities)	$	(225,928	)		(240,007	)

	Years Ended May 31
	2013		2012
Balance, beginning of period	$	1,888		2,467
Change due to acquisitions		362		(753	)
Additions		984		592
Reductions		-		(418	)
Balance, end of period	$	3,234		1,888

Summary of Income Tax Contingencies [Table Text Block]

	Years Ended May 31
	2013			2012
Balance, beginning of period	$	14,831			9,766
Change due to Acquisitions		323			1,018
Gross increases in unrecognized tax benefits as a result of tax positions taken during a prior period		172			-
Gross increases in unrecognized tax benefits as a result of tax positions taken during current period		2,212			5,314
Reductions to unrecognized tax benefits as a result of the applicable statute of limitations		(3,512	)		(1,267	)
Balance, end of period	$	14,026			14,831

Schedule of Interest Expense Related to Unrecognized Tax Benefits [Table Text Block]

			Successor		Predecessor
			August 20, 2011		June 1, 2011
	Year Ended		through		through		Year Ended
	May 31, 2013		May 31, 2012		August 19, 2011		May 31, 2011
Interest included in provision for income taxes	$	64		278		55		309

Schedule of Interest Accrued on Unrecognized Tax Benefits [Table Text Block]

	As of May 31
	2013		2012
Interest included in the liability for unrecognized tax benefits above	$	1,298		1,234