Note 18 - Income Taxes (Tables)

12 Months Ended

May 31, 2014

Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of Income before Income Tax, Domestic and Foreign [Table Text Block]

							Successor			Predecessor
							August 20, 2011			June 1, 2011
	Year Ended			Year Ended			through			through
	May 31, 2014			May 31, 2013			May 31, 2012			August 19, 2011
Domestic operations	$	(210,354	)		(74,451	)		(69,012	)		(10,820	)
Foreign operations		12,181			10,743			(12,181	)		7,127
(Loss) income before income taxes	$	(198,173	)		(63,708	)		(81,193	)		(3,693	)

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

							Successor			Predecessor
							August 20, 2011			June 1, 2011
	Year Ended			Year Ended			through			through
	May 31, 2014			May 31, 2013			May 31, 2012			August 19, 2011
Current:
Federal	$	321			403			700			3,161
State and Local		914			69			143			673
Foreign		4,107			4,434			3,706			2,823
		5,342			4,906			4,549			6,657
Non-Current:
Federal		(298	)		(899	)		328			-
State and Local		-			-			-			-
Foreign		-			-			-			-
		(298	)		(899	)		328			-
Deferred:
Federal		(19,030	)		(26,319	)		(31,946	)		(3,429	)
State and Local		(1,092	)		(1,522	)		(1,639	)		(494	)
Foreign		(838	)		(732	)		(2,838	)		(53	)
		(20,960	)		(28,573	)		(36,423	)		(3,976	)
(Benefit) provision for income taxes	$	(15,916	)		(24,566	)		(31,546	)		2,681

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

							Successor			Predecessor
							August 20, 2011			June 1, 2011
	Year Ended			Year Ended			through			through
	May 31, 2014			May 31, 2013			May 31, 2012			August 19, 2011
Federal statutory tax rate		35.0	%		35.0			35.0			35.0
State income taxes, net of federal tax benefit		0.8			3.7			1.5			1.5
Foreign taxes		(0.1	)		(0.9	)		(0.9	)		(37.2	)
Incremental U.S. benefit related to foreign dividends		0.4			0.8			3.5			(9.8	)
Tax Credits		0.2			1.9			0.4			3.1
Permanent items		(0.3	)		(1.3	)		(0.2	)		(66.7	)
Impairment of Goodwill		(28.3	)		-			-			-
Acquistion-related items		0.8			-			-			-
Change in analysis of uncertain income tax positions		(0.1	)		0.9			(0.3	)		1.5
Valuation Allowance		(0.4	)		(1.5	)		-			-
Other		-			-			(0.1	)		-
Effective tax rate		8.0	%		38.6			38.9			(72.6	)

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

	Years Ended May 31
	2014			2013
Deferred tax liabilities:
Intangibles	$	(260,981	)		(269,972	)
Interest expense		(11,291	)		(13,685	)
Property and equipment		(2,224	)		(4,765	)
Transfer pricing		(238	)		(2,022	)
Prepaids and other		(492	)		(309	)
Deferred tax assets:
Tax credit carry-forwards		32,632			30,797
Capitalized research		15,122			-
Net operating loss carry-forwards		6,793			27,532
Compensation expense		3,543			3,002
Inventory		3,351			1,894
Reserves not currently deductible		1,110			1,194
Other		1,526			3,640
		(211,149	)		(222,694	)
Valuation Allowance		(3,962	)		(3,234	)
Net deferred tax assets (liabilities)	$	(215,111	)		(225,928	)

	Years Ended May 31
	2014			2013
Balance, beginning of period	$	3,234			1,888
Change due to acquisitions		-			362
Additions		1,111			984
Reductions		(367	)		-
Other		(16	)		-
Balance, end of period	$	3,962			3,234

Summary of Income Tax Contingencies [Table Text Block]

	Years Ended May 31
	2014			2013
Balance, beginning of period	$	12,729			13,597
Change due to Acquisitions		-			324
Gross (decreases)increases in unrecognized tax benefits as a result of tax positions taken during a prior period		(35	)		172
Gross increases(decreases) in unrecognized tax benefits as a result of tax positions taken during current period		788			1,690
Reductions to unrecognized tax benefits as a result of the applicable statute of limitations		(619	)		(3,054	)
Balance, end of period	$	12,863			12,729