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Segment Information
6 Months Ended
Nov. 30, 2017
Segment Reporting [Abstract]  
Segment Information
SEGMENT INFORMATION
 
The Company categorizes its businesses into three reportable segments: Children’s Book Publishing and Distribution and Education, which comprise the Company's domestic operations; and International.
 
Children’s Book Publishing and Distribution operates as an integrated business which includes the publication and distribution of children’s books, ebooks, media and interactive products in the United States through its book clubs and book fairs in its school channels and through the trade channel. This segment is comprised of three operating segments.

Education includes the publication and distribution to schools and libraries of children’s books, classroom magazines, supplemental and core classroom materials and related support services, and print and on-line reference and non-fiction products for grades pre-kindergarten to 12 in the United States. This segment is comprised of two operating segments.

International includes the publication and distribution of products and services outside the United States by the Company’s international operations, and its export and foreign rights businesses. This segment is comprised of three operating segments.
 
Children’s
Book
Publishing &
Distribution
 
Education
 
Overhead (1) (3)
 
Total
Domestic
 
International
 
Total
Three months ended 
 November 30, 2017
 
 
 

 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 

Revenues
$
411.8

 
$
70.9

 
$

 
$
482.7

 
$
115.6

 
$
598.3

Bad debt
2.2

 
1.1

 

 
3.3

 
1.0

 
4.3

Depreciation and amortization (2)
5.2

 
2.1

 
6.9

 
14.2

 
1.7

 
15.9

Segment operating income (loss)
115.1

 
3.8

 
(26.4
)
 
92.5

 
14.7

 
107.2

Expenditures for other non-current assets (4)
17.8

 
5.0

 
17.9

 
40.7

 
2.9

 
43.6

Three months ended 
 November 30, 2016
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Revenues
$
432.5

 
$
71.1

 
$

 
$
503.6

 
$
119.5

 
$
623.1

Bad debt
1.9

 
0.6

 

 
2.5

 
2.3

 
4.8

Depreciation and amortization (2)
5.7

 
2.1

 
5.7

 
13.5

 
2.0

 
15.5

Segment operating income (loss)
121.1

 
8.7

 
(34.4
)
 
95.4

 
16.7

 
112.1

Expenditures for other non-current assets (4)

11.4

 
2.4

 
6.1

 
19.9

 
3.2

 
23.1


 
Children’s
Book
Publishing &
Distribution
 
Education
 
Overhead (1) (3)
 
Total
Domestic
 
International
 
Total
Six months ended 
 November 30, 2017
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Revenues
$
478.6

 
$
115.9

 
$

 
$
594.5

 
$
193.0

 
$
787.5

Bad debt expense
2.7

 
1.0

 

 
3.7

 
2.5

 
6.2

Depreciation and amortization (2)
10.4

 
4.3

 
13.2

 
27.9

 
3.4

 
31.3

Asset impairments

 

 
6.7

 
6.7

 

 
6.7

Segment operating income (loss)
56.2

 
(8.7
)
 
(54.0
)
 
(6.5
)
 
11.9

 
5.4

Segment assets at
November 30, 2017
544.2

 
183.4

 
906.9

 
1,634.5

 
273.8

 
1,908.3

Goodwill at November 30, 2017
40.9

 
68.2

 

 
109.1

 
10.0

 
119.1

Expenditures for other non-current assets (4)

27.7

 
7.5

 
48.7

 
83.9

 
5.0

 
88.9

Other non-current assets at
November 30, 2017
(4)
145.1

 
97.0

 
456.2

 
698.3

 
70.4

 
768.7

Six months ended 
 November 30, 2016
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Revenues
$
570.3

 
$
126.3

 
$

 
$
696.6

 
$
209.2

 
$
905.8

Bad debt expense
3.2

 
0.5

 

 
3.7

 
4.0

 
7.7

Depreciation and amortization (2)
11.3

 
4.1

 
11.4

 
26.8

 
4.0

 
30.8

Segment operating income (loss)
84.9

 
4.3

 
(60.5
)
 
28.7

 
20.9

 
49.6

Segment assets at
November 30, 2016
552.1

 
164.5

 
918.5

 
1,635.1

 
272.0

 
1,907.1

Goodwill at November 30, 2016
40.9

 
65.4

 

 
106.3

 
9.9

 
116.2

Expenditures for other non-current assets (4)

37.3

 
5.0

 
14.6

 
56.9

 
6.0

 
62.9

Other non-current assets at
November 30, 2016
(4)

142.4

 
83.0

 
389.5

 
614.9

 
66.3

 
681.2


(1)
Overhead includes all domestic corporate amounts not allocated to segments, including expenses and costs related to the management of corporate assets. Unallocated assets are principally comprised of deferred income taxes and property, plant and equipment related to the Company’s headquarters in the metropolitan New York area, its fulfillment and distribution facilities located in Missouri and its facility located in Connecticut.

(2)
Includes depreciation of property, plant and equipment and amortization of intangible assets and prepublication and production costs.

(3)
Includes a pre tax charge of $15.4 for a partial settlement of the Company's U.S Pension Plan for the three and six months ended November 30, 2017.

(4)
Other non-current assets include property, plant and equipment, prepublication, production, royalty advances, goodwill, intangible assets and investments. Expenditures for other non-current assets for the International reportable segment include expenditures for long-lived assets of $1.7 and $2.0 for the three months and $3.0 and $3.3 for the six months ended November 30, 2017 and November 30, 2016, respectively. Other non-current assets for the International reportable segment include long-lived assets of $33.4 and $33.3 as of November 30, 2017 and November 30, 2016, respectively.