Note 11 - Capital Stock

12 Months Ended

May 29, 2022

Notes to Financial Statements

Stockholders' Equity Note Disclosure [Text Block]

11. CAPITAL STOCK

The total number of shares we are authorized to issue is 1,218,050,000 shares, which shares may be issued as follows: 1,200,000,000 shares of common stock, par value $5.00 per share; 150,000 shares of Class B Preferred Stock, par value $50.00 per share; 250,000 shares of Class C Preferred Stock, par value $100.00 per share; 1,100,000 shares of Class D Preferred Stock, no par value per share; and 16,550,000 shares of Class E Preferred Stock, no par value per share. There were no preferred shares issued or outstanding as of May 29, 2022.

We have repurchased our shares of common stock from time to time after considering market conditions and in accordance with repurchase limits authorized by our Board. We repurchased 1.5 million shares of our common stock for approximately $50.0 million in fiscal 2022 and 8.8 million shares of our common stock for approximately $298.1 million in fiscal 2021.