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EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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May. 31, 2015
Stock-Based Compensation Plans [Abstract] |
Summary of Stock Option Activity |
|  | Options Outstanding
(in millions, except exercise price) |  | Shares Under Option |  | Weighted
Average
Exercise Price
Balance, May 31, 2012 |  | 422 |  | $ | 22.66
Granted |  | 119 |  | $ | 29.90
Assumed |  | 9 |  | $ | 32.52
Exercised |  | (83) |  | $ | 17.38
Canceled |  | (20) |  | $ | 28.94
Balance, May 31, 2013 |  | 447 |  | $ | 25.48
Granted |  | 131 |  | $ | 31.02
Assumed |  | 5 |  | $ | 9.02
Exercised |  | (95) |  | $ | 21.51
Canceled |  | (26) |  | $ | 30.60
Balance, May 31, 2014 |  | 462 |  | $ | 27.37
Granted |  | 34 |  | $ | 40.54
Assumed |  | 3 |  | $ | 21.98
Exercised |  | (70) |  | $ | 24.49
Canceled |  | (16) |  | $ | 33.76
Balance, May 31, 2015 |  | 413 |  | $ | 28.64
|  | Outstanding Options (in millions) |  | Weighted |  | Weighted Average Remaining Contract Term (in years) |  | In-the-Money Options as of May 31, 2015 (in millions) |  | Aggregate Intrinsic Value(1) (in millions)
Average
Exercise
Price
Vested |  | 223 |  | $ | 25.53 |  | 5.07 |  | 222 |  | $ | 4,034
Expected to vest(2) |  | 175 |  | $ | 32.17 |  | 7.77 |  | 175 |  |  | 1,986
Total |  | 398 |  | $ | 28.45 |  | 6.26 |  | 397 |  | $ | 6,020
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(1) | The aggregate intrinsic value was calculated based on the gross difference between our closing stock price on the last trading day of fiscal 2015 of $43.49 and the exercise prices for all “in-the-money” options outstanding, excluding tax effects.
(2) | The unrecognized compensation expense calculated under the fair value method for shares expected to vest (unvested shares net of expected forfeitures) as of May 31, 2015 was approximately $804 million and is expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of 2.16 years. Approximately 15 million shares outstanding as of May 31, 2015 were not expected to vest.
Summary of Restricted Stock Based Award Activity |
|  | Restricted Stock-Based Awards Outstanding
(in millions, except fair value) |  | Number of Shares |  | Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value
Balance, May 31, 2014 |  | 1 |  | $ | 35.29
Granted |  | 28 |  | $ | 40.73
Canceled |  | (1) |  | $ | 39.52
Balance, May 31, 2015 |  | 28 |  | $ | 40.63
Valuation of Stock Options |
|  | Year Ended May 31,
|  | 2015 |  | 2014 |  | 2013
Expected life (in years) |  |  | 5.1 |  |  | 4.9 |  |  | 5.0
Risk-free interest rate |  |  | 1.7% |  |  | 1.3% |  |  | 0.7%
Volatility |  |  | 23% |  |  | 27% |  |  | 31%
Dividend yield |  |  | 1.2% |  |  | 1.5% |  |  | 0.8%
Weighted-average fair value per share |  | $ | 9.62 |  | $ | 7.47 |  | $ | 7.99
Stock-Based Compensation Expense |
|  | Year Ended May 31,
(in millions) |  | 2015 |  | 2014 |  | 2013
Sales and marketing |  | $ | 180 |  | $ | 165 |  | $ | 137
Cloud software as a service and platform as a service |  |  | 10 |  |  | 8 |  |  | 10
Cloud infrastructure as a service |  |  | 5 |  |  | 4 |  |  | 8
Software license updates and product support |  |  | 21 |  |  | 22 |  |  | 20
Hardware systems products |  |  | 6 |  |  | 5 |  |  | 3
Hardware systems support |  |  | 6 |  |  | 6 |  |  | 5
Services |  |  | 30 |  |  | 29 |  |  | 23
Research and development |  |  | 522 |  |  | 385 |  |  | 352
General and administrative |  |  | 148 |  |  | 171 |  |  | 164
Acquisition related and other |  |  | 5 |  |  | 10 |  |  | 33
Total stock-based compensation |  |  | 933 |  |  | 805 |  |  | 755
Estimated income tax benefit included in provision for income taxes |  |  | (294) |  |  | (260) |  |  | (243)
Total stock-based compensation, net of estimated income tax benefit |  | $ | 639 |  | $ | 545 |  | $ | 512

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