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Stock Based Compensation (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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May. 31, 2015
Stock Based Compensation (Tables) [Abstract] |
Stock-based compensation expense |
|  | 2015 |  | 2014 |  | 2013
Stock-based compensation expense | $ | 133 |  | $ | 117 |  | $ | 109
Schedule of Stock Based Compensation Key Assumptions for Valuation |
|  | 2015 |  | 2014 |  | 2013
Weighted-average Black-Scholes value | $ | 53.33 |  |  | $ | 35.79 |  |  | $ | 29.20 |
Intrinsic value of options exercised | $ | 253 |  |  | $ | 347 |  |  | $ | 107 |
Black-Scholes Assumptions: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Expected lives |  | 6.3 years |  |  |  | 6.2 years |  |  |  | 6.1 years |
| Expected volatility |  | 34 | % |  |  | 35 | % |  |  | 35 | %
| Risk-free interest rate |  | 2.02 | % |  |  | 1.47 | % |  |  | 0.94 | %
| Dividend yield |  | 0.448 | % |  |  | 0.561 | % |  |  | 0.609 | %
Schedule of Stock Option Activity |
|  | Stock Options
|  | Shares |  |  | Weighted-Average Exercise Price |  | Weighted-Average Remaining Contractual Term |  | Aggregate Intrinsic Value (in millions)(1)
Outstanding at June 1, 2014 | 15,634,856 |  | $ | 91.71 |  |  |  |  |
| Granted | 2,445,146 |  |  | 150.32 |  |  |  |  |
| Exercised | (3,516,512) |  |  | 91.18 |  |  |  |  |
| Forfeited | (341,666) |  |  | 107.62 |  |  |  |  |
Outstanding at May 31, 2015 | 14,221,824 |  | $ | 101.54 |  | 6.1 |  | $ | 1,031
Exercisable | 7,994,368 |  | $ | 89.19 |  | 4.5 |  | $ | 678
Expected to vest | 5,853,809 |  | $ | 117.39 |  | 8.2 |  | $ | 331
Available for future grants | 13,157,142 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
(1) | Only presented for options with market value at May 31, 2015 in excess of the exercise price of the option.
Schedule of Vested and Unvested Restricted Stock |
|  | Restricted Stock
|  | Shares |  | Weighted-Average Grant Date Fair Value
Unvested at June 1, 2014 | 480,157 |  | $ | 91.46
| Granted | 154,115 |  |  | 148.89
| Vested | (192,920) |  |  | 88.33
| Forfeited | (2,310) |  |  | 116.12
Unvested at May 31, 2015 | 439,042 |  | $ | 112.87
Schedule of Stock Option Vesting |
| Stock Options
| Vested during the year |  | Fair value (in millions)
2015 | 2,611,524 |  | $ | 83
2014 | 2,408,179 |  |  | 65
2013 | 2,824,757 |  |  | 81

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