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Stock Based Compensation (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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May 31, 2014
Stock Based Compensation (Tables) [Abstract] |
Stock-based compensation expense |
|  | 2014 |  | 2013 |  | 2012
Stock-based compensation expense | $ | 117 |  | $ | 109 |  | $ | 105
Schedule of Stock Based Compensation Key Assumptions for Valuation |
|  | 2014 |  | 2013 |  | 2012
Weighted-average Black-Scholes value | $ | 35.79 |  |  | $ | 29.20 |  |  | $ | 29.92 |
Intrinsic value of options exercised | $ | 347 |  |  | $ | 107 |  |  | $ | 67 |
Black-Scholes Assumptions: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Expected lives |  | 6.2 years |  |  |  | 6.1 years |  |  |  | 6.0 years |
| Expected volatility |  | 35 | % |  |  | 35 | % |  |  | 34 | %
| Risk-free interest rate |  | 1.47 | % |  |  | 0.94 | % |  |  | 1.79 | %
| Dividend yield |  | 0.561 | % |  |  | 0.609 | % |  |  | 0.563 | %
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, 2013 | 19,135,434 |  | $ | 87.62 |  |  |  |  |
| Granted | 3,482,179 |  |  | 103.83 |  |  |  |  |
| Exercised | (6,468,517) |  |  | 86.15 |  |  |  |  |
| Forfeited | (514,240) |  |  | 91.61 |  |  |  |  |
Outstanding at May 31, 2014 | 15,634,856 |  | $ | 91.71 |  | 6.0 years |  | $ | 820
Exercisable | 8,913,173 |  | $ | 88.81 |  | 4.3 years |  | $ | 493
Expected to vest | 6,318,382 |  | $ | 95.56 |  | 8.3 years |  | $ | 307
Available for future grants | 13,108,873 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
(1) | Only presented for options with market value at May 31, 2014 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, 2013 | 529,334 |  | $ | 80.86
| Granted | 191,964 |  |  | 100.80
| Vested | (239,716) |  |  | 75.48
| Forfeited | (1,425) |  |  | 100.46
Unvested at May 31, 2014 | 480,157 |  | $ | 91.46
Schedule of Stock Option Vesting |
| Stock Options
| Vested during the year |  | Fair value (in millions)
2014 | 2,408,179 |  | $ | 65
2013 | 2,824,757 |  |  | 81
2012 | 2,807,809 |  |  | 70

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