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Retirement Plans (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Feb. 28, 2018

Retirement Plan Tables [Abstract]

Schedule of Retirement Plan Costs

Our retirement plans costs for the periods ended February 28 were as follows (in millions):

		Three Months Ended								Nine Months Ended
		2018				2017				2018				2017
Defined benefit pension plans		$	39			$	57			$	113			$	173
Defined contribution plans			135				117				386				348
Postretirement healthcare plans			19				19				56				57
		$	193			$	193			$	555			$	578

Schedule of Net Periodic Benefit Cost

Net periodic benefit cost of the pension and postretirement healthcare plans for the periods ended February 28 included the following components (in millions):

		Three Months Ended
		U.S. Pension Plans								International Pension Plans								Postretirement Healthcare Plans
		2018				2017				2018				2017				2018				2017
Service cost		$	169			$	160			$	23			$	20			$	9			$	9
Interest cost			279				282				12				11				10				10
Expected return on plan assets			(406	)			(375	)			(10	)			(9	)			—				—
Amortization of prior service credit and other			(29	)			(30	)			1				(2	)			—				—
		$	13			$	37			$	26			$	20			$	19			$	19
		Nine Months Ended
		U.S. Pension Plans								International Pension Plans								Postretirement Healthcare Plans
		2018				2017				2018				2017				2018				2017
Service cost		$	509			$	479			$	69			$	61			$	27			$	27
Interest cost			836				846				37				33				29				30
Expected return on plan assets			(1,218	)			(1,126	)			(32	)			(30	)			—				—
Amortization of prior service credit and other			(88	)			(89	)			—				(1	)			—				—
		$	39			$	110			$	74			$	63			$	56			$	57

Schedule of Contributions to Pension Plans

Contributions to our U.S. Pension Plans for the nine-month periods ended February 28 were as follows (in millions):

		2018				2017
Required		$	22			$	444
Voluntary			2,478				1,306
		$	2,500			$	1,750

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Tabular disclosure of defined contribution pension plans or defined contribution other postretirement plans, separately for pension plans and other postretirement benefit plans.

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Tabular disclosure of the costs related to the various types of retirement plans including defined benefit pension plan cost, defined contribution plan cost, other postretirement benefit plan cost, and net periodic benefit cost.

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Tabular disclosure of the components of net benefit costs for pension plans and/or other employee benefit plans including service cost, interest cost, expected return on plan assets, gain (loss), prior service cost or credit, transition asset or obligation, and gain (loss) recognized due to settlements or curtailments.

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