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Stock-Based Compensation (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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May 31, 2021
Stock Based Compensation Tables [Abstract] |
Stock-based compensation expense | Our total stock-based compensation expense for the years ended May 31 was as follows (in millions):
|  | 2021 |  |  | 2020 |  |  | 2019 |
Stock-based compensation expense |  | $ | 200 |  |  | $ | 168 |  |  | $ | 174 |
Schedule of Stock Based Compensation Key Assumptions for Valuation | The following table includes the weighted-average Black-Scholes value per share of our stock option grants, the intrinsic value of options exercised (in millions) and the key weighted-average assumptions used in the valuation calculations for options granted during the years ended May 31, followed by a discussion of our methodology for developing each of the assumptions used in the valuation model:
|  | 2021 |  |  | 2020 |  |  | 2019 |
Weighted-average Black-Scholes value per share |  | $ | 44.11 |  |  | $ | 33.97 |  |  | $ | 61.42 |
Intrinsic value of options exercised |  | $ | 593 |  |  | $ | 44 |  |  | $ | 122 |
Black-Scholes Assumptions: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Expected lives |  | 6.4 years |  |  | 6.4 years |  |  | 6.4 years |
Expected volatility |  |  | 30 | % |  |  | 23 | % |  |  | 21 | %
Risk-free interest rate |  |  | 1.32 | % |  |  | 1.91 | % |  |  | 2.94 | %
Dividend yield |  |  | 1.710 | % |  |  | 1.630 | % |  |  | 0.935 | %
Schedule of Stock Option Activity | The following table summarizes information regarding stock option activity for the year ended May 31, 2021:
|  | Stock Options |
|  | Shares |  |  | Weighted- Average Exercise Price |  |  | Weighted- Average Remaining Contractual Term |  |  | Aggregate Intrinsic Value (in millions)(1) |
Outstanding at June 1, 2020 |  |  | 16,124,745 |  |  | $ | 167.79 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Granted |  |  | 4,717,412 |  |  | $ | 168.73 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Exercised |  |  | (5,063,165 | ) |  |  | 146.10 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Forfeited |  |  | (453,495 | ) |  |  | 168.99 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Outstanding at May 31, 2021 |  |  | 15,325,497 |  |  | $ | 175.19 |  |  |  | 6.8 |  |  | $ | 2,139 |
Exercisable |  |  | 7,054,806 |  |  | $ | 173.26 |  |  |  | 4.9 |  |  | $ | 999 |
Expected to vest |  |  | 7,676,476 |  |  | $ | 176.85 |  |  |  | 8.5 |  |  | $ | 1,059 |
Available for future grants |  |  | 12,233,805 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
(1) | Only presented for options with market value at May 31, 2021 in excess of the exercise price of the option.
Schedule of Vested and Unvested Restricted Stock | The following table summarizes information regarding vested and unvested restricted stock for the year ended May 31, 2021:
|  | Restricted Stock |
|  | Shares |  |  | Weighted- Average Grant Date Fair Value |
Unvested at June 1, 2020 |  |  | 371,690 |  |  | $ | 192.19 |
Granted |  |  | 335,004 |  |  | $ | 155.19 |
Vested |  |  | (167,767 | ) |  |  | 188.62 |
Forfeited |  |  | (1,646 | ) |  |  | 221.09 |
Unvested at May 31, 2021 |  |  | 537,281 |  |  | $ | 170.16 |
Schedule of Stock Option Vesting | Stock option vesting during the years ended May 31 was as follows:
|  | Stock Options |
|  | Vested during the year |  |  | Fair value (in millions) |
2021 |  |  | 2,492,039 |  |  | $ | 115 |
2020 |  |  | 2,073,310 |  |  | $ | 99 |
2019 |  |  | 2,249,301 |  |  | $ | 115 |

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