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Retirement Plans (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Feb. 28, 2021

Retirement Plan Tables [Abstract]

Schedule of Retirement Plan Costs

Our retirement plans costs for the periods ended February 28, 2021 and February 29, 2020 were as follows (in millions):

		Three Months Ended								Nine Months Ended
		2021				2020				2021				2020
Defined benefit pension plans, net		$	20			$	38			$	72			$	112
Defined contribution plans			182				147				493				425
Postretirement healthcare plans			21				21				62				64
Retirement plan mark-to-market (“MTM”) net loss			—				—				52				—
		$	223			$	206			$	679			$	601

Schedule of Net Periodic Benefit Cost

Net periodic benefit cost of the pension and postretirement healthcare plans for the periods ended February 28, 2021 and February 29, 2020 included the following components (in millions):

		Three Months Ended
		U.S. Pension Plans								International Pension Plans								Postretirement Healthcare Plans
		2021				2020				2021				2020				2021				2020
Service cost		$	213			$	192			$	19			$	25			$	11			$	10
Other retirement plans (income) expense:
Interest cost			240				250				10				11				10				11
Expected return on plan assets			(447	)			(400	)			(13	)			(13	)			—				—
Amortization of prior service credit and other			(2	)			(26	)			—				(1	)			—				—
			(209	)			(176	)			(3	)			(3	)			10				11
		$	4			$	16			$	16			$	22			$	21			$	21
		Nine Months Ended
		U.S. Pension Plans								International Pension Plans								Postretirement Healthcare Plans
		2021				2020				2021				2020				2021				2020
Service cost		$	638			$	576			$	68			$	73			$	33			$	31
Other retirement plans (income) expense:
Interest cost			719				750				31				33				29				33
Expected return on plan assets			(1,339	)			(1,201	)			(38	)			(39	)			—				—
Amortization of prior service credit and other			(6	)			(78	)			(1	)			(2	)			—				—
MTM net loss			—				—				52				—				—				—
			(626	)			(529	)			44				(8	)			29				33
		$	12			$	47			$	112			$	65			$	62			$	64

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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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