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RETIREMENT PLANS (Tables)
3 Months Ended
Aug. 31, 2025
Retirement Benefits [Abstract]  
Schedule of Retirement Plan Costs
Our retirement plans costs for the three-month periods ended August 31 were as follows (in millions):


20252024
Defined benefit pension plans

$47 $70 
Defined contribution plans

306 287 
Postretirement healthcare plans

22 22 


$375 $379 
Schedule of Net Periodic Benefit Cost
Net periodic benefit cost of the pension and postretirement healthcare plans for the three-month periods ended August 31 included the following components (in millions):


U.S. Pension Plans

International Pension Plans

Postretirement Healthcare Plans


2025

2024

2025

2024

2025

2024
Service cost

$112 

$125 

$10 

$

$

$
Other retirement plans expense (income):






Interest cost

378 

361 

13 

12 

16 

16 
Expected return on plan assets

(457)

(430)

(7)

(5)

— 

— 
Amortization of prior service credit and other

(2)

(2)

— 

— 

(1)

(1)


(81)

(71)



15 

15 
Net periodic benefit cost

$31 

$54 

$16 

$16 

$22 

$22