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Commitments
3 Months Ended
Aug. 31, 2011
Commitments [Abstract]  
Commitments

(7) Commitments

 

As of August 31, 2011, our purchase commitments under various contracts for the remainder of 2012 and annually thereafter were as follows (in millions):

  Aircraft and       
  Aircraft-Related Other(1) Total 
           
2012 (remainder)$ 874 $ 839 $ 1,713 
2013   1,162   121   1,283 
2014  781   55   836 
2015  555   31   586 
2016  580   15   595 
Thereafter  1,464   132   1,596 
           
(1) Primarily vehicles, facilities, advertising and promotions contracts, and for the remainder of 2012, a total of $418 million of quarterly contributions to our U.S. Pension Plans.
           

The amounts reflected in the table above for purchase commitments represent noncancelable agreements to purchase goods or services. Our obligation to purchase 15 of these Boeing 777 Freighters (“B777F”) is conditioned upon there being no event that causes FedEx Express or its employees not to be covered by the Railway Labor Act of 1926, as amended. Commitments to purchase aircraft in passenger configuration do not include the attendant costs to modify these aircraft for cargo transport unless we have entered into noncancelable commitments to modify such aircraft.  Open purchase orders that are cancelable are not considered unconditional purchase obligations for financial reporting purposes and are not included in the table above.

 

We had $1 billion in deposits and progress payments as of August 31, 2011 on aircraft purchases and other planned aircraft-related transactions. These deposits are classified in the “Other assets” caption of our condensed consolidated balance sheets. In addition to our commitment to purchase B777Fs, our aircraft purchase commitments include the Boeing 757 (“B757”) in passenger configuration, which will require additional costs to modify for cargo transport. Aircraft and aircraft-related contracts are subject to price escalations. The following table is a summary of the key aircraft we are committed to purchase as of August 31, 2011, with the year of expected delivery:

  B777F B757 Total 
        
2012 (remainder) 6  15  21 
2013 6  5  11 
2014 7  -  7 
2015 3  -  3 
2016 3  -  3 
Thereafter 7  -  7 
Total 32  20  52 
        
  

A summary of future minimum lease payments under capital leases and noncancelable operating leases with an initial or remaining term in excess of one year at August 31, 2011 is as follows (in millions):

      Operating Leases 
      Aircraft    Total 
   Capital and Related Facilities Operating 
   Leases Equipment  and Other Leases 
               
2012 (remainder)$ 6 $ 418 $ 1,010 $ 1,428 
2013   119   499   1,227   1,726 
2014   2   473   1,064   1,537 
2015   2   455   936   1,391 
2016   1   458   766   1,224 
Thereafter  13   1,545   4,940   6,485 
Total  143 $ 3,848 $ 9,943 $ 13,791 
               
Less amount representing interest  14          
Present value of net minimum lease            
 payments$ 129          

While certain of our lease agreements contain covenants governing the use of the leased assets or require us to maintain certain levels of insurance, none of our lease agreements include material financial covenants or limitations.