Restructuring

12 Months Ended

May 31, 2021

Restructuring and Related Activities [Abstract]


NOTE 21 — RESTRUCTURING

During the first quarter of fiscal 2021, the Company announced a new digitally empowered phase of its Consumer Direct Offense strategy: Consumer Direct Acceleration. As a result, management announced a series of leadership and operating model changes to streamline and speed up strategic execution for the Company. These changes resulted in a net reduction of the Company's global workforce, and during fiscal 2021, the Company incurred pre-tax charges of $294 million, which relate to employee termination costs and, to a lesser extent, stock-based compensation expense. This amount reflects the continued evaluation and variability of the Company's original estimate of employee termination costs and required changes in assumptions used to calculate stock-based compensation expense. The related cash expenditures primarily took place throughout fiscal 2021, and all related actions are substantially complete.

As of May 31, 2021, the Company recognized employee termination costs of $214 million and $35 million within Operating overhead expense and Cost of sales, respectively, on the Consolidated Statements of Income. These costs were classified within Corporate.

The activity was recognized within Accrued liabilities as follows:


(Dollars in millions)
Balance at May 31, 2020	$	—
Employee termination costs	249
Cash payments	(212)
Foreign currency translation and other	1
Balance at May 31, 2021	$	38

Additionally, the related stock-based compensation expense recorded within Operating overhead expense and Costs of sales was $41 million and $4 million, respectively, for the fiscal year ended May 31, 2021.