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INTANGIBLE ASSETS AND GOODWILL
12 Months Ended
May 31, 2019
Goodwill And Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract]  
INTANGIBLE ASSETS AND GOODWILL

6.

INTANGIBLE ASSETS AND GOODWILL

The changes in intangible assets for fiscal 2019 and the net book value of intangible assets as of May 31, 2019 and 2018 were as follows:

 

 

 

Intangible Assets, Gross

 

 

Accumulated Amortization

 

 

Intangible Assets, Net

 

 

Weighted

Average

Useful

Life(2)

 

(Dollars in millions)

 

May 31,

2018

 

 

Additions &

Adjustments net (1)

 

 

Retirements

 

 

May 31,

2019

 

 

May 31,

2018

 

 

Expense

 

 

Retirements

 

 

May 31,

2019

 

 

May 31,

2018

 

 

May 31,

2019

 

 

 

Developed technology

 

$

5,309

 

 

$

301

 

 

$

(204

)

 

$

5,406

 

 

$

(2,814

)

 

$

(857

)

 

$

204

 

 

$

(3,467

)

 

$

2,495

 

 

$

1,939

 

 

 

3

 

Cloud services and license support agreements and related relationships

 

 

5,999

 

 

 

(20

)

 

 

(286

)

 

 

5,693

 

 

 

(2,285

)

 

 

(712

)

 

 

286

 

 

 

(2,711

)

 

 

3,714

 

 

 

2,982

 

 

 

4

 

Other

 

 

1,622

 

 

 

17

 

 

 

(50

)

 

 

1,589

 

 

 

(1,161

)

 

 

(120

)

 

 

50

 

 

 

(1,231

)

 

 

461

 

 

 

358

 

 

 

5

 

Total intangible assets, net

 

$

12,930

 

 

$

298

 

 

$

(540

)

 

$

12,688

 

 

$

(6,260

)

 

$

(1,689

)

 

$

540

 

 

$

(7,409

)

 

$

6,670

 

 

$

5,279

 

 

 

3

 

 

(1)

Amounts also include immaterial changes, if any, in net intangible asset balances for the periods presented that resulted from foreign currency translations.

(2)

Represents weighted-average useful lives (in years) of intangible assets acquired during fiscal 2019.

Total amortization expense related to our intangible assets was $1.7 billion, $1.6 billion and $1.5 billion in fiscal 2019, 2018 and 2017, respectively. As of May 31, 2019, estimated future amortization expenses related to intangible assets were as follows (in millions):

 

Fiscal 2020

 

$

1,583

 

Fiscal 2021

 

 

1,339

 

Fiscal 2022

 

 

1,090

 

Fiscal 2023

 

 

668

 

Fiscal 2024

 

 

440

 

Thereafter

 

 

159

 

Total intangible assets, net

 

$

5,279

 

 

The changes in the carrying amounts of goodwill, net, which is generally not deductible for tax purposes, for our operating segments for fiscal 2019 and 2018 were as follows:

 

(in millions)

 

Cloud and License

 

 

Hardware

 

 

Services

 

 

Total Goodwill, net

 

Balances as of May 31, 2017

 

$

38,791

 

 

$

2,367

 

 

$

1,887

 

 

$

43,045

 

Goodwill from acquisitions

 

 

1,052

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,052

 

Goodwill adjustments, net(1)

 

 

(243

)

 

 

 

 

 

(99

)

 

 

(342

)

Balances as of May 31, 2018

 

 

39,600

 

 

 

2,367

 

 

 

1,788

 

 

 

43,755

 

Goodwill from acquisitions

 

 

96

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

96

 

Goodwill adjustments, net(1)

 

 

(63

)

 

 

 

 

 

(9

)

 

 

(72

)

Balances as of May 31, 2019

 

$

39,633

 

 

$

2,367

 

 

$

1,779

 

 

$

43,779

 

 

(1)

Pursuant to our business combinations accounting policy, we recorded goodwill adjustments for the effects on goodwill of changes to net assets acquired during the period that such a change is identified, provided that any such change is within the measurement period (up to one year from the date of the acquisition). Amounts also include immaterial changes, if any, in goodwill balances for the periods presented that resulted from net foreign currency translations.