Leases (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Aug. 31, 2015

Leases [Abstract]

Schedule of Future Minimum Lease Payments for Capital Lease and Operating Lease

Annual minimum rental commitments under all leases having an initial or remaining non-cancelable term of more than one year are shown below (in millions):

	Financing Obligation		Capital Lease		Operating Lease
2016	$	18	$	69	$	3,141
2017		18		65		3,008
2018		18		62		2,944
2019		18		60		2,734
2020		18		61		2,518
Later		1,234		881		23,625
Total Minimum Lease Payments	$	1,324	$	1,198	$	37,970

Reserve for Facility Closings and Related Lease Termination Charges

The changes in reserve for facility closings and related lease termination charges include the following (in millions):

	Year Ended August 31,
	2015			2014
Balance – beginning of period	$	257		$	123
Provision for present value of non-cancellable lease payments on closed facilities		231			171
Assumptions about future sublease income, terminations and changes in interest rates		(6	)		(8	)
Interest accretion		27			14
Liability assumed through acquisition of Alliance Boots		13			-
Cash payments, net of sublease income		(76	)		(43	)
Balance – end of period	$	446		$	257

Schedule of Rental Expense

Rental expense, which includes common area maintenance, insurance and taxes, where appropriate, was as follows (in millions):

	2015			2014			2013
Minimum rentals	$	3,176		$	2,687		$	2,644
Contingent rentals		38			5			6
Less: Sublease rental income		(46	)		(22	)		(22	)
	$	3,168		$	2,670		$	2,628