DEBT (Tables)

9 Months Ended

May 31, 2016



			Facilities Used
	Total Amount		Short-term		Letters of		Facilities		Weighted average
	of Facilities		Borrowings		Credit		Available		interest rate
May 31, 2016	$	64,993	$	10,127	$	9,258	$	45,608	6.7	%
August 31, 2015	$	57,691	$	6,606	$	728	$	50,357	5.9	%

Summary of Changes in Long-Term Debt



(Amounts in thousands)	Current portion of long-term debt		Long-term debt (net of current portion)		Total
Balances as of August 31, 2015	$	17,169	$	73,365	$	90,534	(1)
Proceeds from long-term debt incurred during the period:
Costa Rica subsidiary		—		7,370		7,370
Repayments of long-term debt:
Regularly scheduled loan payments		(553)		(9,638)		(10,191)
Reclassifications of long-term debt		(731)		731		—
Translation adjustments on foreign-currency debt of subsidiaries whose functional currency is not the U.S. dollar (2)		214		(366)		(152)
Balances as of May 31, 2016	$	16,099	$	71,462	$	87,561	(3)

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The carrying amount on non-cash assets assigned as collateral for this total was $104.1 million. No cash assets were assigned as collateral for this total.

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These foreign currency translation adjustments are recorded within Other comprehensive income.

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The carrying amount on non-cash assets assigned as collateral for this total was $100.0 million. No cash assets were assigned as collateral for this total.

Schedule of Annual Maturities of Long-Term Debt



Twelve months ended May 31,	Amount
2017	$	15,619
2018		12,967
2019		24,378
2020		21,811
2021		6,068
Thereafter		2,997
Total (1)	$	83,840

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In the case of loans subject to cross-currency interest rate swaps, the Company has used the effective rate to the Company under the applicable derivative obligation as of May 31, 2016 to disclose the future commitments of the related long-term debt.