Earnings Per Share

6 Months Ended

Feb. 29, 2012

Notes to Financial Statements [Abstract]

Stock Option/EPS

Note 7.  Earnings Per Share

The dilutive effect of outstanding stock options on earnings per share is calculated using the treasury stock method.  Stock options are anti-dilutive and excluded from the earnings per share calculation if the exercise price exceeds the average market price of the common shares.  Outstanding options to purchase common shares that were anti-dilutive and excluded from the second quarter earnings per share calculation totaled 32,885,613 and 16,654,957 at February 29, 2012 and February 28, 2011, respectively.  Anti-dilutive shares excluded from the year to date earnings per share calculation were 33,057,591 and 27,166,789 in fiscal 2012 and 2011, respectively.