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3 Months Ended

Nov. 30, 2020

Supplemental Cash Flow Elements [Abstract]

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Accounts receivable

Accounts receivable are stated net of allowances for doubtful accounts. Accounts receivable balances primarily consist of trade receivables due from customers, including amounts due from third party providers (e.g., pharmacy benefit managers, insurance companies and governmental agencies), clients and members. Trade receivables were $6.6 billion and $6.0 billion at November 30, 2020 and August 31, 2020, respectively. Other accounts receivable balances, which consist primarily of receivables from vendors and manufacturers, including receivables from AmerisourceBergen (see Note 16, Related parties), were $1.2 billion and $1.2 billion at November 30, 2020 and August 31, 2020, respectively.

Depreciation and amortization

The Company has recorded the following depreciation and amortization expense in the Consolidated Condensed Statements of Earnings (in millions):

	Three months ended November 30,
	2020		2019
Depreciation expense	$	360	$	359
Intangible asset and other amortization	115		118
Total depreciation and amortization expense	$	475	$	477

Accumulated depreciation and amortization on property, plant and equipment was $12.7 billion at November 30, 2020 and $12.5 billion at August 31, 2020.

Restricted cash

The Company is required to maintain cash deposits with certain banks which consist of deposits restricted under contractual agency agreements and cash restricted by law and other obligations. As of November 30, 2020 and August 31, 2020, the amount of such restricted cash was $228 million and $230 million, respectively, and is reported in other current assets on the Consolidated Condensed Balance Sheets.

The following represents a reconciliation of cash and cash equivalents in the Consolidated Condensed Balance Sheets to total cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash in the Consolidated Condensed Statements of Cash Flows as of November 30, 2020 and August 31, 2020 (in millions):

	November 30, 2020		August 31, 2020
Cash and cash equivalents	$	1,111	$	516
Restricted cash (included in other current assets)	228		230
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash	$	1,339	$	746

Redeemable noncontrolling interest

The redeemable noncontrolling interest balance as of November 30, 2020 was $178 million which included cumulative translation adjustment of $3 million for the three months ended November 30, 2020. See Note 2, Acquisition for further details.

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. There were 18.5 million weighted outstanding options to purchase common shares that were anti-dilutive and excluded from the first quarter earnings per share calculation as of November 30, 2020 compared to 16.7 million as of November 30, 2019.

Due to the anti-dilutive effect resulting from the reported net loss, an incremental 0.5 million of potentially dilutive securities were omitted from the calculation of weighted-average common shares outstanding for the three months ended November 30, 2020.

Cash dividends declared per common share

Cash dividends per common share declared were as follows:

Quarter ended	2020		2019
November	$	0.4675	$	0.4575