This element represents acquisition-related costs incurred to effect a business combination which costs have been expensed during the period. Such costs include finder's fees; advisory, legal, accounting, valuation, and other professional or consulting fees; general administrative costs, including the costs of maintaining an internal acquisitions department; and may include costs of registering and issuing debt and equity securities.

Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 805
-SubTopic 10
-Section 25
-Paragraph 23
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=116868678&loc=d3e1043-128460

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS - USD ($)		3 Months Ended								12 Months Ended
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS - USD ($)	Nov. 13, 2019	Aug. 31, 2019	May 31, 2019	Feb. 28, 2019	Nov. 30, 2018	Aug. 31, 2018	May 31, 2018	Feb. 28, 2018	Nov. 30, 2017	Aug. 31, 2019	Aug. 31, 2018	Aug. 31, 2017
Revenue
Revenue										$ 281,351,000	$ 284,188,000	$ 252,560,000
Costs and Expenses
Cost of products and services sold										180,163,000	175,136,000	146,036,000
Selling, general and administrative expenses										52,728,000	51,643,000	46,671,000
Loss on impairment of goodwill		$ 0		$ 2,410,000						2,410,000
Operations optimization costs										986,000	1,272,000	70,000
Acquisition-related costs (Note 14)											393,000	584,000
Operating income										45,064,000	55,744,000	59,199,000
Interest expense										(519,000)	(1,172,000)	(839,000)
Gain on sale of real estate (Note 19)												860,000
Gain on sale of license (Note 15)											1,085,000
Gain on sale of business (Note 18)											1,480,000	2,013,000
Other income (expense)										(992,000)	(172,000)	(341,000)
Income before income taxes										43,553,000	56,965,000	60,892,000
Income taxes (Note 7)										10,842,000	13,822,000	18,878,000
Net income		$ 10,074,000	$ 8,541,000	$ 5,273,000	$ 8,823,000	$ 11,163,000	$ 13,543,000	$ 10,122,000	$ 8,315,000	$ 32,711,000	$ 43,143,000	$ 42,014,000
Net income available to common shareholders, per common and common equivalent share (Note 17)
Basic		$ 1.07	$ 0.91	$ 0.56	$ 0.94	$ 1.19	$ 1.44	$ 1.08	$ 0.89	$ 3.48	$ 4.60	$ 4.49
Diluted		$ 1.07	$ 0.90	$ 0.56	$ 0.93	$ 1.18	$ 1.43	$ 1.07	$ 0.88	$ 3.46	$ 4.56	$ 4.44
Weighted average shares outstanding
Basic										9,334,232	9,296,648	9,249,343
Diluted										9,379,207	9,366,071	9,357,414
Cash dividends paid per share (in dollars per share)										$ 0.80	$ 0.80	$ 0.70
Annual cash dividends declared per share	$ 0.80									$ 0.80	$ 0.80	$ 0.70
Product
Revenue
Revenue		$ 69,150,000	$ 70,883,000	$ 65,442,000	$ 71,364,000	$ 75,997,000	$ 77,653,000	$ 64,735,000	$ 60,577,000	$ 276,839,000	$ 278,962,000	$ 247,877,000
Royalties and commissions
Revenue
Revenue										$ 4,512,000	$ 5,226,000	$ 4,683,000