Notes Payable and Long-Term Debt (Tables)

9 Months Ended

May 31, 2012

Notes payable and long-term debt outstanding at May 31, 2012 and August 31, 2011, are summarized below (in thousands):


	May 31, 2012		August 31, 2011
7.750% Senior Notes due 2016	$	304,791	$	303,501
8.250% Senior Notes due 2018		397,807		397,521
5.625% Senior Notes due 2020		400,000		400,000
Borrowings under credit facilities (a)		290,500		72,100
Borrowings under loans (b)		33,684		2,062
Fair value adjustment related to terminated interest rate swaps on the 7.750% Senior Notes		9,790		11,570

Total notes payable and long-term debt		1,436,572		1,186,754
Less current installments of notes payable and long-term debt		296,418		74,160

Notes payable and long-term debt, less current installments	$	1,140,154	$	1,112,594