Stockholders' Equity (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Aug. 31, 2013

Disclosure Of Compensation Related Costs Sharebased Payments [Abstract]

The following table summarizes Options activity from September 1, 2012 through August 31, 2013:


	Shares Available for Grant			Options Outstanding			Aggregate Intrinsic Value (in thousands)		Weighted- Average Exercise Price		Weighted- Average Remaining Contractual Life (years)
Balance at September 1, 2012		4,883,919			8,677,941		$	4,719	$	25.88		2.90

Shares authorized		9,500,000
Options canceled		520,731			(520,731	)			$	25.95
Options expired		—			—					—
Restricted stock awards granted⁽¹⁾		(2,893,577	)		—
Options exercised		—			(300,083	)			$	14.30

Balance at August 31, 2013		12,011,073			7,857,127		$	1,927	$	26.31		1.95

Exercisable at August 31, 2013					7,853,961		$	1,915	$	26.32		1.95

⁽¹⁾	Represents the maximum number of shares that can be issued based on the achievement of certain performance criteria.

Restricted Stock Activity

The following table summarizes restricted stock activity from August 31, 2012 through August 31, 2013:


	Shares			Weighted - Average Grant-Date Fair Value
Non-vested balance at August 31, 2012		12,945,864		$	16.33

Changes during the period
Shares granted⁽¹⁾		3,686,694		$	17.67
Shares vested		(4,504,249	)	$	15.16

Shares forfeited		(793,117	)	$	17.36

Non-vested balance at August 31, 2013		11,335,192		$	17.15

⁽¹⁾	For those shares granted that are based on the achievement of certain performance criteria, represents the maximum number of shares that can vest.

Weighted Average Assumptions used in Black-Scholes Option Pricing Model

The following weighted-average assumptions were used in the model for each respective period:


	Fiscal Year Ended August 31,
	2013			2012			2011
Expected dividend yield		0.8	%		0.7	%		0.9	%
Risk-free interest rate		0.1	%		0.1	%		0.2	%
Expected volatility		34.7	%		48.4	%		47.3	%
Expected life		0.5 years			0.5 years			0.5 years

Cash Dividends Declared to Common Stockholders

The following table sets forth certain information relating to the Company’s cash dividends declared to common stockholders of the Company during fiscal years 2013 and 2012:


	Dividend Declaration Date	Dividend per Share		Total of Cash Dividends Declared		Date of Record for Dividend Payment	Dividend Cash Payment Date
		(in thousands, except for per share data)
Fiscal year 2013:	October 16, 2012	$	0.08	$	16,962	November 15, 2012	December 3, 2012
	January 23, 2013	$	0.08	$	16,990	February 15, 2013	March 1, 2013
	April 15, 2013	$	0.08	$	16,994	May 15, 2013	June 3, 2013
	July 18, 2013	$	0.08	$	17,005	August 15, 2013	September 3, 2013

Fiscal year 2012:	October 20, 2011	$	0.08	$	17,379	November 15, 2011	December 1, 2011
	January 25, 2012	$	0.08	$	17,323	February 16, 2012	March 1, 2012
	April 19, 2012	$	0.08	$	17,281	May 15, 2012	June 1, 2012
	July 19, 2012	$	0.08	$	17,230	August 15, 2012	September 4, 2012