Stockholders' Equity (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Aug. 31, 2014

Disclosure of Compensation Related Costs, Share-based Payments [Abstract]

The following table summarizes Options activity from August 31, 2013 through August 31, 2014:


	Shares Available for Grant			Options Outstanding			Aggregate Intrinsic Value (in thousands)		Weighted- Average Exercise Price		Weighted- Average Remaining Contractual Life (years)
Balance at August 31, 2013		12,011,073			7,857,127		$	1,927	$	26.31		1.95

Shares authorized		—
Options canceled		2,398,422			(2,398,422	)			$	26.38
Options expired		—			—					—
Restricted stock awards granted⁽¹⁾		(3,585,849	)		—
Options exercised		—			(26,703	)			$	19.25

Balance at August 31, 2014		10,823,646			5,432,002		$	400	$	26.32		1.52

Exercisable at August 31, 2014					5,432,002		$	400	$	26.32		1.52

⁽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, 2013 through August 31, 2014:


	Shares			Weighted - Average Grant-Date Fair Value
Unvested balance at August 31, 2013		11,335,192		$	17.15
Changes during the period
Shares granted⁽¹⁾		4,335,854		$	21.84
Shares vested		(5,120,099	)	$	15.46

Shares forfeited		(750,005	)	$	19.97

Unvested balance at August 31, 2014		9,800,942		$	19.89

⁽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,
	2014			2013			2012
Expected dividend yield		0.9	%		0.8	%		0.7	%
Risk-free interest rate		0.1	%		0.1	%		0.1	%
Expected volatility		33.8	%		34.7	%		48.4	%
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 2014 and 2013:


	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 2014:	October 17, 2013	$	0.08	$	17,221	November 15, 2013	December 2, 2013
	January 22, 2014	$	0.08	$	16,976	February 14, 2014	March 3, 2014
	April 17, 2014	$	0.08	$	16,686	May 15, 2014	June 2, 2014
	July 23, 2014	$	0.08	$	16,289	August 15, 2014	September 2, 2014

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