Notes Payable, Long-Term Debt and Capital Lease Obligations (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Aug. 31, 2015

Notes Payable, Long-Term Debt and Capital Lease Obligations [Abstract]

Notes Payable, Long-Term Debt and Capital Lease Obligations Outstanding

	Notes payable, long-term debt and capital lease obligations outstanding at August 31, 2015 and August 31, 2014 are
summarized below (in thousands):
			August 31,		August 31,
			2015		2014
	7.750% Senior Notes due 2016(a)		$	310,378	$	308,659
	8.250% Senior Notes due 2018(b)			399,047		398,665
	5.625% Senior Notes due 2020(c)			400,000		400,000
	4.700% Senior Notes due 2022(d)			500,000		500,000
	Borrowings under credit facilities(e)			323		1,685
	Borrowings under loans(f)			30,410		38,207
	Capital lease obligations(g)			28,156		30,879
	Fair value adjustment related to terminated interest rate swaps on
		the 7.750% Senior Notes(h)		2,077		4,450
	Total notes payable, long-term debt and capital lease obligations			1,670,391		1,682,545
	Less current installments of notes payable, long-term debt and
		capital lease obligations		323,833		12,960
	Notes payable, long-term debt and capital lease obligations, less
		current installments	$	1,346,558	$	1,669,585

Debt Maturities

	Debt maturities as of August 31, 2015 for the next five years and thereafter are as follows (in thousands):
		Fiscal Year Ending August 31,		Amount
		2016		$	321,756
		2017			20,049
		2018			400,329
		2019			1,367
		2020			1,468
		Thereafter			923,345
			Total(1)	$	1,668,314
(1)	The above table excludes a $2.1 million fair value adjustment related to the interest rate swap on the 7.750% Senior Notes.