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

12 Months Ended

Aug. 31, 2016

	Notes payable, long-term debt and capital lease obligations outstanding at August 31, 2016 and 2015 are
summarized below (in thousands):

			August 31,		August 31,
			2016		2015
	7.750% Senior Notes due 2016^(a)		$	―	$	309,511
	8.250% Senior Notes due 2018^(b)			398,552		397,599
	5.625% Senior Notes due 2020^(c)			396,212		395,321
	4.700% Senior Notes due 2022^(d)			496,041		495,387
	4.900% Senior Notes due 2023^(e)			298,329		―
	Borrowings under credit facilities^(f)			―		323
	Borrowings under loans^(g)			502,210		30,410
	Capital lease obligations^(h)			28,478		28,156
	Fair value adjustment related to terminated interest rate swaps on
		the 7.750% Senior Notes⁽ⁱ⁾		―		2,077
	Total notes payable, long-term debt and capital lease obligations			2,119,822		1,658,784
	Less current installments of notes payable, long-term debt and
		capital lease obligations		45,810		322,966
	Notes payable, long-term debt and capital lease obligations, less
		current installments	$	2,074,012	$	1,335,818

Debt maturities as of August 31, 2016 for the next five years and thereafter are as follows (in thousands):

	Fiscal Year Ending August 31,		Amount
	2017		$	45,810
	2018			443,692
	2019			51,484
	2020			364,096
	2021			397,930
	Thereafter			816,810
		Total	$	2,119,822