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

6 Months Ended

Feb. 28, 2017

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 February 28, 2017 and August 31, 2016 are
summarized below (in thousands):
			February 28,		August 31,
			2017		2016
	8.250% Senior Notes due 2018		$	399,029	$	398,552
	5.625% Senior Notes due 2020			396,658		396,212
	4.700% Senior Notes due 2022			496,369		496,041
	4.900% Senior Notes due 2023			298,450		298,329
	Borrowings under loans			484,801		502,210
	Capital lease obligations			27,562		28,478
	Total notes payable, long-term debt and capital lease obligations			2,102,869		2,119,822
	Less current installments of notes payable, long-term debt and
		capital lease obligations		47,324		45,810
	Notes payable, long-term debt and capital lease obligations, less
		current installments	$	2,055,545	$	2,074,012