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

9 Months Ended

May 31, 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 May 31, 2017 and August 31, 2016 are
summarized below (in thousands):
			May 31,		August 31,
			2017		2016
	8.250% Senior Notes due 2018		$	399,268	$	398,552
	5.625% Senior Notes due 2020			396,881		396,212
	4.700% Senior Notes due 2022			496,532		496,041
	4.900% Senior Notes due 2023			298,511		298,329
	Borrowings under credit facilities			100,000		―
	Borrowings under loans			464,674		502,210
	Capital lease obligations			27,709		28,478
	Total notes payable, long-term debt and capital lease obligations			2,183,575		2,119,822
	Less current installments of notes payable, long-term debt and
		capital lease obligations		538,985		45,810
	Notes payable, long-term debt and capital lease obligations, less
		current installments	$	1,644,590	$	2,074,012