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Restructuring and Related Charges (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Aug. 31, 2017
Restructuring and Related Charges [Abstract] |
Restructuring and Related Costs [Table Text Block] |
| Following is a summary of the Company’s restructuring and related charges (in thousands):
|  |  |  | Fiscal Year Ended August 31, |
|  |  |  | 2017 (2) |  | 2016 (3) |  | 2015 (3) |
|  | Employee severance and benefit costs | $ | 56,834 |  | $ | 8,845 |  | $ | 24,327 |
|  | Lease costs |  | 3,966 |  |  | (43) |  |  | 2,777 |
|  | Asset write-off costs |  | 94,346 |  |  | 1,170 |  |  | 5,565 |
|  | Other related costs |  | 5,249 |  |  | 1,397 |  |  | 1,890 |
|  |  | Total restructuring and related charges(1) | $ | 160,395 |  | $ | 11,369 |  | $ | 34,559 |
(1) Includes $51.3 million, $10.7 million and $32.0 million recorded in the EMS segment, $82.4 million, $0.8 million and $0.4 million recorded in the DMS segment and $26.7 million, $(0.1) million and $2.2 million of non-allocated charges for the fiscal years ended August 31, 2017, 2016 and 2015, respectively. Except for asset write-off costs, all restructuring and related charge s are cash costs. (2) Includes employee severance and benefit costs of $52.2 million and $4.6 million, lease costs of $4.0 million and $0.0 million, asset write-off costs of $94.2 million and $0.1 million and other related costs of $3.8 million and $1.5 million for the 2017 Re structuring Plan and the 2013 Restructuring Plan, respectively. (3) Costs relate to the 2013 Restructuring Plan.
Schedule Of Cumulative Restructuring And Related Costs [Table Text Block] | The table below sets forth the cumulative restructuring and related charges incurred through August 31, 2017 for the 2017 Restructuring Plan and the 2013 Restructuring Plan (in thousands):
|  | 2017 |  | 2013 |  |
|  | Restructuring Plan(1) |  | Restructuring Plan(2) |  | Total
Employee severance and benefit costs | $ | 52,197 |  | $ | 137,138 |  | $ | 189,335
Lease costs |  | 3,966 |  |  | 3,484 |  |  | 7,450
Asset write-off costs |  | 94,276 |  |  | 21,385 |  |  | 115,661
Other related costs |  | 3,792 |  |  | 6,021 |  |  | 9,813
Total restructuring and related charges | $ | 154,231 |  | $ | 168,028 |  | $ | 322,259
(1) | Includes $45.1 million allocated to the EMS segment, $82.4 million allocated to the DMS segment and $26.7 million of unallocated costs.
(2) | Includes $130.3 million allocated to the EMS segment, $28.8 million allocated to the DMS segment and $8.9 million of unallocated costs.
Significant Components and Activity in Restructuring Plan [Table Text Block] |
| The tables below summarize the Company’s liability activity associated with the 2017 Restructuring Plan and the 2013
Restructuring Plan (in thousands):
|  |  |  | Employee Severance |  |  |  | Asset Write-off |  | Other |  |
|  |  |  | and Benefit Costs |  | Lease Costs |  | Costs |  | Related Costs |  | Total
|  | Balance as of August 31, 2015(1) | $ | 30,047 |  | $ | 64 |  | $ | ― |  | $ | 846 |  | $ | 30,957
|  |  | Restructuring related charges |  | 8,845 |  |  | (43) |  |  | 1,170 |  |  | 1,397 |  |  | 11,369
|  |  | Asset write-off charge and other |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
|  |  | non-cash activity |  | (454) |  |  | ― |  |  | (1,170) |  |  | ― |  |  | (1,624)
|  |  | Cash payments |  | (21,172) |  |  | ― |  |  | ― |  |  | (1,503) |  |  | (22,675)
|  | Balance as of August 31, 2016(1) |  | 17,266 |  |  | 21 |  |  | ― |  |  | 740 |  |  | 18,027
|  |  | Restructuring related charges |  | 56,834 |  |  | 3,966 |  |  | 94,346 |  |  | 5,249 |  |  | 160,395
|  |  | Asset write-off charge and other |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
|  |  | non-cash activity |  | 1,319 |  |  | 59 |  |  | (94,346) |  |  | 65 |  |  | (92,903)
|  |  | Cash payments |  | (41,839) |  |  | (2,381) |  |  | ― |  |  | (2,911) |  |  | (47,131)
|  | Balance as of August 31, 2017(2) | $ | 33,580 |  | $ | 1,665 |  | $ | ― |  | $ | 3,143 |  | $ | 38,388
(1) Relates only to the 2013 Restructuring Plan. (2) The liability as of August 31, 2017 includes $30.9 million and $7.5 million related to the 2017 Restructuring Plan and the 2013 Restructuring Plan, respectively.

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