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Common Stock and Related Matters (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Aug. 31, 2020
Equity [Abstract] |
Schedule of Changes in Common Stock | Changes in common stock during the periods presented were as follows (amounts and shares in millions):
| Common Stock
| Shares |  | Amount
|  |  | (At par)
Balance at August 31, 2017 | 53.5 |  |  | $ | 0.5 |
Issuance of restricted stock grants, net of cancellations | 0.2 |  |  | — |
Stock options exercised | — |  | * | — |
Balance at August 31, 2018 | 53.7 |  |  | $ | 0.5 |
Issuance of restricted stock grants, net of cancellations | 0.1 |  |  | — |
Balance at August 31, 2019 | 53.8 |  |  | $ | 0.5 |
Issuance of restricted stock grants, net of cancellations | 0.1 |  |  | — |
Stock options exercised | — |  | * | — |
Balance at August 31, 2020 | 53.9 |  |  | $ | 0.5 |
___________________________ * Represents shares of less than 0.1 million.
Schedule of Earnings Per Share, Basic and Diluted | The following table calculates basic earnings per common share and diluted earnings per common share during the periods presented (in millions, except per share data):
| Year Ended August 31,
| 2020 |  | 2019 |  | 2018
Net income | $ | 248.3 |  |  | $ | 330.4 |  |  | $ | 349.6 |
Basic weighted average shares outstanding | 39.5 |  |  | 39.7 |  |  | 40.9 |
Common stock equivalents | 0.1 |  |  | 0.1 |  |  | 0.1 |
Diluted weighted average shares outstanding | 39.6 |  |  | 39.8 |  |  | 41.0 |
Basic earnings per share | $ | 6.29 |  |  | $ | 8.32 |  |  | $ | 8.54 |
Diluted earnings per share | $ | 6.27 |  |  | $ | 8.29 |  |  | $ | 8.52 |
Schedule of Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share | The following table presents stock options, restricted stock awards, and performance share units that were excluded from the diluted earnings per share calculation for the periods presented as the effect of inclusion would have been antidilutive:
| Year Ended August 31,
| 2020 |  | 2019 |  | 2018
Stock options | 598,000 |  |  | 300,000 |  |  | 179,000 |
Restricted stock awards | 213,000 |  |  | 160,000 |  |  | 227,000 |
Performance stock units * | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |
___________________________ * Represents shares of less than 1,000 in fiscal 2020. No performance stock units awards were outstanding in fiscal 2019 or fiscal 2018.

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