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BUSINESSES HELD FOR SALE, DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS AND DISPOSITIONS (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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May 31, 2016
Discontinued Operations and Disposal Groups [Abstract] |
Components of assets and liabilities of businesses held for sale | The components of assets and liabilities of businesses held for sale on the Company's condensed consolidated balance sheets were as follows:
(in thousands) |  | May 31, 2016 |  | August 31, 2015
Assets: |  |  |  |
Accounts receivable |  | $ | 5,133 |  |  | $ | 3,244 |
Inventories, net |  | 9,807 |  |  | 12,514 |
Other current assets |  | — |  |  | 41 |
Property, plant and equipment, net of accumulated depreciation and amortization |  | 1,412 |  |  | 1,209 |
Impairment of businesses held for sale(1) |  | (15,765 | ) |  | — |
Assets of businesses held for sale |  | $ | 587 |  |  | $ | 17,008 |
Liabilities: |  |  |  |
Accounts payable-trade |  | $ | 1,293 |  |  | $ | 3,011 |
Accrued expenses and other payables |  | 2,411 |  |  | 2,265 |
Liabilities of businesses held for sale |  | $ | 3,704 |  |  | $ | 5,276 |
_________________ (1) See Note 10, Fair Value, for further discussion of the impairment of businesses held for sale.
Financial information for discontinued operations | Financial information for discontinued operations was as follows:
|  | Three Months Ended May 31, |  | Nine Months Ended May 31,
(in thousands) |  | 2016 |  | 2015 |  | 2016 |  | 2015
Net sales |  | $ | 12,321 |  |  | $ | 43,307 |  |  | $ | 33,828 |  |  | $ | 143,644 |
Loss from discontinued operations before income taxes |  | (15,785 | ) |  | (10,871 | ) |  | (16,803 | ) |  | (20,241 | )

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