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STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION PLANS STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION PLANS (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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May 31, 2017
Disclosure of Compensation Related Costs, Share-based Payments [Abstract] |
Schedule of Stock Based Awards Granted | During the nine months ended May 31, 2017 and 2016, the Company granted the following awards under its stock-based compensation plans:
|  | 2017 |  | 2016
(in thousands, except per share data) |  | Shares Granted |  | Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value |  | Shares Granted |  | Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value
Equity Method |  | 916 |  |  | $ | 16.04 |  |  | 1,613 |  |  | $ | 15.83 |
Liability Method |  | 915 |  |  | N/A |  |  | 465 |  |  | N/A |
Schedule of Stock-based Compensation Expense | The following table summarizes total stock-based compensation expense, including fair value remeasurements, included in selling, general and administrative expenses on the Company's unaudited condensed consolidated statements of earnings:
|  | Three Months Ended May 31, |  | Nine Months Ended May 31,
(in thousands) |  | 2017 |  | 2016 |  | 2017 |  | 2016
Stock-based compensation expense |  | $ | 3,560 |  |  | $ | 6,783 |  |  | $ | 19,716 |  |  | $ | 19,889 |

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