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EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT PLANS	12 Months Ended
	Aug. 31, 2018
Retirement Benefits [Abstract]
EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT PLANS	NOTE 17. EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT PLANS Substantially all employees in the U.S. are covered by a defined contribution retirement plan. This tax qualified plan is maintained, and contributions are made, in accordance with the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended ("ERISA"). The Company also provides certain eligible executives benefits pursuant to its BRP equal to amounts that would have been available under the tax qualified ERISA plan, but were subject to the limitations of ERISA, tax laws and regulations. Company expenses for these plans, a portion of which are discretionary, are primarily recorded in both cost of goods sold and selling, general and administrative expenses, with an immaterial portion included in earnings (loss) from discontinued operations before income taxes, and totaled $27.3 million, $28.3 million and $25.0 million for the years ended August 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016, respectively. The deferred compensation liability under the BRP was $49.3 million and $73.1 million at August 31, 2018 and 2017, with $42.8 million and $50.1 million, respectively, included in other long-term liabilities on the Company's consolidated balance sheets. At August 31, 2018 and 2017, $6.5 million and $23.0 million, respectively, of the deferred compensation liability related to the BRP was included in accrued expenses and other payables on the Company's consolidated balance sheets. Though under no obligation to fund the BRP, the Company has segregated assets in a trust with a current value of $56.2 million and $75.7 million at August 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively, and such assets were included in other long-term assets on the Company's consolidated balance sheets. The net holding gain on these segregated assets was $9.3 million, $7.5 million and $5.4 million for the years ended August 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016, respectively, and was included in net sales in the Company's consolidated statements of earnings. A certain number of employees, primarily outside of the U.S., participate in defined benefit plans that are maintained in accordance with local regulations. The Company's expenses for these plans were not material for the years ended August 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016, respectively, and were primarily included in selling, general and administrative expenses in the Company's consolidated statements of earnings. The Company recognizes the unfunded status of the defined benefit plans as a liability with a corresponding reduction to accumulated other comprehensive income, net of income taxes. At August 31, 2018 and 2017, the Company's liability related to the unfunded status of the defined benefit plans was not material and was included in other long-term liabilities on the Company's consolidated balance sheets. Because the defined benefit pension plans are not material to the Company's consolidated financial statements, disclosures that would have otherwise been required by GAAP have been omitted.

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The entire disclosure for an entity's employee compensation and benefit plans, including, but not limited to, postemployment and postretirement benefit plans, defined benefit pension plans, defined contribution plans, non-qualified and supplemental benefit plans, deferred compensation, share-based compensation, life insurance, severance, health care, unemployment and other benefit plans.

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