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STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION PLANS (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Aug. 31, 2018

Disclosure of Compensation Related Costs, Share-based Payments [Abstract]

Total awards granted

The following table summarizes the total awards granted:

		Restricted Stock Awards/Units			Performance Awards
2018 grants		667,341			367,514
2017 grants		1,303,976			576,286
2016 grants		1,137,000			540,295

Restricted stock units and performance stock units, excluding the cash component

Information for restricted stock units and performance stock units, excluding those expected to settle in cash, is as follows:

	Number			Weighted Average Grant-Date Fair Value
Outstanding as of August 31, 2015	2,733,334			$	15.86
Granted	1,612,772			15.83
Vested	(1,471,436	)		14.47
Forfeited	(174,440	)		17.60
Outstanding as of August 31, 2016	2,700,230			16.49
Granted	1,462,442			16.17
Vested	(1,385,753	)		17.62
Forfeited	(323,339	)		16.58
Outstanding as of August 31, 2017	2,453,580			15.65
Granted	1,216,461			20.69
Vested	(1,685,898	)		18.00
Forfeited	(183,425	)		15.89
Outstanding as of August 31, 2018	1,800,718			$	16.82

Combined activity for stock appreciation rights and stock options, excluding the cash component

Combined activity for the Company's stock appreciation rights, excluding the cash component, was as follows:

	Number			Weighted Average Exercise Price				Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Life (Years)		Aggregate Intrinsic Value
Outstanding as of August 31, 2015	842,217			$	13.04
Exercised	(418,378	)		12.10
Forfeited/Expired	(64,845	)		11.60
Outstanding as of August 31, 2016	358,994			$	14.39			1.7		$	405,864
Exercised	(235,687	)		14.72
Forfeited/Expired	(14,000	)		14.05
Outstanding as of August 31, 2017	109,307			$	13.72			1.3		$	564,826
Exercised	(51,961	)		15.03
Forfeited/Expired	(9,107	)		13.17
Outstanding as of August 31, 2018	48,239			$	12.42			0.5		$	442,962
Exercisable at August 31, 2018	48,239			$	12.42			0.5		$	442,962
Remaining unvested stock appreciation rights expected to vest	—			$	—

Stock appreciation rights and stock options

Information related to stock appreciation rights as of August 31, 2018 is summarized below:

				Stock Appreciation Rights Outstanding and Exercisable
Range of Exercise Prices				Number Outstanding and Exercisable			Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Life (In Years)		Weighted Average Exercise Price
$11.60	-	14.12		48,239			0.5		$	12.42

Yearly activity of the stock purchase plan

Yearly activity of the stock purchase plan was as follows:

		2018				2017				2016
Shares subscribed		289,040				173,420				212,370
Price per share		$	17.84			$	18.99			$	12.03
Shares purchased		123,930				166,220				156,860
Price per share		$	18.99			$	12.04			$	13.71
Shares available for future issuance		3,281,014

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