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STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION PLANS (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Aug. 31, 2019

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
2019 grants		889,238			483,984
2018 grants		667,341			367,514
2017 grants		1,303,976			576,286

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 September 1, 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
Granted		1,505,449			17.75
Vested		(992,167	)		20.09
Forfeited		(34,432	)		17.90
Outstanding as of August 31, 2019		2,279,568			$	15.99

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 September 1, 2016		358,994			$	14.39
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
Exercised		(38,182	)		11.60
Forfeited/Expired		—			—
Outstanding as of August 31, 2019		10,057			$	14.12			0.2		$	15,588
Exercisable at August 31, 2019		10,057			$	14.12			0.2		$	15,588
Remaining unvested stock appreciation rights expected to vest		—			$	—

Yearly activity of the stock purchase plan

early activity of the stock purchase plan was as follows:

		2019				2018				2017
Shares subscribed		446,950				289,040				173,420
Price per share		$	13.80			$	17.84			$	18.99
Shares purchased		226,860				123,930				166,220
Price per share		$	17.84			$	18.99			$	12.04
Shares available for future issuance		2,753,214

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