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STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION PLANS (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Aug. 31, 2020
Share-based Payment Arrangement [Abstract] |
Total awards granted | The following table summarizes the total awards granted:
|  |  |  | Restricted Stock Awards/Units |  | Performance Awards
2020 grants |  |  |  | 997,454 |  |  | 536,022 |
2019 grants |  |  |  | 889,238 |  |  | 483,984 |
2018 grants |  |  |  | 667,341 |  |  | 367,514 |
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, 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 |
Granted |  | 1,529,212 |  |  | 18.32 |
Vested |  | (1,417,552) |  |  | 18.80 |
Forfeited |  | (145,591) |  |  | 21.35 |
Outstanding as of August 31, 2020 |  | 2,245,637 |  |  | $ | 18.79 |
Yearly activity of the stock purchase plan | early activity of the stock purchase plan was as follows:
|  | 2020 |  | 2019 |  | 2018
Shares subscribed |  | 347,870 |  |  | 446,950 |  |  | 289,040 |
Price per share |  | $ | 18.80 |  |  | $ | 13.80 |  |  | $ | 17.84 |
Shares purchased |  | 365,990 |  |  | 226,860 |  |  | 123,930 |
Price per share |  | $ | 13.80 |  |  | $ | 17.84 |  |  | $ | 18.99 |
Shares available for future issuance |  | 2,338,304 |  |  |  |  |

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