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STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION PLANS | 3 Months Ended
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Nov. 30, 2019
Share-based Payment Arrangement [Abstract] |
Stock-based compensation plans | NOTE 11. STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION PLANS The Company's stock-based compensation plans are described in Note 15, Stock-Based Compensation Plans, to the consolidated financial statements in the 2019 Form 10-K. In general, restricted stock units granted during 2020 vest ratably over a period of three years. Subject to the achievement of performance targets established by the Compensation Committee of CMC's Board of Directors, performance stock units granted during 2020 vest after a period of three years. During the three months ended November 30, 2019 and 2018, the Company granted the following awards under its stock-based compensation plans:
|  | November 30, 2019 |  | November 30, 2018
(in thousands, except per share data) |  | Shares Granted |  | Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value |  | Shares Granted |  | Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value
Equity method |  | 1,465 |  |  | $ | 18.15 |  |  | 1,454 |  |  | $ | 17.81 |
Liability method |  | 426 |  |  | N/A |  |  | 374 |  |  | N/A |
During the three months ended November 30, 2019, the Company recorded immaterial amounts for mark-to-market adjustments on liability awards. At November 30, 2019, the Company had outstanding 836,546 equivalent shares accounted for under the liability method. The Company expects 794,719 equivalent shares to vest. The following table summarizes total stock-based compensation expense, including fair value remeasurements, which was mainly included in selling, general and administrative expenses on the Company's condensed consolidated statements of earnings:
|  | Three Months Ended November 30,
(in thousands) |  | 2019 |  | 2018
Stock-based compensation expense |  | $ | 8,269 |  |  | $ | 4,217 |

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