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BUSINESS SEGMENTS | 3 Months Ended
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Nov. 30, 2020
Segment Reporting [Abstract] |
Business segments | NOTE 14. BUSINESS SEGMENTS The Company structures its business into the following two reportable segments: North America and Europe. See Note 1, Nature of Operations, in the 2020 Form 10-K for more information about the reportable segments, including the types of products and services from which each reportable segment derives its net sales. Corporate and Other contains earnings or losses on assets and liabilities related to the Company's Benefit Restoration Plan assets and short-term investments, expenses of the Company's corporate headquarters, interest expense related to its long-term debt and intercompany eliminations. The following is a summary of certain financial information from continuing operations by reportable segment:
|  | Three Months Ended November 30, 2020
(in thousands) |  | North America |  | Europe |  | Corporate and Other |  | Continuing Operations
Net sales |  | $ | 1,195,013 |  |  | $ | 194,596 |  |  | $ | 2,194 |  |  | $ | 1,391,803 |
Adjusted EBITDA |  | 155,634 |  |  | 14,470 |  |  | (26,471) |  |  | 143,633 |
Total assets at November 30, 2020* |  | 2,871,933 |  |  | 526,023 |  |  | 618,712 |  |  | 4,016,668 |
|  | Three Months Ended November 30, 2019
(in thousands) |  | North America |  | Europe |  | Corporate and Other |  | Continuing Operations
Net sales |  | $ | 1,216,720 |  |  | $ | 165,389 |  |  | $ | 2,599 |  |  | $ | 1,384,708 |
Adjusted EBITDA |  | 174,732 |  |  | 11,359 |  |  | (26,286) |  |  | 159,805 |
Total assets at August 31, 2020* |  | 2,862,805 |  |  | 532,850 |  |  | 686,073 |  |  | 4,081,728 |
_________________ *Total assets listed in Corporate and Other includes assets from discontinued operations. The following table presents a reconciliation of earnings from continuing operations to adjusted EBITDA from continuing operations:
|  | Three Months Ended November 30, |  |
(in thousands) |  | 2020 |  | 2019 |  |  |  |
Earnings from continuing operations |  | $ | 63,911 |  |  | $ | 82,755 |  |  |  |  |
Interest expense |  | 14,259 |  |  | 16,578 |  |  |  |  |
Income taxes |  | 21,593 |  |  | 27,332 |  |  |  |  |
Depreciation and amortization |  | 41,799 |  |  | 40,941 |  |  |  |  |
Asset impairments |  | 3,594 |  |  | 530 |  |  |  |  |
Amortization of acquired unfavorable contract backlog |  | (1,523) |  |  | (8,331) |  |  |  |  |
Adjusted EBITDA from continuing operations |  | $ | 143,633 |  |  | $ | 159,805 |  |  |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue The following tables display revenue by reportable segment from external customers, disaggregated by major source. The Company believes disaggregating by these categories depicts how the nature, amount, timing and uncertainty of revenue and cash flows are affected by economic factors.
|  | Three Months Ended November 30, 2020
(in thousands) |  | North America |  | Europe |  | Corporate |  | Total
Major product: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Raw material products |  | $ | 210,237 |  |  | $ | 2,830 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 213,067 |
Steel products |  | 457,657 |  |  | 151,455 |  |  | — |  |  | 609,112 |
Downstream products |  | 437,029 |  |  | 34,473 |  |  | — |  |  | 471,502 |
Other |  | 90,090 |  |  | 5,427 |  |  | 2,605 |  |  | 98,122 |
Net sales-unaffiliated customers |  | 1,195,013 |  |  | 194,185 |  |  | 2,605 |  |  | 1,391,803 |
Intersegment net sales, eliminated on consolidation |  | — |  |  | 411 |  |  | (411) |  |  | — |
Net sales |  | $ | 1,195,013 |  |  | $ | 194,596 |  |  | $ | 2,194 |  |  | $ | 1,391,803 |
|  | Three Months Ended November 30, 2019
(in thousands) |  | North America |  | Europe |  | Corporate |  | Total
Major product: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Raw material products |  | $ | 181,623 |  |  | $ | 2,205 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 183,828 |
Steel products |  | 441,163 |  |  | 129,744 |  |  | — |  |  | 570,907 |
Downstream products |  | 499,727 |  |  | 28,200 |  |  | — |  |  | 527,927 |
Other |  | 94,207 |  |  | 4,891 |  |  | 2,948 |  |  | 102,046 |
Net sales-unaffiliated customers |  | 1,216,720 |  |  | 165,040 |  |  | 2,948 |  |  | 1,384,708 |
Intersegment net sales, eliminated on consolidation |  | — |  |  | 349 |  |  | (349) |  |  | — |
Net sales |  | $ | 1,216,720 |  |  | $ | 165,389 |  |  | $ | 2,599 |  |  | $ | 1,384,708 |

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