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BUSINESS SEGMENTS | 6 Months Ended
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Feb. 28, 2023
Segment Reporting [Abstract] |
Business segments | NOTE 15. OPERATING SEGMENTS The Company structures its business into two reportable segments: North America and Europe. See Note 1, Nature of Operations and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, to the consolidated financial statements in the 2022 Form 10-K and Note 2, Changes in Business, 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 BRP assets and short-term investments, expenses of the Company's corporate headquarters, interest expense related to long-term debt, other revenue resulting from the Company's NMTC transactions and intercompany eliminations. The following is a summary of certain financial information by reportable segment and Corporate and Other:
|  | Three Months Ended February 28, 2023
(in thousands) |  | North America |  | Europe |  | Corporate and Other |  | Total
Net sales |  | $ | 1,640,933 |  |  | $ | 355,633 |  |  | $ | 21,437 |  |  | $ | 2,018,003 |
Adjusted EBITDA |  | 299,311 |  |  | 12,949 |  |  | (15,573) |  |  | 296,687 |
|  | Six Months Ended February 28, 2023
(in thousands) |  | North America |  | Europe |  | Corporate and Other |  | Total
Net sales |  | $ | 3,457,832 |  |  | $ | 762,146 |  |  | $ | 25,338 |  |  | $ | 4,245,316 |
Adjusted EBITDA |  | 677,267 |  |  | 77,454 |  |  | (55,298) |  |  | 699,423 |
Total assets at February 28, 2023 |  | 4,660,107 |  |  | 1,253,468 |  |  | 571,276 |  |  | 6,484,851 |
|  | Three Months Ended February 28, 2022
(in thousands) |  | North America |  | Europe |  | Corporate and Other |  | Total
Net sales |  | $ | 1,614,224 |  |  | $ | 395,758 |  |  | $ | (1,094) |  |  | $ | 2,008,888 |
Adjusted EBITDA |  | 535,463 |  |  | 81,149 |  |  | (52,493) |  |  | 564,119 |
|  | Six Months Ended February 28, 2022
(in thousands) |  | North America |  | Europe |  | Corporate and Other |  | Total
Net sales |  | $ | 3,267,846 |  |  | $ | 724,814 |  |  | $ | (1,971) |  |  | $ | 3,990,689 |
Adjusted EBITDA |  | 803,987 |  |  | 160,981 |  |  | (86,827) |  |  | 878,141 |
Total assets at August 31, 2022 |  | 4,467,314 |  |  | 1,056,101 |  |  | 713,612 |  |  | 6,237,027 |
The following table presents a reconciliation of net earnings to adjusted EBITDA:
|  | Three Months Ended February 28, |  | Six Months Ended February 28,
(in thousands) |  | 2023 |  | 2022 |  | 2023 |  | 2022
Net earnings |  | $ | 179,849 |  |  | $ | 383,314 |  |  | $ | 441,623 |  |  | $ | 616,203 |
Interest expense |  | 9,945 |  |  | 12,011 |  |  | 22,990 |  |  | 23,046 |
Income taxes |  | 55,641 |  |  | 126,432 |  |  | 132,366 |  |  | 155,304 |
Depreciation and amortization |  | 51,216 |  |  | 41,134 |  |  | 102,399 |  |  | 82,360 |
Asset impairments |  | 36 |  |  | 1,228 |  |  | 45 |  |  | 1,228 |
Adjusted EBITDA |  | $ | 296,687 |  |  | $ | 564,119 |  |  | $ | 699,423 |  |  | $ | 878,141 |
Disaggregation of Revenue The following tables display revenue by reportable segment and Corporate and Other from external customers, disaggregated by major product:
|  | Three Months Ended February 28, 2023
(in thousands) |  | North America |  | Europe |  | Corporate and Other |  | Total
Major product: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Raw materials |  | $ | 315,711 |  |  | $ | 4,894 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 320,605 |
Steel products |  | 630,724 |  |  | 272,607 |  |  | — |  |  | 903,331 |
Downstream products |  | 539,173 |  |  | 50,128 |  |  | — |  |  | 589,301 |
Construction-related solutions |  | 122,464 |  |  | 17,380 |  |  | — |  |  | 139,844 |
Other(1) |  | 31,921 |  |  | 9,930 |  |  | 23,071 |  |  | 64,922 |
Net sales from external customers |  | 1,639,993 |  |  | 354,939 |  |  | 23,071 |  |  | 2,018,003 |
Intersegment net sales, eliminated on consolidation |  | 940 |  |  | 694 |  |  | (1,634) |  |  | — |
Net sales |  | $ | 1,640,933 |  |  | $ | 355,633 |  |  | $ | 21,437 |  |  | $ | 2,018,003 |
|  | Six Months Ended February 28, 2023
(in thousands) |  | North America |  | Europe |  | Corporate and Other |  | Total
Major product: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Raw materials |  | $ | 608,031 |  |  | $ | 9,761 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 617,792 |
Steel products |  | 1,336,186 |  |  | 584,543 |  |  | — |  |  | 1,920,729 |
Downstream products |  | 1,181,107 |  |  | 109,710 |  |  | — |  |  | 1,290,817 |
Construction-related solutions |  | 264,836 |  |  | 36,826 |  |  | — |  |  | 301,662 |
Other(1) |  | 65,081 |  |  | 20,048 |  |  | 29,187 |  |  | 114,316 |
Net sales from external customers |  | 3,455,241 |  |  | 760,888 |  |  | 29,187 |  |  | 4,245,316 |
Intersegment net sales, eliminated on consolidation |  | 2,591 |  |  | 1,258 |  |  | (3,849) |  |  | — |
Net sales |  | $ | 3,457,832 |  |  | $ | 762,146 |  |  | $ | 25,338 |  |  | $ | 4,245,316 |
_______________________________ (1) Other revenue during the three and six months ended February 28, 2023 includes $17.7 million derived from the Company's NMTC transactions. See Note 8, New Markets Tax Credit Transactions, for further information.
|  | Three Months Ended February 28, 2022
(in thousands) |  | North America |  | Europe |  | Corporate and Other |  | Total
Major product: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Raw materials |  | $ | 366,941 |  |  | $ | 5,864 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 372,805 |
Steel products |  | 666,047 |  |  | 320,414 |  |  | — |  |  | 986,461 |
Downstream products |  | 459,753 |  |  | 59,541 |  |  | — |  |  | 519,294 |
Construction-related solutions |  | 83,638 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 83,638 |
Other |  | 37,845 |  |  | 9,530 |  |  | (685) |  |  | 46,690 |
Net sales from external customers |  | 1,614,224 |  |  | 395,349 |  |  | (685) |  |  | 2,008,888 |
Intersegment net sales, eliminated on consolidation |  | — |  |  | 409 |  |  | (409) |  |  | — |
Net sales |  | $ | 1,614,224 |  |  | $ | 395,758 |  |  | $ | (1,094) |  |  | $ | 2,008,888 |
|  | Six Months Ended February 28, 2022
(in thousands) |  | North America |  | Europe |  | Corporate and Other |  | Total
Major product: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Raw materials |  | $ | 720,033 |  |  | $ | 12,824 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 732,857 |
Steel products |  | 1,341,089 |  |  | 563,559 |  |  | — |  |  | 1,904,648 |
Downstream products |  | 974,149 |  |  | 129,613 |  |  | — |  |  | 1,103,762 |
Construction-related solutions |  | 166,137 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 166,137 |
Other |  | 66,438 |  |  | 17,915 |  |  | (1,068) |  |  | 83,285 |
Net sales from external customers |  | 3,267,846 |  |  | 723,911 |  |  | (1,068) |  |  | 3,990,689 |
Intersegment net sales, eliminated on consolidation |  | — |  |  | 903 |  |  | (903) |  |  | — |
Net sales |  | $ | 3,267,846 |  |  | $ | 724,814 |  |  | $ | (1,971) |  |  | $ | 3,990,689 |

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