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CREDIT ARRANGEMENTS (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Aug. 31, 2025
Debt Disclosure [Abstract] |
Long-term debt, including the deferred gain from the termination of the interest rate swaps | Long-term debt was as follows:
|  | Weighted Average Interest Rate as of August 31, 2025 |  | Year Ended August 31,
(in thousands) |  |  | 2025 |  | 2024
2030 Notes |  | 4.125% |  | $ | 300,000 |  |  | $ | 300,000 |
2031 Notes |  | 3.875% |  | 300,000 |  |  | 300,000 |
2032 Notes |  | 4.375% |  | 300,000 |  |  | 300,000 |
Series 2022 Bonds, due 2047 |  | 4.000% |  | 145,060 |  |  | 145,060 |
Series 2025 Bonds, due 2032 |  | 4.625% |  | 150,000 |  |  | — |
Other |  | 5.100% |  | 10,108 |  |  | 11,910 |
Finance leases |  | 5.263% |  | 158,917 |  |  | 141,271 |
Total debt |  |  |  | 1,364,085 |  |  | 1,198,241 |
Less unamortized debt issuance costs |  |  |  | (14,051) |  |  | (13,073) |
Plus unamortized bond premium |  |  |  | 4,261 |  |  | 4,453 |
Total amounts outstanding |  |  |  | 1,354,295 |  |  | 1,189,621 |
Less current maturities of long-term debt |  |  |  | (44,289) |  |  | (38,786) |
Long-term debt |  |  |  | $ | 1,310,006 |  |  | $ | 1,150,835 |
Scheduled maturities of the Company's long-term debt | The scheduled maturities of the Company's long-term debt, excluding obligations related to finance leases, are included in the table below. See Note 7, Leases, for scheduled maturities of finance leases.
Year Ended August 31, |  | (in thousands)
2026 |  | $ | 1,789 |
2027 |  | 1,782 |
2028 |  | 1,795 |
2029 |  | 1,806 |
2030 |  | 301,814 |
Thereafter |  | 896,182 |
Total long-term debt, excluding finance leases |  | 1,205,168 |
Less unamortized debt issuance costs |  | (14,051) |
Plus unamortized bond premium |  | 4,261 |
Total long-term debt outstanding, excluding finance leases |  | $ | 1,195,378 |

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