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CREDIT ARRANGEMENTS (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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May 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:
(in thousands) |  | Weighted Average Interest Rate as of May 31, 2025 |  | May 31, 2025 |  | August 31, 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(1) |  | 4.625% |  | 150,000 |  |  | — |
Other |  | 5.100% |  | 10,108 |  |  | 11,910 |
Finance leases |  | 5.207% |  | 149,330 |  |  | 141,271 |
Total debt |  |  |  | 1,354,498 |  |  | 1,198,241 |
Less unamortized debt issuance costs |  |  |  | (14,578) |  |  | (13,073) |
Plus unamortized bond premium |  |  |  | 4,309 |  |  | 4,453 |
Total amounts outstanding |  |  |  | 1,344,229 |  |  | 1,189,621 |
Less current maturities of long-term debt |  |  |  | (41,394) |  |  | (38,786) |
Long-term debt |  |  |  | $ | 1,302,835 |  |  | $ | 1,150,835 |
__________________________________ (1) The Series 2025 Bonds (as defined below) accrue interest at a fixed rate of 4.625%, payable semiannually, for an initial period ending with a mandatory tender for purchase on May 15, 2032, at a purchase price equal to 100% of the principal amount. The Bonds mature in 2055.

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