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Comprehensive Income (Loss)

3 Months Ended

Nov. 30, 2011

Comprehensive Income (Loss) [Abstract]

Comprehensive Income (Loss)

(3) Comprehensive Income (Loss)

The accumulated other comprehensive income, net, shown in the Company's consolidated balance sheets includes the unrealized gain (loss) on cash flow hedges, changes in the transition obligation and net actuarial losses from the defined benefit pension plan, and the accumulated foreign currency translation adjustment, net of hedging activities. The following table shows the difference between the Company's reported net earnings and its comprehensive income:

			September 30,				September 30,
		Three months ended
		November 30,
$ in thousands		2011				2010
Comprehensive income (loss):
Net earnings		$	2,921			$	4,286
Other comprehensive income (loss) (1):
Defined benefit pension plan, net of tax			26				25
Unrealized gain on cash flow hedges, net of tax			72				102
Foreign currency translation, net of hedging activities			(4,131	)			744
Total comprehensive income (loss)		$	(1,112	)		$	5,157

⁽¹⁾  Net of tax expense (benefit) of $139 and ($77) for the three months ended November 30, 2011 and 2010, respectively.

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- Definition

This label may include the following: 1) the amount of income tax expense or benefit allocated to each component of other comprehensive income, including reclassification adjustments, 2) the reclassification adjustments for each classification of other comprehensive income and 3) the ending accumulated balances for each component of comprehensive income. Components of comprehensive income include: (1) foreign currency translation adjustments; (2) gains and losses on foreign currency transactions that are designated as, and are effective as, economic hedges of a net investment in a foreign entity; (3) gains and losses on intercompany foreign currency transactions that are of a long-term-investment nature, when the entities to the transaction are consolidated, combined, or accounted for by the equity method in the reporting enterprise's financial statements; (4) change in the market value of a futures contract that qualifies as a hedge of an asset reported at fair value; (5) unrealized holding gains and losses on available-for-sale securities and that resulting from transfers of debt securities from the held-to-maturity category to the available-for-sale category; (6) a net loss recognized as an additional pension liability not yet recognized as net periodic pension cost; and (7) the net gain or loss and net prior service cost or credit for pension plans and other postretirement benefit plans.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (FAS)

-Number 130

-Paragraph 14-26

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