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Derivative Instruments (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Nov. 30, 2022
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosure [Abstract] |
Fair Values of Derivative Instruments | Fair Values of Derivative Instruments (in millions)
|  | Asset Derivatives |  |  | Liability Derivatives |
|  |  |  | November 30, 2022 |  |  | August 31, 2022 |  |  |  |  | November 30, 2022 |  |  | August 31, 2022 |
|  | Balance sheet location |  | Fair Value |  |  | Fair Value |  |  | Balance sheet location |  | Fair Value |  |  | Fair Value |
Derivatives designated as hedging instruments |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Foreign forward exchange contracts |  | Accounts receivable, net |  | $ | 0.5 |  |  | $ | 0.6 |  |  | Accounts payable and accrued liabilities |  | $ | 1.1 |  |  | $ | 2.9 |
Interest rate swap contracts |  | Accounts receivable, net |  |  | 30.2 |  |  |  | 20.8 |  |  | Accounts payable and accrued liabilities |  |  | — |  |  |  | - |
|  |  |  | $ | 30.7 |  |  | $ | 21.4 |  |  |  |  | $ | 1.1 |  |  | $ | 2.9 |
Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Foreign forward exchange contracts |  | Accounts receivable, net |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | Accounts payable and accrued liabilities |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 0.1 |
Effect of Derivative Instruments on the Statements of Operations | The Effect of Derivative Instruments on the Statements of Operations (in millions) Three Months Ended November 30, 2022 and 2021
Derivatives in cash flow hedging relationships |  | Location of gain (loss) recognized in income on derivatives |  | Gain (loss) recognized in income on derivatives three months ended November 30, |
|  |  |  | 2022 |  |  | 2021 |
Foreign forward exchange contract |  | Interest and foreign exchange |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | (0.3 | )
Derivatives in cash flow hedging relationships | Gain (loss) recognized in OCI on derivatives three months ended November 30, |  | Location of gain (loss) reclassified from accumulated OCI into income | Gain (loss) reclassified from accumulated OCI into income three months ended November 30, |  | Location of gain (loss) on derivative (amount excluded from effectiveness testing) | Gain (loss) recognized on derivative (amount excluded from effectiveness testing) three months ended November 30, |
| 2022 |  |  | 2021 |  |  | 2022 |  |  | 2021 |  |  | 2022 |  |  | 2021 |
Foreign forward exchange contracts | $ | 1.5 |  |  | $ | (4.6 | ) | Revenue | $ | (0.4 | ) |  | $ | (0.2 | ) | Revenue | $ | 0.3 |  |  | $ | 0.2 |
Foreign forward exchange contracts |  | 0.3 |  |  |  | (1.3 | ) | Cost of revenue |  | 0.2 |  |  |  | — |  | Cost of revenue |  | 0.1 |  |  |  | 0.1 |
Interest rate swap contracts |  | 10.4 |  |  |  | 1.7 |  | Interest and foreign exchange |  | 1.0 |  |  |  | (1.3 | ) | Interest and foreign exchange |  | — |  |  |  | — |
| $ | 12.2 |  |  | $ | (4.2 | ) |  | $ | 0.8 |  |  | $ | (1.5 | ) |  | $ | 0.4 |  |  | $ | 0.3 |
Effects of Cash Flow Hedges Included in Statements of Income | The following table presents the amounts in the Consolidated Statements of Operations in which the effects of the cash flow hedges are recorded and the effects of the cash flow hedge activity on these line items for the three months ended November 30, 2022 and 2021:
|  | For The Three Months Ended November 30, |
|  | 2022 |  |  | 2021 |
|  | Total |  |  | Amount of gain (loss) on cash flow hedge activity |  |  | Total |  |  | Amount of gain (loss) on cash flow hedge activity |
Revenue |  | $ | 766.5 |  |  | $ | (0.4 | ) |  | $ | 550.7 |  |  | $ | (0.2 | )
Cost of revenue |  | $ | 697.0 |  |  | $ | 0.2 |  |  | $ | 503.1 |  |  | $ | — |
Interest and foreign exchange |  | $ | 19.6 |  |  | $ | 1.0 |  |  | $ | 12.6 |  |  | $ | (1.3 | )

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