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Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Aug. 31, 2025
Accounting Policies [Abstract] |
Allowance for Credit Losses | Accounts receivable - Accounts receivable consists of receivables from customers and receivables from related parties (see Note 15 - Related Party Transactions to the Consolidated Financial Statements) and is stated net of allowance for credit losses of $6.5 million and $3.6 million as of August 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively.
|  | Year Ended August 31, |
(In millions) |  | 2025 |  |  | 2024 |  |  | 2023 |
Allowance for credit losses |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Balance at beginning of period |  | $ | 3.6 |  |  | $ | 2.8 |  |  | $ | 2.3 |
Additions, net of reversals |  |  | 4.6 |  |  |  | 0.8 |  |  |  | 0.5 |
Usage |  |  | (1.8 | ) |  |  | (0.1 | ) |  |  | (0.2 | )
Currency translation effect |  |  | 0.1 |  |  |  | 0.1 |  |  |  | 0.2 |
Balance at end of period |  | $ | 6.5 |  |  | $ | 3.6 |  |  | $ | 2.8 |
Estimated Useful Lives | Depreciation is provided on the straight-line method over estimated useful lives which primarily are as follows:
|  | Depreciable Life
Buildings and improvements |  | 15 - 25 years
Machinery and equipment |  | 3 - 15 years
Other |  | 3 - 10 years
Components of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss, Net of Tax | Accumulated other comprehensive loss – Accumulated other comprehensive loss (AOCL), net of tax as appropriate, consisted of the following:
(In millions) |  | Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Derivative Financial Instruments |  |  | Foreign Currency Translation Adjustment |  |  | Other |  |  | AOCL |
Balance, August 31, 2022 |  | $ | 13.0 |  |  | $ | (57.4 | ) |  | $ | (1.2 | ) |  | $ | (45.6 | )
Other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassifications |  |  | 23.1 |  |  |  | 25.3 |  |  |  | (1.0 | ) |  |  | 47.4 |
Amounts reclassified from AOCL |  |  | (9.1 | ) |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | (9.1 | )
Balance, August 31, 2023 |  | $ | 27.0 |  |  | $ | (32.1 | ) |  | $ | (2.2 | ) |  | $ | (7.3 | )
Other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassifications |  |  | 2.9 |  |  |  | (14.9 | ) |  |  | — |  |  |  | (12.0 | )
Amounts reclassified from AOCL |  |  | (14.7 | ) |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | (14.7 | )
Balance, August 31, 2024 |  | $ | 15.2 |  |  | $ | (47.0 | ) |  | $ | (2.2 | ) |  | $ | (34.0 | )
Other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassifications |  |  | 7.3 |  |  |  | 9.6 |  |  |  | (0.6 | ) |  |  | 16.3 |
Amounts reclassified from AOCL |  |  | (13.5 | ) |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | (13.5 | )
Balance, August 31, 2025 |  | $ | 9.0 |  |  | $ | (37.4 | ) |  | $ | (2.8 | ) |  | $ | (31.2 | )
Interest and Foreign Exchange | Interest and foreign exchange - Interest includes amortization of debt issuance costs and external interest expense. Foreign exchange gains and losses includes the effects of remeasuring monetary assets and liabilities denominated in a currency other than the functional currency of the respective subsidiary.
|  | For the Year Ended August 31, |
(In millions) |  | 2025 |  |  | 2024 |  |  | 2023 |
Interest and foreign exchange: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Interest and other expense, net |  | $ | 79.3 |  |  | $ | 93.9 |  |  | $ | 79.2 |
Foreign exchange (gain) loss, net |  |  | (3.6 | ) |  |  | 6.9 |  |  |  | 6.2 |
|  | $ | 75.7 |  |  | $ | 100.8 |  |  | $ | 85.4 |

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