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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001104659-18-070870
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20181130
ITEM INFORMATION:		Results of Operations and Financial Condition
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20181130
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20181130

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			CHS INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000823277
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	WHOLESALE-FARM PRODUCT RAW MATERIALS [5150]
		IRS NUMBER:				410251095
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			MN
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0831

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-36079
		FILM NUMBER:		181212007

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		5500 CENEX DRIVE
		CITY:			INVER GROVE HEIGHTS
		STATE:			MN
		ZIP:			55077
		BUSINESS PHONE:		651-355-6000

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		STREET 1:		5500 CENEX DRIVE
		CITY:			INVER GROVE HEIGHTS
		STATE:			MN
		ZIP:			55077

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	CENEX HARVEST STATES COOPERATIVES
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19980611

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	HARVEST STATES COOPERATIVES
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19961212
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:18.0pt;font-weight:bold;">UNITED STATES<br> SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</font></b></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold;">CURRENT REPORT<br> PURSUANT TO SECTION&nbsp;13 OR 15(d)&nbsp;OF<br> THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934</font></b></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Date of report (Date of earliest event reported):<b> November&nbsp;30, 2018</b></font></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:18.0pt;font-weight:bold;">CHS Inc.</font></b></p>
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<p align="center" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">5500 Cenex Drive<br> Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota 55077<br>  </font></b>(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)</p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:19.8pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule&nbsp;405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (&#167;230.405 of this chapter) or Rule&nbsp;12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (&#167;240.12b-2 of this chapter).</font></p>
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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Item 2.02.</font></b><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><b>Results of Operations and Financial Condition.</b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">On November&nbsp;30, 2018, CHS Inc. (&#147;CHS&#148;) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;SEC&#148;) a Form&nbsp;12b-25 Notification of Late Filing (the &#147;Form&nbsp;12b-25&#148;) with respect to its Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K for the year ended August&nbsp;31, 2018. In the Form&nbsp;12b-25, CHS stated the following:</font></p>
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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;</font>Due to the misstatement associated with the freight misstatements described above in PART&nbsp;III of this Form&nbsp;12b-25, there were material changes to the Company&#146;s income (loss) before income taxes for the fiscal years ended August&nbsp;31, 2017, 2016, and 2015 and for the nine months ended May&nbsp;31, 2018, and the Company&#146;s income (loss) before income taxes for such periods will be restated.</p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman"><font style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Company expects its restated income (loss) before income taxes for the fiscal years ended August&nbsp;31, 2017, 2016 and 2015 to be approximately $(110.2) million, $402.1 million and $700.4 million, respectively. For the fiscal year ended August&nbsp;31, 2018, the Company expects income before income taxes to be approximately $671.2 million.</font>&#148;</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">A copy of the Form&nbsp;12b-25 is attached hereto as Exhibit&nbsp;99.1 and incorporated herein by reference.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Pursuant to General Instruction B.2. to Form&nbsp;8-K, the information set forth in this Item 2.02 shall not be deemed &#147;filed&#148; for purposes of Section&nbsp;18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The foregoing contains &#147;forward-looking statements&#148; within the meaning of the safe harbor provisions of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements can be identified by words such as &#147;anticipate,&#148; &#147;intend,&#148; &#147;plan,&#148; &#147;goal,&#148; &#147;seek,&#148; &#147;believe,&#148; &#147;project,&#148; &#147;estimate,&#148; &#147;expect,&#148; &#147;strategy,&#148; &#147;future,&#148; &#147;likely,&#148; &#147;may,&#148; &#147;should,&#148; &#147;will&#148; and similar references to future periods. Such forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements relating to expected results for the year ended August&nbsp;30, 2018 and impacts of the restatement of CHS&#146;s consolidated financial statements. These forward-looking statements are subject to risks, uncertainties and other factors, including discovery of information in addition to or different from the information upon which such forward-looking statements are based. As a result of these matters, actual results may differ materially from those projected and the actual adjustments reflected in the restated financial statements to be issued by the Company may differ materially from the anticipated results expressed or implied in the forward-looking statements made in the foregoing discussion. Factors that could affect CHS&#146;s actual results include the results of the continuing review into the employee misconduct described in the Form&nbsp;12b-25 and other various uncertainties disclosed in CHS&#146;s reports filed with the SEC, including CHS&#146;s Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K for the fiscal year ended August&nbsp;31, 2017. CHS urges readers to take such factors and the possibility of such differences into account in any consideration of the forward-looking statements included in the foregoing and not to place undue reliance on such statements. The forward-looking statements included in the foregoing are made only as of the date of hereof, and CHS undertakes no obligation to update any of these forward-looking statements to reflect subsequent events or circumstances.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.</font></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">SEC FILE NUMBER<br>    </font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.0pt;">001-36079</font></p>    </td>   </tr>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">CUSIP NUMBER<br>    </font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.0pt;">12542R 209<br>   12542R 308<br>   12542R 506<br>   12542R 704<br>   12542R 803</font></p>    </td>   </tr>  </table>
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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Wingdings" style="font-size:10.0pt;">x</font>&nbsp;Form   10-K</p>    </td>
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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Wingdings" style="font-size:10.0pt;">o</font>&nbsp;Form   20-F</p>    </td>
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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Wingdings" style="font-size:10.0pt;">o</font>&nbsp;Form   11-K</p>    </td>
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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Wingdings" style="font-size:10.0pt;">o</font>&nbsp;Form   10-Q</p>    </td>
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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Wingdings" style="font-size:10.0pt;">o</font>&nbsp;Form   10-D</p>    </td>   </tr>
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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Wingdings" style="font-size:10.0pt;">o</font>&nbsp;Form   N-SAR</p>    </td>
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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Wingdings" style="font-size:10.0pt;">o</font>&nbsp;Form   N-CSR</p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">August&nbsp;31,   2018</font></p>    </td>   </tr>
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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Wingdings" style="font-size:10.0pt;">o</font>&nbsp;Transition   Report on Form 10-K</p>    </td>
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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Wingdings" style="font-size:10.0pt;">o</font>&nbsp;Transition   Report on Form N-SAR</p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">State below in reasonable detail why Forms&nbsp;10-K, 20-F, 11-K, 10-Q, 10-D, N-SAR, N-CSR, or the transition report or portion thereof, could not be filed within the prescribed time period.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">CHS&nbsp;Inc. (the &#147;Company&#148;) is unable to file its Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K for the year ended August&nbsp;31, 2018 without unreasonable effort or expense within the prescribed time period for the reasons set forth below. The Company is in the process of finalizing the analysis it must undertake to determine the impact of certain technical accounting matters related to freight transactions and record any necessary adjustments to reflect the appropriate accounting treatment of these freight transactions within the underlying accounting records for all relevant periods and complete necessary disclosures pertaining to these technical accounting changes within the financial statements and accompanying notes to be included in the Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K for the year ended August&nbsp;31, 2018.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">As described in the Company&#146;s Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (&#147;SEC&#148;) on October&nbsp;26, 2018, on October&nbsp;22, 2018, the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company (the &#147;Audit Committee&#148;), after considering the recommendations of management, concluded that the Company&#146;s audited consolidated financial statements for the fiscal years ended August&nbsp;31, 2017, 2016, and 2015, included in the Company&#146;s Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K for the fiscal year ended August&nbsp;31, 2017 (the &#147;2017 Annual Report&#148;) and the Company&#146;s unaudited consolidated financial statements for the quarterly periods ended November&nbsp;30, 2017 and 2016, February&nbsp;28, 2018 and 2017, and May&nbsp;31, 2018 and 2017, included in the Company&#146;s Quarterly Reports on Form&nbsp;10-Q for the quarterly periods ended November&nbsp;30, 2017, February&nbsp;28, 2018, and May&nbsp;31, 2018, (the &#147;2018 Quarterly Reports&#148;), should no longer be relied upon due to misstatements that are described in greater detail below, and that the Company would restate such financial statements to make the necessary accounting corrections.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">During the preparation of the Company&#146;s Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K for the year ended August&nbsp;31, 2018, management of the Company noted potentially excessive valuations in the net derivative asset valuations relating to certain rail freight contracts purchased in connection with the Company&#146;s North American grain marketing operations. Following the Company&#146;s identification of these potentially excessive valuations, the Company engaged external counsel, which engaged forensic accountants to work with management of the Company, under the oversight of the Audit Committee, to conduct an investigation.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The investigation concluded that the misstatements in the Company&#146;s consolidated financial statements included in the 2017 Annual Report and 2018 Quarterly Reports were due to intentional misconduct by a former employee in the Company&#146;s rail freight trading operations, as well as due to freight contracts not meeting the technical accounting requirements to qualify as a derivative financial instrument. The misconduct consisted of the former employee manipulating the mark-to-market valuation of rail cars that were the subject of rail freight purchase contracts and manipulating the quantity of rail cars included in the monthly mark-to-market valuation. In addition, the investigation revealed intentional misstatements that were made by the former employee to the Company&#146;s independent registered public accounting firm in connection with its audit of the Company&#146;s consolidated financial statements for the fiscal year ended August&nbsp;31, 2017. During the course of, and as a result of, the investigation, the Company terminated the former employee and has taken additional personnel actions.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Audit Committee, management and the Company&#146;s legal counsel reported the findings of the investigation to the Company&#146;s Board of Directors and to the Company&#146;s independent registered public accounting firm, and have discussed the evidence uncovered and conclusions reached in the investigation with the Staff of the Division of Enforcement of the SEC.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">As a result of the work performed in relation to the freight misstatements, additional misstatements related to the elimination of intercompany balances were also identified. Although these intercompany misstatements resulted in the misstatement of certain financial statement line items, including revenues and cost of goods sold, the intercompany misstatements did not result in a material misstatement of income (loss) before income taxes or net income (loss).</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">In addition to the misstatements related to the freight contracts and intercompany eliminations, the Company is also making corrections related to previously identified other misstatements, unrelated to the investigation, that were not material, individually or in the aggregate, to the Company&#146;s consolidated financial statements. These corrections primarily relate to certain misclassifications, adjustments to revenues and cost of goods sold and adjustments to various income tax and indirect tax accrual accounts.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Company did not design and consistently maintain effective monitoring controls related to the design and operating effectiveness of the Company&#146;s internal controls. Specifically:</font></p>
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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Symbol" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#183;</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>The Company did not implement and reinforce an adequate process for monitoring the proper functioning of internal controls to verify that the Company&#146;s accounting policies and procedures are consistently and adequately being performed, as relevant, by a sufficient number of resources with the appropriate knowledge and training.</p>
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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Symbol" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#183;</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>The Company did not design and maintain effective controls over the review of journal entries and account reconciliations in its Grain Marketing operations.</p>
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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Symbol" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#183;</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>The Company did not design and maintain effective internal controls over the accounting for intercompany transactions.</p>
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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Symbol" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#183;</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>The Company did not design and maintain effective controls over the accounting for freight contracts in its Grain Marketing operations.</p>
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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Symbol" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#183;</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>The Company also did not design and maintain sufficient (i)&nbsp;testing and approval controls for program development to ensure the implementation of a new ERP system was aligned with business and IT requirements, or (ii)&nbsp;user access controls to ensure appropriate segregation of duties, or that adequately restrict user and privileged access to certain financial applications, programs, and data to appropriate personnel.</p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">As a result of these material weaknesses, the Company has concluded that its internal controls over financial reporting and its disclosure controls and procedures were not effective.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Company anticipates that it will complete and file its Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K for the year ended August&nbsp;31, 2018, by no later than December&nbsp;14, 2018.</font></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Timothy Skidmore</font></p>    </td>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">651</font></p>    </td>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">355-6000</font></p>    </td>   </tr>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(Name)</font></p>    </td>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(Area Code)</font></p>    </td>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>   </tr>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(2)</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Have all other periodic reports required under Section 13 or 15(d) of   the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30 of the Investment Company   Act of 1940 during the preceding 12 months or for such shorter period that   the registrant was required to file such report(s) been filed? If answer is   no, identify report(s). </font></p>    </td>   </tr>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p align="center" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Wingdings" style="font-size:10.0pt;">x</font>&nbsp;Yes&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<font face="Wingdings">o</font>&nbsp;No</p>    </td>   </tr>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Is it anticipated that any significant change in results of operations   from the corresponding period for the last fiscal year will be reflected by   the earnings statements to be included in the subject report or portion   thereof?</font></p>    </td>   </tr>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p align="center" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Wingdings" style="font-size:10.0pt;">x</font>&nbsp;Yes&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<font face="Wingdings">o</font>&nbsp;No</p>    </td>   </tr>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Due to the misstatement associated with the freight misstatements described above in PART&nbsp;III of this Form&nbsp;12b-25, there were material changes to the Company&#146;s income (loss) before income taxes for the fiscal years ended August&nbsp;31, 2017, 2016, and 2015 and for the nine months ended May&nbsp;31, 2018, and the Company&#146;s income (loss) before income taxes for such periods will be restated.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Company expects its restated income (loss) before income taxes for the fiscal years ended August&nbsp;31, 2017, 2016 and 2015 to be approximately $(110.2) million, $402.1 million and $700.4 million, respectively. For the fiscal year ended August&nbsp;31, 2018, the Company expects income before income taxes to be approximately $671.2 million.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The foregoing contains &#147;forward-looking statements.&#148; Forward-looking statements can be identified by words such as &#147;anticipate,&#148; &#147;intend,&#148; &#147;plan,&#148; &#147;goal,&#148; &#147;seek,&#148; &#147;believe,&#148; &#147;project,&#148; &#147;estimate,&#148; &#147;expect,&#148; &#147;strategy,&#148; &#147;future,&#148; &#147;likely,&#148; &#147;may,&#148; &#147;should,&#148; &#147;will&#148; and similar references to future periods. Such forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements relating to impacts of the restatement of the Company&#146;s consolidated financial statements and the Company&#146;s future filings with the SEC. These forward-looking statements are subject to risks, uncertainties and other factors, including discovery of information in addition to or different from the information upon which such forward-looking statements are based. As a result of these matters, actual results may differ materially from those projected and the actual adjustments reflected in the restated financial statements to be issued by the Company may differ materially from the anticipated results expressed or implied in the forward-looking statements made in the foregoing discussion. Factors that could affect the Company&#146;s actual results include the results of the continuing review into the employee misconduct described above and other various uncertainties disclosed in the Company&#146;s reports filed with the SEC, including the 2017 Annual Report. The Company urges</font></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:justify;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">has caused this notification to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.</font></p>
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<p style="background:white;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">November 30, 2018</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="background:white;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ James M. Zappa</font></p>    </td>   </tr>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">INSTRUCTION: The form may be signed by an executive officer of the registrant or by any other duly authorized representative. The name and title of the person signing the form shall be typed or printed beneath the signature. If the statement is signed on behalf of the registrant by an authorized representative (other than an executive officer), evidence of the representative&#146;s authority to sign on behalf of the registrant shall be filed with the form.</font></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Intentional   misstatements or omissions of fact constitute Federal Criminal Violations   (see 18 U.S.C. 1001).</font></b></p>    </td>   </tr>  </table>
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