Share-based Payments

6 Months Ended

Feb. 28, 2018

Disclosure of Compensation Related Costs, Share-based Payments [Abstract]

The Company accounts for share-based payments through the measurement and recognition of compensation expense for share-based payment awards made to employees and directors of the Company, including stock options and restricted shares (all part of the Company's equity incentive plan), and share units representing certain deferrals into the Company's director deferred compensation plan or the Company's supplemental deferred savings plan.

The following table presents share-based payment expense and new shares issued upon exercise of stock options for the three and six months ended February 28, 2018 and 2017 (in millions, except shares):



	Three Months Ended				Six Months Ended
	February 28, 2018		February 28, 2017		February 28, 2018		February 28, 2017
Share-based payment expense	$	8.3	$	8.1	$	16.8	$	16.0
Shares issued from option exercises	3,208		—		9,364		12,030

Further details regarding each of these award programs and the Company's share-based payments are included within the Share-based Payments footnote of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements within the Company’s Form 10-K.