CREDIT ARRANGEMENTS (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Aug. 31, 2019

Debt Disclosure [Abstract]

Long-term debt, including the deferred gain from the termination of the interest rate swaps

Long-term debt was as follows: 

	Weighted Average Interest Rate as of August 31, 2019	Year Ended August 31,
(in thousands)		2019		2018
2027 Notes	5.375%	$	300,000	$	300,000
2026 Notes	5.750%	350,000		350,000
2023 Notes	4.875%	330,000		330,000
Term Loan	4.111%	210,125		142,500
Short-term borrowings	*	3,929		—
Other, including equipment notes		60,867		47,629
Total debt		1,254,921		1,170,129
Less debt issuance costs		10,268		11,764
Total amounts outstanding		1,244,653		1,158,365
Less current maturities		13,510		19,746
Less short-term borrowings		3,929		—
Current maturities of long-term debt and short-term borrowings		17,439		19,746
Long-term debt		$	1,227,214	$	1,138,619

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* As of August 31, 2019, the weighted average interest rates associated with the U.S. Program and Poland Program were 3.461% and 2.410%, respectively.

Scheduled maturities of the Company's long-term debt

The scheduled maturities of the Company's long-term debt are as follows:

Year Ended August 31,	(in thousands)
2020	$	17,439
2021	10,827
2022	219,049
2023	337,264
2024	7,717
Thereafter	662,625
Total long-term debt	1,254,921
Less debt issuance costs	10,268
Total long-term debt outstanding	$	1,244,653