CREDIT ARRANGEMENTS (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Aug. 31, 2021

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, 2021	Year Ended August 31,
(in thousands)		2021		2020
2031 Notes	3.875%	$	300,000	$	—
2027 Notes	5.375%	300,000		300,000
2026 Notes	5.750%	—		350,000
2023 Notes	4.875%	330,000		330,000
Poland Term Loan	1.710%	49,726		40,713
Short-term borrowings	1.050%	26,560		—
Other	5.100%	19,492		21,329
Finance leases		52,144		50,224
Total debt		1,077,922		1,092,266
Less debt issuance costs		8,141		8,581
Total amounts outstanding		1,069,781		1,083,685
Less current maturities of long-term debt and short-term borrowings		54,366		18,149
Long-term debt		$	1,015,415	$	1,065,536

Scheduled maturities of the Company's long-term debt

The scheduled maturities of the Company's long-term debt, excluding obligations related to finance leases, are included in the table below. See Note 7, Leases, for scheduled maturities of finance leases.

Year Ended August 31,	(in thousands)
2022	$	38,327
2023	345,070
2024	17,211
2025	15,062
2026	1,789
Thereafter	608,319
Total long-term debt, excluding finance leases	1,025,778
Less debt issuance costs	8,141
Total long-term debt outstanding, excluding finance leases	$	1,017,637