CREDIT ARRANGEMENTS (Tables)

9 Months Ended

May 31, 2022

Debt Disclosure [Abstract]

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

Long-term debt was as follows: 

(in thousands)	Weighted Average Interest Rate as of May 31, 2022	May 31, 2022		August 31, 2021
2032 Notes	4.375%	$	300,000	$	—
2031 Notes	3.875%	300,000		300,000
2030 Notes	4.125%	300,000		—
2027 Notes	5.375%	—		300,000
2023 Notes	4.875%	330,000		330,000
Series 2022 Bonds, due 2047	4.000%	145,060		—
Poland Term Loan	7.890%	37,923		49,726
Short-term borrowings	6.180%	62,627		26,560
Other	4.560%	20,151		19,492
Finance leases		54,965		52,144
Total debt		1,550,726		1,077,922
Less unamortized debt issuance costs		(17,043)		(8,141)
Plus unamortized bond premium		4,886		—
Total amounts outstanding		1,538,569		1,069,781
Less current maturities of long-term debt and short-term borrowings		(423,091)		(54,366)
Long-term debt		$	1,115,478	$	1,015,415