10-Q

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

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FORM 10-Q

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(Mark One)

☒ QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the quarterly period ended May 31, 2020

OR

☐ TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Commission File No. 1-11288 

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ENERPAC TOOL GROUP CORP.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

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Wisconsin	39-0168610
(State of incorporation)	(I.R.S. Employer Id. No.)

N86 W12500 WESTBROOK CROSSING

MENOMONEE FALLS, WISCONSIN 53051

Mailing address: P. O. Box 3241, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201

(Address of principal executive offices)

(262) 293-1500

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class	Ticker Symbol(s)	Name of each exchange on which registered
Class A common stock, $0.20 par value per share	EPAC	NYSE

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.    Yes  x    No  ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).    Yes  x    No  ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or emerging growth company. See definition of “accelerated filer,” “large accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company” and "emerging growth company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

        

Large Accelerated Filer	☒	Accelerated Filer	☐
Non-accelerated Filer	☐	Smaller reporting company	☐
Emerging growth company	☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.     ☐ 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.):    Yes  ¨    No  ☒

The number of shares outstanding of the registrant’s Class A Common Stock as of June 26, 2020 was 59,768,998.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

	Page No.
Part I—Financial Information
Item 1—Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited)
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations	3
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive (Loss) Income	4
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets	5
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows	6
Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements	7
Item 2—Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations	22
Item 3—Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk	28
Item 4—Controls and Procedures	28
Part II—Other Information
Item 1A.—Risk Factors	29
Item 2—Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds	29
Item 6—Exhibits	30

FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS AND CAUTIONARY FACTORS

This quarterly report on Form 10-Q contains certain statements that constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 that involve risks and uncertainties. Such forward-looking statements include statements regarding expected financial results and other planned events, including, but not limited to, anticipated liquidity, anticipated restructuring costs and related savings, anticipated future charges and capital expenditures. Words such as “may,” “should,” “could,” “anticipate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “expect,” “plan,” “project” and similar expressions are intended to identify such forward-looking statements. These statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve certain risks, uncertainties and assumptions that are difficult to predict. Therefore, actual future events or results may differ materially from these statements. We disclaim any obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements as a result of new information, future events or any other reason.

The following is a list of factors, among others, that could cause actual results to differ materially from the forward-looking statements:

• further deterioration of, or instability in, the domestic and international economy;

• potential impact on our business from global pandemics, including continued impact from the COVID-19 pandemic;

• decreased demand from customers in the oil & gas industry as a result of significant declines in oil prices resulting from the recent disruption in the oil markets;

• challenging conditions in our various end markets;

• our ability to execute restructuring actions and the realization of anticipated cost savings;

• competition in the markets we serve;

• failure to develop new products and market acceptance of existing and new products;

• a material disruption at a significant manufacturing facility;

• heavy reliance on suppliers for components used in the manufacture and sale of our products, including a supply chain interruption due to the COVID-19 pandemic;

• operating margin risk due to competitive pricing, operating inefficiencies, production levels and increases in the costs of commodities and raw materials;

• uncertainty over global tariffs, or the financial impact of tariffs;

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• our international operations present special risks, including currency exchange rate fluctuations and export and import restrictions;

• regulatory and legal developments, including changes to United States taxation rules;

• our ability to successfully identify, consummate and integrate acquisitions and realize anticipated benefits/results from acquired companies as part of our portfolio management process;

• the effects of divestitures and/or discontinued operations, including retained liabilities from, or indemnification obligations with respect to, businesses that we sell;

• if the operating performance of our businesses were to fall significantly below normalized levels, the potential for a non-cash impairment charge of goodwill and/or other intangible assets, as they represent a substantial amount of our total assets;

• a significant failure in information technology (IT) infrastructure, such as unauthorized access to financial and other sensitive data or cybersecurity threats;

• litigation, including product liability and warranty claims;

• our ability to attract, develop, and retain qualified employees;

• inadequate intellectual property protection or if our products are deemed to infringe on the intellectual property of others;

• our ability to comply with the covenants in our debt agreements and fluctuations in interest rates; and

• numerous other matters including those of a political, economic, business, competitive and regulatory nature contained from time to time in U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") filings, including, but not limited to, those factors listed in the "Risk Factors" section within Item 1A of Part I of the Form 10-K filed with the SEC on October 28, 2019 and those factors contained within Part II, Item 1A herein.

When used herein, the terms “we,” “us,” “our” and the “Company” refer to Enerpac Tool Group Corp. and its subsidiaries. Enerpac Tool Group Corp. provides free-of-charge access to its Annual Report on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, current reports on Form 8-K, and all amendments thereto, through its website, www.enerpactoolgroup.com, as soon as reasonably practical after such reports are electronically filed with the SEC.

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PART I—FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1—Financial Statements

ENERPAC TOOL GROUP CORP.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(In thousands, except per share amounts)

(Unaudited)

	Three Months Ended May 31,						Nine Months Ended May 31,
	2020			2019			2020			2019
Net sales	$	101,879		$	178,095		$	381,939		$	496,435
Cost of products sold	59,932			96,141			209,211			272,853
Gross profit	41,947			81,954			172,728			223,582
Selling, administrative and engineering expenses	40,766			52,810			142,842			159,364
Amortization of intangible assets	2,174			2,838			6,167			6,989
Restructuring charges	2,448			1,115			6,348			1,132
Impairment & divestiture (benefit) charges	(1,443		)	(12,988		)	(3,567		)	14,031
Operating (loss) profit	(1,998		)	38,179			20,938			42,066
Financing costs, net	4,552			7,146			15,911			21,601
Other (income) expense, net	(1,213		)	(787		)	(1,682		)	234
(Loss) earnings before income tax (benefit) expense	(5,337		)	31,820			6,709			20,231
Income tax (benefit) expense	(407		)	4,962			1,349			9,030
Net (loss) earnings from continuing operations	(4,930		)	26,858			5,360			11,201
(Loss) earnings from discontinued operations, net of income taxes	(69		)	5,560			(6,076		)	6,518
Net (loss) earnings	$	(4,999	)	$	32,418		$	(716	)	$	17,719
(Loss) earnings per share from continuing operations
Basic	$	(0.08	)	$	0.44		$	0.09		$	0.18
Diluted	$	(0.08	)	$	0.43		$	0.09		$	0.18
(Loss) earnings per share from discontinued operations
Basic	$	—		$	0.09		$	(0.10	)	$	0.11
Diluted	$	—		$	0.09		$	(0.10	)	$	0.11
(Loss) earnings per share
Basic	$	(0.08	)	$	0.53		$	(0.01	)	$	0.29
Diluted	$	(0.08	)	$	0.52		$	(0.01	)	$	0.29
Weighted average common shares outstanding
Basic	59,826			61,422			60,012			61,232
Diluted	59,826			61,840			60,358			61,701

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.

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ENERPAC TOOL GROUP CORP.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE (LOSS) INCOME

(In thousands)

(Unaudited)

	Three Months Ended May 31,						Nine Months Ended May 31,
	2020			2019			2020			2019
Net (loss) earnings	$	(4,999	)	$	32,418		$	(716	)	$	17,719
Other comprehensive (loss) income, net of tax
Foreign currency translation adjustments	(6,779		)	(14,000		)	(1,533		)	(14,744		)
Recognition of foreign currency translation losses from divested businesses	—			—			51,994			34,910
Pension and other postretirement benefit plans	193			200			828			527
Total other comprehensive (loss) income, net of tax	(6,586		)	(13,800		)	51,289			20,693
Comprehensive (loss) income	$	(11,585	)	$	18,618		$	50,573		$	38,412

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.

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ENERPAC TOOL GROUP CORP.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(In thousands, except share and per share amounts)

(Unaudited)

	May 31, 2020			August 31, 2019
ASSETS
Current assets
Cash and cash equivalents	$	163,603		$	211,151
Accounts receivable, net	93,796			125,883
Inventories, net	78,914			77,187
Assets from discontinued operations	—			285,578
Other current assets	43,515			30,526
Total current assets	379,828			730,325
Property, plant and equipment, net	60,671			56,729
Goodwill	271,169			260,415
Other intangible assets, net	62,833			52,375
Other long-term assets	77,034			24,430
Total assets	$	851,535		$	1,124,274
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY
Current liabilities
Trade accounts payable	$	52,091		$	76,914
Accrued compensation and benefits	14,896			26,421
Current maturities of debt	—			7,500
Income taxes payable	6,027			4,838
Liabilities from discontinued operations	—			143,763
Other current liabilities	49,525			40,965
Total current liabilities	122,539			300,401
Long-term debt, net	286,497			452,945
Deferred income taxes	2,466			1,564
Pension and postretirement benefit liabilities	19,649			20,213
Other long-term liabilities	84,102			47,972
Total liabilities	515,253			823,095
Commitments and contingencies (Note 14)
Shareholders’ equity
Class A common stock, $0.20 par value per share, authorized 168,000,000 shares, issued 82,562,731 and 81,920,679 shares, respectively	16,513			16,384
Additional paid-in capital	192,928			181,213
Treasury stock, at cost, 22,799,230 and 21,455,568 shares, respectively	(667,732		)	(640,212		)
Retained earnings	918,623			915,466
Accumulated other comprehensive loss	(124,050		)	(171,672		)
Stock held in trust	(2,517		)	(3,070		)
Deferred compensation liability	2,517			3,070
Total shareholders' equity	336,282			301,179
Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity	$	851,535		$	1,124,274

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.

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ENERPAC TOOL GROUP CORP.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(In thousands)

(Unaudited)

	Nine Months Ended May 31,
	2020			2019
Operating Activities
Net (loss) earnings	$	(716	)	$	17,719
Less: Net (loss) earnings from discontinued operations	(6,076		)	6,518
Net earnings from continuing operations	5,360			11,201
Adjustments to reconcile net earnings to net cash provided by operating activities - continuing operations:
Impairment & divestiture (benefit) charges, net of tax effect	(2,717		)	14,018
Depreciation and amortization	15,373			15,470
Stock-based compensation expense	9,129			8,003
Provision (benefit) for deferred income taxes	1,218			(2,096		)
Amortization of debt issuance costs	1,367			884
Other non-cash charges	1,169			295
Changes in components of working capital and other, excluding acquisitions and divestitures:
Accounts receivable	32,745			(16,390		)
Inventories	(4,166		)	(13,175		)
Trade accounts payable	(24,246		)	2,163
Prepaid expenses and other assets	1,605			(4,212		)
Income tax accounts	(13,986		)	5,731
Accrued compensation and benefits	(12,342		)	(8,683		)
Other accrued liabilities	(5,148		)	(16,424		)
Cash provided by (used in) operating activities - continuing operations	5,361			(3,215		)
Cash (used in) provided by operating activities - discontinued operations	(21,064		)	4,406
Cash (used in) provided by operating activities	(15,703		)	1,191
Investing Activities
Capital expenditures	(9,308		)	(12,615		)
Proceeds from sale of property, plant and equipment	635			1,220
Lease buyout for divested business	(575		)	—
Proceeds from sale of business/product line	10,226			—
Cash paid for business acquisitions, net of cash acquired	(33,434		)	—
Cash used in investing activities - continuing operations	(32,456		)	(11,395		)
Cash provided by investing activities - discontinued operations	208,391			25,184
Cash provided by investing activities	175,935			13,789
Financing Activities
Principal repayment on term loan	(175,000		)	(57,500		)
Payment for redemption of term loan	—			(200,000		)
Proceeds from issuance of term loan	—			200,000
Borrowings on revolving credit facility	100,000			—
Principal repayments on revolving credit facility	(100,000		)	—
Purchase of treasury shares	(27,520		)	—
Taxes paid related to the net share settlement of equity awards	(4,210		)	(1,811		)
Stock option exercises & other	2,985			1,352
Payment of cash dividend	(2,419		)	(2,439		)
Payment of debt issuance costs	(234		)	(2,125		)
Cash used in financing activities - continuing operations	(206,398		)	(62,523		)
Cash used in financing activities - discontinued operations	—			—
Cash used in financing activities	(206,398		)	(62,523		)
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash	(1,382		)	(1,613		)
Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents	(47,548		)	(49,156		)
Cash and cash equivalents - beginning of period	211,151			250,490
Cash and cash equivalents - end of period	$	163,603		$	201,334

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.

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NOTES TO THE CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Note 1. Basis of Presentation

General

The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements of Enerpac Tool Group Corp. (“Company,” "we," or "us"), formerly known as Actuant Corporation, have been prepared in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles ("GAAP") for interim financial reporting and with the instructions of Form 10-Q and Article 10 of Regulation S-X. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and footnotes required by GAAP for complete financial statements. The condensed consolidated balance sheet data as of August 31, 2019 was derived from the Company’s audited financial statements, but does not include all disclosures required by GAAP. For additional information, including the Company’s significant accounting policies, refer to the consolidated financial statements and related footnotes in the Company’s fiscal 2019 Annual Report on Form 10-K.

In the opinion of management, all adjustments considered necessary for a fair statement of financial results have been made. Such adjustments consist of only those of a normal recurring nature. Operating results for the three and nine months ended May 31, 2020 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the entire fiscal year ending August 31, 2020.

The COVID-19 Pandemic - impact on estimates and financial results: The preparation of our condensed consolidated financial statements requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses. The Company regularly evaluates the estimates and assumptions related to the allowance for doubtful accounts, inventory valuation, warranty reserves, fair value of stock-based awards, goodwill, intangible and long-lived asset valuations, employee benefit plan liabilities, over-time revenue recognition, income tax liabilities, deferred tax assets and related valuation allowances, uncertain tax positions, restructuring reserves, and litigation and other loss contingencies. The full extent to which the COVID-19 pandemic will directly or indirectly impact our business, results of operations and financial condition, will depend on future developments that are highly uncertain, including as a result of new information that may emerge concerning the COVID-19 pandemic and the additional actions taken to contain it or treat it, as well as the severity and duration of the economic impact on local, regional, national and international customers, suppliers and markets. As such, there could be a material adverse impact on the Company's financial condition or results of operations. Management has made estimates of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on affected account balances within our financial statements and there may be changes to those estimates in future periods as new information becomes available. Actual results may differ from these estimates.

New Accounting Pronouncements

In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-02, Leases (and subsequently ASU 2018-01 and ASU 2019-01), to increase transparency and comparability among organizations by recognizing all lease transactions on the balance sheet as a lease liability and a right-of-use (“ROU”) asset. The amendments also expanded disclosure requirements for key information about leasing arrangements. On September 1, 2019, the Company adopted the standard using a modified retrospective approach and elected the package of practical expedients allowing us to not reassess whether any expired or existing contracts contain leases, the lease classification for any expired or existing leases, and initial direct costs for leases that commenced prior to September 1, 2019. In addition, we elected not to recognize ROU assets or lease liabilities for leases containing terms of 12 months or less and not separate lease components from non-lease components for all asset classes. The Company updated its standard lease accounting policy to address the new standard, revised the Company’s business processes and controls to align to the updated policy and new standard and completed the implementation of and data input into the Company’s lease accounting software solution. The most significant impact of the standard on the Company was the recognition of a $60.8 million ROU asset and operating lease liability on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets at adoption. The standard did not have a significant impact on our Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations or Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows. In addition, as a result of sale leaseback transactions in previous years for which gains were deferred and under the new standard would have been recognized, the Company recorded an increase to retained earnings of $0.2 million in the first quarter of fiscal 2020, which represents the recognition of these previously deferred gains. See Note 15, “Leases” for further discussion of the Company’s operating leases.

In February 2018, the FASB issued ASU 2018-02, Income Statement-Reporting Comprehensive Income (Topic 220): Reclassification of Certain Tax Effects from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income, which allows companies to reclassify stranded income tax effects resulting from the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act from accumulated other comprehensive income to retained earnings in their consolidated financial statements. The Company adopted the guidance on September 1, 2019 and recorded an increase to retained earnings with an offsetting increase in accumulated other comprehensive loss of $3.7 million on the adoption date.

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Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss

The following is a summary of the Company's accumulated other comprehensive loss (in thousands):

	May 31, 2020		August 31, 2019
Foreign currency translation adjustments	$	100,654	$	151,115
Pension and other postretirement benefit plans, net of tax	23,396		20,557
Accumulated other comprehensive loss	$	124,050	$	171,672

Property Plant and Equipment

The following is a summary of the Company's components of property, plant and equipment (in thousands):

	May 31, 2020			August 31, 2019
Land, buildings and improvements	$	32,128		$	29,661
Machinery and equipment	137,097			140,083
Gross property, plant and equipment	169,225			169,744
Less: Accumulated depreciation	(108,554		)	(113,015		)
Property, plant and equipment, net	$	60,671		$	56,729

Note 2. Revenue Recognition

Nature of Goods and Services

The Company generates its revenue under two principal activities, which are discussed below:

Product Sales: Sales of tools, heavy-lifting solutions, and rope and cable solutions are recorded when control is transferred to the customer (i.e., performance obligation has been satisfied). For the majority of the Company’s product sales, revenue is recognized at a point in time when control of the product is transferred to the customer, which generally occurs when the product is shipped from the Company to the customer. For certain other products that are highly customized and have a limited alternative use, and for which the Company has an enforceable right of reimbursement for performance completed to date, revenue is recognized over time. We consider the input measure (efforts-expended or cost-to-cost) or output measure as a fair measure of progress for the recognition of over time revenue associated with these custom products. For a majority of the Company’s custom products, machine hours and labor hours (efforts-expended measurement) are used as a measure of progress.

Service & Rental Sales: Service contracts consist of providing highly trained technicians to perform bolting, technical services, machining and joint integrity work for our customers. These revenues are recognized over time as our customers simultaneously receive and consume the benefits provided by the Company. We consider the input measure (efforts-expended or cost-to-cost) or output measure as a fair measure of progress for the recognition of over time revenue associated with service contracts. For a majority of the Company’s service contracts, labor hours (efforts-expended measurement) is used as the measure of progress when it is determined to be a better depiction of the transfer of control to the customer due to the timing and pattern of labor hours incurred. Revenue from rental contracts (less than a year and non-customized products) is generally recognized ratably over the contract term, depicting the customer’s consumption of the benefit related to the rental equipment.

Disaggregated Revenue and Performance Obligations

The Company disaggregates revenue from contracts with customers by reportable segment and product line and by the timing of when goods and services are transferred. See Note 13, "Segment Information" for information regarding our revenue disaggregation by reportable segment and product line.

The following table presents information regarding revenues disaggregated by the timing of when goods and services are transferred (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended May 31,				Nine Months Ended May 31,
	2020		2019		2020		2019
Revenues recognized at point in time	$	73,412	$	117,175	$	275,413	$	335,314
Revenues recognized over time	28,467		60,920		106,526		161,121
Total	$	101,879	$	178,095	$	381,939	$	496,435

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Contract Balances

The Company's contract assets and liabilities are as follows (in thousands):

	May 31, 2020		August 31, 2019
Receivables, which are included in accounts receivable, net	$	93,796	$	125,883
Contract assets, which are included in other current assets	4,563		3,747
Contract liabilities, which are included in other current liabilities	2,233		3,707

Receivables: The Company performs its obligations under a contract with a customer by transferring goods or services in exchange for consideration from the customer. The Company typically invoices its customers as soon as control of an asset is transferred and a receivable for the Company is established.

Contract Assets: Contract assets relate to the Company’s rights to consideration for work completed but not billed as of the reporting date on contracts with customers. The contract assets are transferred to receivables when the rights become unconditional. The Company has contract assets on contracts that are generally long-term and have revenues that are recognized over time.

Contract Liabilities: As of May 31, 2020, the Company had certain contracts where there were unsatisfied performance obligations and the Company had received cash consideration from customers before the performance obligations were satisfied. The majority of these contracts relate to long-term customer contracts (project durations of greater than three months) and are recognized over time. The Company estimates that the $2.2 million will be recognized in net sales from satisfying those performance obligations within the next twelve months.

Significant Judgments

Timing of Performance Obligations Satisfied at a Point in Time: The Company evaluates when the customer obtains control of the product based on shipping terms, as control will transfer, depending upon such terms, at different points between the Company's manufacturing facility or warehouse and the customer’s location. The Company considers control to have transferred upon shipment or delivery because i) the Company has a present right to payment at that time; ii) the legal title has been transferred to the customer; iii) the Company has transferred physical possession of the product to the customer; and iv) the customer has significant risks and rewards of ownership of the product.

Variable Consideration: The Company estimates whether it will be subject to variable consideration under the terms of the contract and includes its estimate of variable consideration in the transaction price based on the expected value method when it is deemed probable of being realized based on historical experience and trends. Types of variable consideration may include rebates, incentives and discounts, among others, which are recorded as a reduction to net sales at the time when control of a performance obligation is transferred to the customer.

Practical Expedients & Exemptions: The Company elected to expense the incremental cost of obtaining a contract when the amortization period for such contracts would be one year or less. The Company does not disclose the value of unperformed obligations for contracts with an original expected length of one year or less and contracts for which it recognizes revenue at the amount to which it has the right to invoice for services performed.

Note 3. Restructuring Charges

The Company has undertaken or committed to various restructuring initiatives including workforce reductions; leadership changes; plant consolidations to reduce manufacturing overhead; satellite office closures; the continued movement of production and product sourcing to low-cost alternatives; and the centralization and standardization of certain administrative functions. Liabilities for severance will generally be paid within twelve months, while future lease payments related to facilities vacated as a result of restructuring will be paid over the underlying remaining lease terms. During fiscal 2019, the Company announced a new restructuring plan focused on i) the integration of the Enerpac and Hydratight businesses (Industrial Tools & Service ("IT&S") segment), ii) the strategic exit of certain commodity type services in our North America Services operations (IT&S segment) and iii) driving efficiencies within the overall corporate structure. In the third quarter of fiscal 2020, the Company announced the expansion and revision of this plan, which further simplifies and flattens the Corporate structure through elimination of redundancies between the segment and corporate functions, while enhancing our commercial and marketing processes to become even closer to our customers. Restructuring charges associated with this plan were $2.5 million and $5.6 million in the three and nine months ended May 31, 2020, respectively. The Company recorded total restructuring charges of $1.1 million in both the three and nine months ended May 31, 2019.

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The following summarizes restructuring reserve activity for the IT&S reportable segment and corporate (in thousands):

	Nine Months Ended May 31, 2020
	Industrial Tools & Services			Corporate
Balance as of August 31, 2019	$	2,912		$	—
Restructuring charges	4,019			1,590
Cash payments	(4,265		)	(871		)
Other non-cash uses of reserve (1)	(556		)	(484		)
Impact of changes in foreign currency rates	(23		)	—
Balance as of May 31, 2020	$	2,087		$	235

⁽¹⁾ Majority of non-cash uses of reserve represents accelerated equity vesting with employee severance agreements.

	Nine Months Ended May 31, 2019
	Industrial Tools & Services			Corporate
Balance as of August 31, 2018	$	1,687		$	46
Restructuring charges	1,136			—
Cash payments	(1,379		)	(46		)
Other non-cash uses of reserve	(18		)	—
Impact of changes in foreign currency rates	(28		)	—
Balance as of May 31, 2019	$	1,398		$	—

Total restructuring charges (inclusive of the Other segment) were $7.2 million for the nine months ended May 31, 2020, with $0.8 million of restructuring charges recognized being reported in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Earnings in "Cost of products sold," with the balance of charges reported in "Restructuring charges."

The three and nine months ended May 31, 2020 included $0.8 million (reported in the Condensed Consolidated of Earnings in "Cost of products sold") and $1.6 million of restructuring expenses related to Cortland U.S. (Other segment), respectively. Restructuring reserves for Cortland U.S. were $0.6 million and $0.9 million as of May 31, 2020 and August 31, 2019, respectively. There were inconsequential restructuring charges recorded within the Other segment associated with the legacy restructuring initiatives in the three and nine months ended May 31, 2019.

Note 4. Acquisitions

On January 7, 2020, the Company acquired 100% of the stock of HTL Group ("HTL"), a provider of controlled bolting products, calibration and repair services, and tool rental services. The tuck-in acquisition of HTL provides the Company with a complete line of bolting products and enhances our European rental capabilities. The Company acquired all of the assets and assumed certain liabilities of HTL for an initial purchase price of $33.4 million, net of cash acquired. In the three months ended May 31, 2020, the Company finalized customary working capital negotiations associated with the acquisition which resulted in a $0.1 million reduction to the initial purchase price, for a total final purchase price of $33.3 million. The Company received an inconsequential amount of cash from the working capital true up in the three months ended May 31, 2020 and contractually is to receive the remainder in the three months ending August 31, 2020. As of May 31, 2020, the preliminary purchase price allocation resulted in $10.1 million of goodwill (which is not deductible for tax purposes), $17.5 million of intangible assets, and $6.7 million of property, plant and equipment. The intangible assets were comprised of $3.7 million of indefinite-lived tradenames, $13.1 million of amortizable customer relationships and $0.7 million of amortizable patents. The impact on the remaining balance sheet line items was not material. The Company recorded an aggregate reduction of less than $0.1 million in "Cost of products sold" and "Amortization of intangible assets" in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations for the three months ended May 31, 2020 as a result of adjustments to preliminary purchase accounting amounts. The Company is continuing to evaluate the preliminary purchase price allocations for the acquisition, specifically the fair values assigned to intangible assets and certain tax attributes of the acquisition, which will be completed within a one-year period of the acquisition date.

This acquisition generated net sales of $1.9 million and $3.9 million for the three and nine months ended May 31, 2020, respectively, which are reported within the IT&S reportable segment. This acquisition does not meet the significance tests to require pro forma financial information otherwise required for acquisitions.

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Note 5. Discontinued Operations and Other Divestiture Activities

Discontinued Operations

On October 31, 2019, as part of our overall strategy to become a pure-play industrial tools and services company, the Company completed the previously announced sale of the businesses comprising its former Engineered Components & Systems ("EC&S") segment to wholly owned subsidiaries of BRWS Parent LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and affiliate of One Rock Capital Partners II, LP, for a purchase price of approximately $214.5 million (which included approximately $3.0 million to be paid in four equal quarterly installments after closing, of which $0.7 million was received in the nine months ended May 31, 2020). In connection with the completion of the sale in the three months ended November 30, 2019, the Company recorded a net loss of $4.2 million comprised of a loss of $22.4 million representing the excess of the net assets (exclusive of deferred tax assets and liabilities associated with subsidiaries of the Company whose stock was sold as part of the transaction) as compared to the purchase price less costs to sell and the recognition in earnings of the cumulative effect of foreign currency exchange gains and losses during the quarter largely offset by an income tax benefit of $18.2 million associated with the write off of the net deferred tax liability on subsidiaries of the EC&S segment for which the stock was divested. The Company also recognized an additional $3.3 million of impairment & divestiture costs in the three months ended November 30, 2019 associated with the accelerated vesting of restricted stock awards associated with employees terminated as part of the transaction and $2.7 million of additional divestiture charges which were necessary to complete the transaction. In the three months ended February 29, 2020, the Company incurred approximately $0.3 million of additional miscellaneous divestiture related costs. In the three months ended ended May 31, 2020, the Company finalized the customary negotiation of final working capital amounts and received an additional $1.3 million of proceeds in June 2020. For the three months ended May 31, 2020, the Company recognized a negligible impairment & divestiture benefit associated with the transaction which was comprised of $0.4 million from the finalization of the working capital amounts offset by miscellaneous transaction related costs including finalization of termination costs for employees in certain foreign jurisdictions.

During the first quarter of fiscal 2019, the Company determined that the Precision Hayes business was a non-core asset, did not align with the strategic objectives of the Company and, as a result, the Company committed to a plan to sell this business. The Company completed the sale of the Precision Hayes business on December 31, 2018 for $23.6 million cash net of final transaction costs, working capital adjustments, accelerated vesting of equity compensation, retention bonuses and other adjustments which were recognized within the second quarter of fiscal 2019. The Company recorded $9.5 million of impairment & divestiture charges during the nine months ended May 31, 2019, of which the charges represented the excess of the net book value of the net assets held for sale less the anticipated proceeds, less costs to sell.

The Company completed the sale of the Cortland Fibron business on December 19, 2018 for $12.5 million in cash. During the three and nine months ended May 31, 2019, the Company recognized $0.0 million and $4.3 million of impairment & divestiture charges associated with the divestiture of the Cortland Fibron business.

In addition to the above disclosed matters, the Company also incurred $2.4 million and $4.9 million of divestiture related costs during the three and nine months ended May 31, 2019, respectively.

As the aforementioned divestitures were a part of our strategic shift to become a pure-play industrial tools and services company, the results of their operations (including the stated impairment & divestiture charges) are recorded as a component of "Loss from discontinued operations" in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations for all periods presented.

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The following represents the detail of "(Loss) earnings from discontinued operations, net of income taxes" within the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended May 31,					Nine Months Ended May 31,
	2020			2019		2020*			2019
Net sales	$	—		$	117,171	$	67,010		$	363,270
Cost of products sold	—			87,224		49,749			272,456
Gross profit	—			29,947		17,261			90,814
Selling, administrative and engineering expenses	116			16,801		11,567			54,184
Amortization of intangible assets	—			1,573		—			5,142
Restructuring (benefit) charges	—			—		(11		)	446
Impairment & divestiture (benefit) charges	(31		)	2,392		28,699			18,711
Operating (loss) earnings	(85		)	9,181		(22,994		)	12,331
Financing costs, net	—			109		14			102
Other expense (income), net	—			1,165		(104		)	1,712
(Loss) earnings before income tax (benefit) expense	(85		)	7,907		(22,904		)	10,517
Income tax (benefit) expense	(16		)	2,347		(16,828		)	3,999
Net (loss) earnings from discontinued operations	$	(69	)	$	5,560	$	(6,076	)	$	6,518

* "(Loss) earnings from discontinued operations, net of income taxes" for the periods presented in fiscal 2020 include the results of the EC&S segment for the two months ended October 31, 2019 (the divestiture date) as well as the ancillary impacts from certain retained liabilities subsequent to the divestiture. As a result of the classification of the segment as assets and liabilities held for sale for the two months ended October 31, 2019, the Company did not record amortization or depreciation expense in the results of operations in accordance with U.S. GAAP. Furthermore, the Company excluded EC&S segment employees from the fiscal 2020 bonus compensation plan, hence there are no expenses associated with the plan for that period.

Other Divestiture Activities

On September 20, 2019, the Company completed the sale of the UNI-LIFT product line, a component of our Milwaukee Cylinder business (IT&S segment) for initial net cash proceeds of $6.0 million, which resulted in an impairment & divestiture benefit of $4.6 million in the three months ended November 30, 2019. In the three months ended February 28, 2020, the Company recorded an additional benefit of $0.1 million related to agreement with the buyer on final working capital amounts and various other benefits. In March 2020, the buyer of the UNI-LIFT product line extended a long-term supply agreement with a significant customer. Pursuant to the sales agreement, this action triggered the requirement for the buyer to pay $1.5 million of contingent proceeds which was received by the Company in the three months ended May 31, 2020 and recorded as an "Impairment & divestiture benefit" within the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations.

After the sale of the UNI-LIFT product line, the Company determined that the remaining Milwaukee Cylinder business was a non-core asset, did not align with the strategic objectives of the Company and, as a result, the Company committed to a plan to sell this business. The Company recorded impairment & divestiture charges of $4.6 million in the three months ended November 30, 2019 comprised of impairment charges of $2.5 million representing the excess of net assets held for sale compared to the anticipated proceeds less costs to sell, $1.9 million associated with our requirement to withdraw from the multi-employer pension plan associated with that business and $0.2 million of other divestiture related charges. The Company completed the divestiture of the Milwaukee Cylinder business on December 2, 2019 for a negligible amount. In the three months ended May 31, 2020, the Company recorded inconsequential amounts of impairment & divestiture charges associated with changes in estimate on retained liabilities.

The historical results of the Milwaukee Cylinder business, inclusive of the UNI-LIFT product line, (which had net sales of $4.3 million in the three months ended May 31, 2019 and $2.9 million and $7.1 million in the nine months ended May 31, 2020 and May 31, 2019, respectively) are not material to the condensed consolidated financial results.

On October 22, 2019, the Company completed the sale of the Connectors product line (IT&S segment) for net cash proceeds of $2.7 million, which resulted in an impairment & divestiture benefit of $1.3 million in the three months ended November 30, 2019. During the three months ended February 28, 2020, the Company recorded $0.1 million of impairment & divestiture charges related to working capital adjustment. The historical results of the Connectors product line (which had net sales of $1.0 million in the three months ended May 31, 2019 and $0.2 million and $2.5 million in the nine months ended May 31, 2020 and May 31, 2019, respectively) are not material to the condensed consolidated financial results.

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As of February 28, 2020, the Company determined that it was no longer probable that a loss would occur related to an outstanding legal matter associated with a previously divested business, as such, recorded an impairment & divestiture benefit of $0.8 million in the nine months ended May 31, 2020.

In the three months ended May 31, 2019, the Company recognized an impairment & divestiture benefit of $13.0 million related to the Cortland U.S. business representing the restoration of the cumulative effect of foreign currency rate changes since acquisition that had been recorded as impairment & divestiture charges in previous periods in fiscal 2019. As a result of triggering events identified as of November 30, 2018 and February 28, 2019, the Company recorded impairment & divestiture charges of $13.7 million for the nine months ended May 31, 2019, associated with Goodwill impairments in the Cortland U.S. business.

Note 6. Goodwill, Intangible Assets and Long-Lived Assets

Changes in the gross carrying value of goodwill and intangible assets result from changes in foreign currency exchange rates, business acquisitions, divestitures and impairment charges. The changes in the carrying amount of goodwill for the nine months ended May 31, 2020 are as follows (in thousands):

	Industrial Tools & Services		Other		Total
Balance as of August 31, 2019	$	242,873	$	17,542	$	260,415
Acquisition of HTL Group (Note 4)	10,087		—		10,087
Impact of changes in foreign currency rates	658		9		667
Balance as of May 31, 2020	$	253,618	$	17,551	$	271,169

The gross carrying value and accumulated amortization of the Company’s intangible assets are as follows (in thousands):

		May 31, 2020						August 31, 2019
	Weighted Average Amortization Period (Years)	Gross Carrying Value		Accumulated Amortization		Net Book Value		Gross Carrying Value		Accumulated Amortization		Net Book Value
Amortizable intangible assets:
Customer relationships	14	$	138,749	$	102,344	$	36,405	$	126,229	$	96,817	$	29,412
Patents	12	13,922		12,769		1,153		13,227		12,276		951
Trademarks and tradenames*	12	3,153		2,070		1,083		4,513		2,921		1,592
Indefinite lived intangible assets:
Tradenames	N/A	24,192		—		24,192		20,420		—		20,420
		$	180,016	$	117,183	$	62,833	$	164,389	$	112,014	$	52,375

*The decrease in the Gross Carrying Value and Accumulated Amortization of Trademarks and tradenames is a result of the Milwaukee Cylinder business being held for sale as of November 30, 2019 and the impairment charge discussed in Note 5, "Discontinued Operations and Other Divestiture Activities." included the Trademarks and tradenames associated with that business being fully impaired.

The Company estimates that amortization expense will be $2.2 million for the remaining three months of fiscal 2020. Amortization expense for future years is estimated to be: $8.0 million in fiscal 2021, $7.2 million in fiscal 2022, $5.7 million in fiscal 2023, $4.0 million in fiscal 2024, $3.3 million in fiscal 2025 and $8.3 million cumulatively thereafter. The future amortization expense amounts represent estimates and may be impacted by future acquisitions, divestitures, impairments or changes in foreign currency exchange rates, among other causes.

Fiscal 2019 Impairment Charges

As previously discussed in Note 5, "Discontinued Operations and Other Divestiture Activities.", within the Other segment, the Company recognized $13.7 million of Goodwill impairment charges for the nine months ended May 31, 2019 related to the Cortland U.S. business in conjunction with triggering events identified during the period.

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Note 7. Product Warranty Costs

The Company generally offers its customers an assurance warranty on products sold, although warranty periods may vary by product type and application. The reserve for future warranty claims, which is recorded within the "Other current liabilities" line in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets, is based on historical claim rates and current warranty cost experience. The following summarizes the changes in product warranty reserves for the nine months ended May 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively (in thousands):

	Nine Months Ended May 31,
	2020			2019
Beginning balance	$	1,145		$	931
Provision for warranties	354			1,099
Warranty payments and costs incurred	(735		)	(806		)
Warranty activity for divested businesses	(27		)	—
Impact of changes in foreign currency rates	1			(22		)
Ending balance	$	738		$	1,202

Note 8. Debt

The following is a summary of the Company’s long-term indebtedness (in thousands):

	May 31, 2020			August 31, 2019
Senior Credit Facility
Revolver	$	—		$	—
Term Loan	—			175,000
Total Senior Credit Facility	—			175,000
5.625% Senior Notes	287,559			287,559
Total Senior Indebtedness	287,559			462,559
Less: Current maturities of long-term debt	—			(7,500		)
Debt issuance costs	(1,062		)	(2,114		)
Total long-term debt, less current maturities	$	286,497		$	452,945

Senior Credit Facility

In March 2019, the Company entered into a Senior Credit Facility with a syndicate of banks, to among other things, i) expand the multi-currency revolving line of credit from $300 million to $400 million, ii) extend the maturity of the Company's Senior Credit Facility from May 2020 to March 2024 and iii) modify certain other provisions of the credit agreement including a reduction in pricing. The Senior Credit Facility was initially comprised of a $400 million revolving line of credit and a $200 million term loan. At May 31, 2020, there were no borrowings under either the revolving line of credit or the term loan. As of that date, $394.9 million was available for borrowing under the revolving line of credit.

The Senior Credit Facility also provides the option for future expansion, subject to certain conditions, through a $300 million accordion and/or a $200 million incremental term loan. Borrowings under the Senior Credit Facility bear interest at a variable rate based on LIBOR or a base rate, with interest rate spreads above LIBOR or the base rate being subject to adjustments based on the Company's net leverage ratio, ranging from 1.125% to 2.00% in the case of loans bearing interest at LIBOR and from 1.25% to 1.00% in the case of loans bearing interest at the base rate. In addition, a non-use fee is payable quarterly on the average unused amount of the revolving line of credit ranging from 0.15% to 0.3% per annum, based on the Company's net leverage ratio.

In November 2019, the Company used the proceeds from the sale of the EC&S segment to pay off the outstanding principal balance on the term loan. In conjunction with the repayment, the Company expensed the remaining $0.6 million of associated capitalized debt issuance costs.

The Senior Credit Facility contains two financial covenants which are a maximum leverage ratio of 3.75:1 and a minimum interest coverage ratio of 3.5:1. Certain transactions lead to adjustments to the underlying ratio, including an increase to the leverage ratio from 3.75 to 4.25 during the four fiscal quarters after a significant acquisition. The sale of the EC&S segment triggered a reduction of the minimum interest coverage ratio from 3.5 to 3.0 for any fiscal quarter ending within twelve months after the sale of the EC&S segment. In April 2020, the Company proactively amended its Senior Credit Facility to extend the interest coverage ratio at 3.0 for an additional 12 months through October 2021 to mitigate risks associated with the potential impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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The Company was in compliance with all financial covenants at May 31, 2020. Borrowings under the Senior Credit Facility are secured by substantially all personal property assets of the Company and its domestic subsidiary guarantors and certain equity interests owned by the foreign law pledgors.

Senior Notes

On April 16, 2012, the Company issued $300 million of 5.625% Senior Notes due 2022 (the “Senior Notes”), of which $287.6 million remained outstanding as of May 31, 2020. The Senior Notes required no principal installments prior to their June 15, 2022 maturity, required semiannual interest payments in December and June of each year and contained certain financial and non-financial covenants. The Senior Notes included a call feature that allowed the Company to repurchase them anytime on or after June 15, 2017 at stated redemption prices currently at 100.9% and reducing to 100.0% on June 15, 2020, plus accrued and unpaid interest.

Subsequent Event

In order to reduce interest costs, on June 15, 2020, the Company borrowed $295.0 million under the Senior Credit Facility revolving line of credit, which was used by the Company to redeem all of the outstanding Senior Notes at a price equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest as of that date. Based on the current leverage ratio, the rate on the revolving line of credit is LIBOR + 1.375%.

Note 9. Fair Value Measurement

The Company assesses the inputs used to measure the fair value of financial assets and liabilities using a three-tier hierarchy. Level 1 inputs include unadjusted quoted prices for identical instruments and are the most observable. Level 2 inputs include quoted prices for similar assets and observable inputs such as interest rates, foreign currency exchange rates, commodity rates and yield curves. Level 3 inputs are not observable in the market and include management’s own judgments about the assumptions market participants would use in pricing an asset or liability.

The fair value of the Company’s cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable, and accounts payable approximated book value at both May 31, 2020 and August 31, 2019 due to their short-term nature. The fair value of variable rate long-term debt approximated book value at August 31, 2019 as the interest rate approximated market rates (the Company had no variable rate debt outstanding as of May 31, 2020). Foreign currency exchange contracts are recorded at fair value. The fair value of the Company's foreign currency exchange contracts was a net asset of less than $0.1 million at both May 31, 2020 and August 31, 2019. The fair value of the foreign currency exchange contracts was based on quoted inactive market prices and is therefore classified as Level 2 within the valuation hierarchy. The fair value of the Company’s outstanding Senior Notes was $287.9 million and $291.5 million at May 31, 2020 and August 31, 2019, respectively. The fair value of the Senior Notes was based on quoted inactive market prices and are therefore classified as Level 2 within the valuation hierarchy.

Note 10. Derivatives

All derivatives are recognized in the balance sheet at their estimated fair value. The Company does not enter into derivatives for speculative purposes. Changes in the value of derivatives (not designated as hedges) are recorded in earnings along with the gain or loss on the hedged asset or liability.

The Company is exposed to market risk for changes in foreign currency exchange rates due to the global nature of its operations. In order to manage this risk, the Company utilizes foreign currency exchange contracts to reduce the exchange rate risk associated with recognized non-functional currency balances. The effects of changes in exchange rates are reflected concurrently in earnings for both the fair value of the foreign currency exchange contracts and the related non-functional currency asset or liability. These derivative gains and losses offset foreign currency gains and losses from the related revaluation of non-functional currency assets and liabilities (amounts included in "Other expense" in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations). The U.S. dollar equivalent notional value of these short duration foreign currency exchange contracts was $33.2 million and $13.3 million at May 31, 2020 and August 31, 2019, respectively. The fair value of outstanding foreign currency exchange contracts was a net asset of less than $0.1 million at both May 31, 2020 and August 31, 2019. Net foreign currency loss (included in "Other expense" in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations) related to these derivative instruments were as follows (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended May 31,						Nine Months Ended May 31,
	2020			2019			2020			2019
Foreign currency loss, net	$	(842	)	$	(114	)	$	(1,393	)	$	(115	)

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The Company also uses foreign currency forward exchange contracts to hedge portions of our net investments in non-U.S. subsidiaries (net investment hedge) against the effect of exchange rate fluctuations on the translation of foreign currency balances to the U.S. dollar. The change in the value of foreign currency forward exchange contracts designated as net investment hedges are recorded in accumulated other comprehensive income where they offset gains and losses recorded on our net investments where the entity has a non-U.S. dollar functional currency. As of May 31, 2020, the notional value of foreign currency forward exchange contracts designated as net investment hedges was $31.6 million. The Company recorded through accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) a gain of $0.8 million and $0.5 million in the three and nine months ended May 31, 2020, respectively.

Note 11. Earnings per Share and Shareholders' Equity

The Company's Board of Directors authorized the repurchase of shares of the Company's common stock under publicly announced share repurchase programs. Since the inception of the initial share repurchase program in fiscal 2012, the Company has repurchased 22,799,230 shares of common stock for $667.7 million. As of May 31, 2020, the maximum number of shares that may yet be purchased under the programs is 5,200,770 shares. The Company repurchased 503,873 shares for $9.7 million during the three months ended May 31, 2020 (all shares were purchased in March 2020 under a SEC Rule 10b5-1 trading plan, before the repurchase was able to be suspended in response to the COVID-19 pandemic) and 1,343,662 shares for $27.5 million during the nine months ended May 31, 2020.

The reconciliation between basic and diluted earnings per share is as follows (in thousands, except per share amounts):

	Three Months Ended May 31,					Nine Months Ended May 31,
	2020			2019		2020			2019
Numerator:
Net (loss) earnings from continuing operations	$	(4,930	)	$	26,858	$	5,360		$	11,201
Net (loss) earnings from discontinued operations	(69		)	5,560		(6,076		)	6,518
Net (loss) earnings	(4,999		)	32,418		(716		)	17,719
Denominator:
Weighted average common shares outstanding - basic	59,826			61,422		60,012			61,232
Net effect of dilutive securities - stock based compensation plans	—			418		346			469
Weighted average common shares outstanding - diluted	$	59,826		$	61,840	$	60,358		$	61,701
(Loss) earnings per common share from continuing operations:
Basic	$	(0.08	)	$	0.44	$	0.09		$	0.18
Diluted	$	(0.08	)	$	0.43	$	0.09		$	0.18
(Loss) earnings per common share from discontinued operations:
Basic	$	—		$	0.09	$	(0.10	)	$	0.11
Diluted	$	—		$	0.09	$	(0.10	)	$	0.11
(Loss) earnings per common share:
Basic	$	(0.08	)	$	0.53	$	(0.01	)	$	0.29
Diluted	$	(0.08	)	$	0.52	$	(0.01	)	$	0.29
Anti-dilutive securities from stock based compensation plans (excluded from earnings per share calculation)	2,479			987		1,435			1,164

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The following table illustrates the changes in the balances of each component of shareholders' equity for the three months ended May 31, 2020 (in thousands):

	Common Stock			Additional Paid-in Capital			Treasury Stock			Retained Earnings			Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss			Stock Held in Trust			Deferred Compensation Liability		Total Shareholders’ Equity
	Issued Shares	Amount
Balance at February 29, 2020	82,540	$	16,508	$	189,716		$	(658,017	)	$	923,622		$	(117,464	)	$	(2,434	)	$	2,434	$	354,365
Net loss	—	—		—			—			(4,999		)	—			—			—		(4,999		)
Other comprehensive loss, net of tax	—	—		—			—			—			(6,586		)	—			—		(6,586		)
Stock contribution to employee benefit plans and other	6	1		96			—			—			—			—			—		97
Restricted stock awards	13	3		(3		)	—			—			—			—			—		—
Treasury stock repurchases	—	—		—			(9,715		)	—			—			—			—		(9,715		)
Stock based compensation expense	—	—		3,184			—			—			—			—			—		3,184
Stock option exercises	—	—		—			—			—			—			—			—		—
Tax effect related to net share settlement of equity awards	—	—		(147		)	—			—			—			—			—		(147		)
Stock issued to, acquired for and distributed from rabbi trust	4	1		82			—			—			—			(83		)	83		83
Balance at May 31, 2020	82,563	$	16,513	$	192,928		$	(667,732	)	$	918,623		$	(124,050	)	$	(2,517	)	$	2,517	$	336,282

The following table illustrates the changes in the balances of each component of shareholders' equity for the three months ended May 31, 2019 (in thousands):

	Common Stock			Additional Paid-in Capital			Treasury Stock			Retained Earnings		Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss			Stock Held in Trust			Deferred Compensation Liability		Total Shareholders’ Equity
	Issued Shares	Amount
Balance at February 28, 2019	81,832	$	16,364	$	174,418		$	(617,731	)	$	1,152,331	$	(139,752	)	$	(2,989	)	$	2,989	$	585,630
Net earnings	—	—		—			—			32,418		—			—			—		32,418
Other comprehensive income, net of tax	—	—		—			—			—		(13,800		)	—			—		(13,800		)
Stock contribution to employee benefit plans and other	5	1		114			—			—		—			—			—		115
Restricted stock awards	28	6		(6		)	—			—		—			—			—		—
Stock based compensation expense	—	—		3,091			—			—		—			—			—		3,091
Stock option exercises	10	2		204			—			—		—			—			—		206
Tax effect related to net share settlement of equity awards	—	—		(322		)	—			—		—			—			—		(322		)
Stock issued to, acquired for and distributed from rabbi trust	5	1		85			—			—		—			(86		)	86		86
Balance at May 31, 2019	81,880	$	16,374	$	177,584		$	(617,731	)	$	1,184,749	$	(153,552	)	$	(3,075	)	$	3,075	$	607,424

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The following table illustrates the changes in the balances of each component of shareholders' equity for the nine months ended May 31, 2020 (in thousands):

	Common Stock			Additional Paid-in Capital			Treasury Stock			Retained Earnings			Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss			Stock Held in Trust			Deferred Compensation Liability			Total Shareholders’ Equity
	Issued Shares	Amount
Balance at August 31, 2019	81,919	$	16,384	$	181,213		$	(640,212	)	$	915,466		$	(171,672	)	$	(3,070	)	$	3,070		$	301,179
Net loss	—	—		—			—			(716		)	—			—			—			(716		)
Other comprehensive income, net of tax	—	—		—			—			—			51,289			—			—			51,289
Stock contribution to employee benefit plans and other	17	3		351			—			—			—			—			—			354
Restricted stock awards	462	93		(93		)	—			—			—			—			—			—
Treasury stock repurchases	—	—		—			(27,520		)	—			—			—			—			(27,520		)
Stock based compensation expense	—	—		12,814			—			—			—			—			—			12,814
Stock option exercises	145	29		2,602			—			—			—			—			—			2,631
Tax effect related to net share settlement of equity awards	—	—		(4,210		)	—			—			—			—			—			(4,210		)
Stock issued to, acquired for and distributed from rabbi trust	20	4		251			—			—			—			553			(553		)	255
Adoption of accounting standards (Note 1)	—	—		—			—			3,873			(3,667		)	—			—			206
Balance at May 31, 2020	82,563	$	16,513	$	192,928		$	(667,732	)	$	918,623		$	(124,050	)	$	(2,517	)	$	2,517		$	336,282

The following table illustrates the changes in the balances of each component of shareholders' equity for the nine months ended May 31, 2019 (in thousands):

	Common Stock			Additional Paid-in Capital			Treasury Stock			Retained Earnings		Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss			Stock Held in Trust			Deferred Compensation Liability		Total Shareholders’ Equity
	Issued Shares	Amount
Balance at August 31, 2018	81,424	$	16,285	$	167,448		$	(617,731	)	$	1,166,955	$	(174,245	)	$	(2,450	)	$	2,450	$	558,712
Net earnings	—	—		—			—			17,719		—			—			—		17,719
Other comprehensive income, net of tax	—	—		—			—			—		20,693			—			—		20,693
Stock contribution to employee benefit plans and other	15	3		356			—			—		—			—			—		359
Restricted stock awards	366	71		(71		)	—			—		—			—			—		—
Stock based compensation expense	—	—		10,253			—			—		—			—			—		10,253
Stock option exercises	45	9		984			—			—		—			—			—		993
Tax effect related to net share settlement of equity awards	—	—		(1,811		)	—			—		—			—			—		(1,811		)
Stock issued to, acquired for and distributed from rabbi trust	30	6		425			—			—		—			(625		)	625		431
Adoption of accounting standards	—	—		—			—			75		—			—			—		75
Balance at May 31, 2019	81,880	$	16,374	$	177,584		$	(617,731	)	$	1,184,749	$	(153,552	)	$	(3,075	)	$	3,075	$	607,424

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Note 12. Income Taxes

The Company's global operations, acquisition activity and specific tax attributes provide opportunities for continuous global tax planning initiatives to maximize tax credits and deductions. Comparative (loss) earnings before income taxes, income tax (benefit) expense and effective income tax rates from continuing operations are as follows (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended May 31,						Nine Months Ended May 31,
	2020			2019			2020			2019
(Loss) earnings from continuing operations before income tax (benefit) expense	$	(5,337	)	$	31,820		$	6,709		$	20,231
Income tax (benefit) expense	(407		)	4,962			1,349			9,030
Effective income tax rate	7.6		%	15.6		%	20.1		%	44.6		%

The Company’s (loss) earnings from continuing operations before income taxes includes earnings from foreign jurisdictions in excess of 70% of the consolidated total for the estimated full-year fiscal 2020 and 2019. Overall, the annual effective tax rate is not significantly impacted by differences in foreign tax rates now that the U.S. tax rate of 21% is in line with the Company's average foreign tax rate. Both the current and prior-year effective income tax rates were impacted by impairment & divestiture charges (benefits) as well as accelerated debt issuance costs and purchase accounting charges in the current year ("one-time charges (benefits)"). Results included one-time charges (benefits) of $(1.2) million ($(0.8) million) after tax) and $(2.5) million ($(1.8) million after tax) for the three and nine months ended May 31, 2020, respectively. This compares to one-time charges (benefits) of $(13.0) million ($(13.0) million after tax) and $14.0 million ($14.0 million after tax) for the three and nine months ended May 31, 2019, respectively. Excluding the one-time charges (benefits), the effective tax rate was 12.8% and 26.1% for the three months ended May 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively, and 14.5% and 26.2% for the nine months ended May 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively. The income tax expense without one-time charges (benefits) for the three and nine months ended May 31, 2020 is greatly impacted by decreased profitability due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the impact of non-recurring benefits related to the reduction in tax reserves due to the lapsing of statutes of limitations and valuation allowance releases associated with the ability to use tax attributes before expiration.

On March 27, 2020, the U.S. government enacted tax legislation containing provisions to support businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic (the “CARES Act”), including deferment of the employer portion of certain payroll taxes, refundable payroll tax credits, and technical amendments to tax depreciation methods for qualified improvement property. The CARES Act did not have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements for the three or nine months ended May 31, 2020. We are currently evaluating the future impact of the CARES Act provisions on our consolidated financial statements.

Note 13. Segment Information

The Company is a global manufacturer of a broad range of industrial products and solutions. The IT&S reportable segment is primarily engaged in the design, manufacture and distribution of branded hydraulic and mechanical tools and in providing services and tool rental to the industrial, maintenance, infrastructure, oil & gas, energy and other markets. The Other operating segment is included for purposes of reconciliation of the respective balances below to the condensed consolidated financial statements.

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The following tables summarize financial information by reportable segment and product line (in thousands):    

	Three Months Ended May 31,						Nine Months Ended May 31,
	2020			2019			2020			2019
Net Sales by Reportable Segment & Product Line
Industrial Tools & Services Segment
Product	$	67,957		$	115,067		$	257,685		$	323,420
Service & Rental	24,908			51,665			94,134			141,488
	92,865			166,732			351,819			464,908
Other Operating Segment	9,014			11,363			30,120			31,527
	$	101,879		$	178,095		$	381,939		$	496,435
Operating Profit (Loss)
Industrial Tools & Services Segment	$	7,639		$	34,877		$	54,263		$	87,797
Other Operating Segment	(790		)	13,072			(2,017		)	(13,336		)
General Corporate	(8,847		)	(9,770		)	(31,308		)	(32,395		)
	$	(1,998	)	$	38,179		$	20,938		$	42,066

	May 31, 2020		August 31, 2019
Assets*
Industrial Tools & Services Segment	$	622,113	$	553,615
Other Operating Segment	62,105		54,484
General Corporate	167,317		230,597
	$	851,535	$	838,696

*Excludes "Assets from discontinued operations" as of August 31, 2019.

In addition to the impact of changes in foreign currency exchange rates, the comparability of segment and product line information is impacted by acquisition/divestiture activities, impairment and divestiture charges, restructuring costs and related benefits. Corporate assets, which are not allocated, principally represent cash and cash equivalents, capitalized debt issuance costs and deferred income taxes.

Note 14. Commitments and Contingencies

The Company had outstanding letters of credit of $11.9 million and $18.2 million at May 31, 2020 and August 31, 2019, respectively, the majority of which relate to commercial contracts and self-insured workers' compensation programs.

As part of the Company's global sourcing strategy, we have entered into agreements with certain suppliers that require the supplier to maintain minimum levels of inventory to support certain products for which we require a short lead time to fulfill customer orders. We have the ability to notify the supplier that they no longer need to maintain the minimum level of inventory should we discontinue manufacturing of a product during the contract period, however, we must purchase the remaining minimum inventory levels the supplier was required to maintain within a defined period of time.

The Company is a party to various legal proceedings that have arisen in the normal course of business. These legal proceedings typically include product liability, breaches of contract, employment, personal injury and other disputes. The Company has recorded reserves for loss contingencies based on the specific circumstances of each case. Such reserves are recorded when it is probable a loss has been incurred and can be reasonably estimated. In the opinion of management, resolution of these contingencies is not expected to have a material adverse effect on the Company’s financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

The Company remains contingently liable for lease payments under leases of businesses that it previously divested or spun-off in the event that such businesses are unable to fulfill their future lease payment obligations, however, the Company does not believe it is probable that it will be required to satisfy these obligations. Future minimum lease payments for these leases at May 31, 2020 were $7.3 million associated with monthly payments extending to fiscal 2025.

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The Company has self-disclosed the sales to an Estonian customer to relevant authorities in the Netherlands as potentially violating applicable sanctions laws in that country and the European Union. The investigation by authorities in the Netherlands is ongoing and may result in penalties. At this time, the Company cannot predict when the investigation will be completed or reasonably estimate what penalties, if any, will be assessed. While there can be no assurance of the ultimate outcome of the Netherlands investigation, the Company currently believes that there will be no material adverse effect on the Company's financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

Note 15. Leases

The Company adopted ASC 842 on September 1, 2019 using a modified retrospective approach and as a result did not adjust prior periods. See Note 1, “Basis of Presentation” for further discussion of the adoption.

As of May 31, 2020, the Company had operating leases for real estate, vehicles, manufacturing equipment, IT equipment and office equipment. The Company did not have any financing leases during the three and nine months ended May 31, 2020. Our real estate leases are generally for office, warehouse and manufacturing facilities typically ranging in term from 3 to 15 years and may contain renewal options for periods up to 5 years at our discretion. Our equipment leases are generally for vehicles, manufacturing and IT equipment typically ranging in term from 3 to 7 years and may contain renewal options for periods up to one year at our discretion. Our leases generally contain payments that are primarily fixed; however, certain lease arrangements contain variable payments, which are expensed as incurred and not included in the measurement of ROU assets and lease liabilities. These amounts include payments affected by changes in the Consumer Price Index and executory costs (such as real estate taxes, utilities and common-area maintenance), which are based on usage or performance. In addition, our leases generally do not include material residual value guarantees or material restrictive covenants.

We determine if an arrangement contains a lease in whole or in part at the inception of the contract and identify classification of the lease as financing or operating. ROU assets represent our right to use an underlying asset for the lease term while lease liabilities represent our obligation to make lease payments arising from the lease. We account for the underlying operating lease asset at the individual lease level. Operating leases are recorded as operating lease ROU assets in “Other long-term assets” and operating lease liabilities in “Other current liabilities” and “Other long-term liabilities” of the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.

All leases greater than 12 months result in recognition of a ROU asset and a liability at the lease commencement date and are recorded at the present value of the future minimum lease payments over the lease term. The lease term is equal to the initial term at commencement plus any renewal or extension options that the Company is reasonably certain will be exercised. ROU assets at the date of commencement are equal to the amount of the initial lease liability, the initial direct costs incurred by the Company and any prepaid lease payments less any incentives received. Lease expense for operating leases is recognized on a straight-line basis over the lease term or remaining useful life. As most of our leases do not provide the information required to determine the implicit rate, we utilize a consolidated group incremental borrowing rate for all leases as the Company has centralized treasury operations. The incremental borrowing rate is derived through a combination of inputs such as the Company's credit rating, impact of collaborated borrowing capabilities and lease term.

The Company considers contract modifications when there is a change to the contractual terms, scope of the lease or the consideration given. In the event the right to use an additional asset is granted and the lease payments associated with the additional asset are commensurate with the ROU asset’s standalone price, the modification is accounted for as a separate contract and the original contract remains unchanged. In the event that a single lease is modified, the Company reassesses the classification of the modified lease as of the effective date of the modification based on the modified terms and accounts for initial direct costs, lease incentives and any other payments made to or by the Company in connection with the modification in the same manner that items would be accounted for in connection with a new lease. If there is an additional ROU asset included, the lease term is extended or reduced, or the consideration is the only change in the contract, the Company reallocates the remaining consideration in the contract and remeasures the lease liability using a discount rate determined at the effective date of the modification. The remeasured lease liability for the modified lease is an adjustment to the corresponding ROU asset and does not impact the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations. In the event of a full or partial termination, the carrying value of the ROU asset decreases on a basis proportionate to the full or partial termination and any difference between the reduction in the lease liability and the proportionate reduction of the ROU asset is recognized as a gain or loss at the effective date of the modification.

The Company elected not to recognize leases with the duration of less than one-year on its balance sheet and continues to expense such leases on a straight-line basis over the lease term.

The components of lease expense for the three and nine months ended May 31, 2020 were as follows (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended May 31, 2020		Nine Months Ended May 31, 2020
Lease Cost:
Operating lease cost	$	3,818	$	11,966
Short-term lease cost	343		1,108
Variable lease cost	447		1,480

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Supplemental cash flow and other information related to leases were as follows (in thousands):

	Nine Months Ended May 31, 2020
Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of lease liabilities:
Operating cash flows from operating leases	$	11,908
Right-of-use assets obtained in exchange for new lease liabilities:
Operating leases	4,773

Supplemental balance sheet information related to leases were as follows (in thousands):

	May 31, 2020
Operating leases:
Other long-term assets	$	50,911
Other current liabilities	12,203
Other long-term liabilities	39,939
Total operating lease liabilities	$	52,142
Weighted Average Remaining Lease Term (in years):
Operating leases	7.6 years
Weighted Average Discount Rate:
Operating leases	4.36		%

A summary of the future minimum lease payments due under operating leases with terms of more than one year at May 31, 2020 is as follows (in thousands):

	Operating Leases
2020 (excluding the nine months ended May 31, 2020)	$	3,910
2021	13,268
2022	9,454
2023	7,480
2024	5,955
Thereafter	21,862
Total minimum lease payments	61,928
Less imputed interest	(9,786		)
Present value of net minimum lease payments	$	52,142

A summary of the future minimum lease payments due under operating leases with terms of more than one year at August 31, 2019 is as follows (in thousands):

	Operating Leases
2020	$	15,792
2021	12,266
2022	10,111
2023	6,865
2024	5,177
Thereafter	21,620
Present value of net minimum lease payments	$	71,831

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Item 2 – Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

Enerpac Tool Group Corp. is a premier industrial tools and services company serving a broad and diverse set of customers in more than 90 countries. The Company is a global leader in the engineering and manufacturing of high pressure hydraulic tools, controlled force products and solutions for precise positioning of heavy loads that help customers safely and reliably tackle some of the most challenging jobs around the world. The Company was founded in 1910 and is headquartered in Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin. The Company has one reportable segment, Industrial Tools & Service ("IT&S"). This segment is primarily engaged in the design, manufacture and distribution of branded hydraulic and mechanical tools, as well as providing services and tool rental to the industrial, maintenance, infrastructure, oil & gas, energy and other markets. Financial information related to the Company's reportable segment is included in Note 13, "Segment Information" in the notes to the condensed consolidated financial statements.

Our businesses provide an array of products and services across multiple markets and geographies which results in significant diversification. The IT&S segment continues to have exposure within the broad industrial landscape, energy and infrastructure markets. We continue to execute our strategy to drive best in class returns for our shareholders, demonstrated by our acquisition of HTL Group, our focus on improving commercial effectiveness and our heavy emphasis on new product development.

COVID-19 Update

Over the past several months, we have seen the substantial negative impact that the COVID-19 pandemic has had on the global economy and subsequently on our business. Due to our key role in servicing essential industries, our key facilities globally have remained open and, with additional precautions in place to ensure the safety of our employees, we have continued to supply our customers with the products and services we provide. However, throughout the duration of the pandemic, demand for our products has been significantly impacted and we expect it will continue to be impacted to some extent for the remainder of the pandemic as levels of uncertainty exist within our customers and our markets. In order to help mitigate the negative financial impact caused by the pandemic, we have executed and continue to execute a number of temporary cash and cost savings measures including the cancellation of our fiscal 2020 bonus plan, employee furloughs, reduction of capital expenditures, applications for governmental assistance programs, and cuts to discretionary spend. In addition, we proactively amended certain debt covenants on our Senior Credit Facility to mitigate the risk of non-compliance with such covenants should the pandemic have a longer duration and also prepaid our Senior Notes to reduce interest expense, both of which will help to improve future available liquidity and/or cash balances. We will continue to evaluate and implement (if deemed necessary) cash and cost savings measures in the near term in order to reduce the impact of the pandemic on our financial results. While we believe that the essential products we provide along with our current strong balance sheet will allow us to be well positioned for long term growth after the pandemic, we cannot reasonably estimate the duration and severity of the COVID-19 pandemic, and accordingly the ultimate impact it will have on our business, results of operations, and financial condition.

General Business Update

On October 31, 2019, the Company completed the previously announced sale of its former EC&S segment to wholly owned subsidiaries of BRWS Parent LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and affiliate of One Rock Capital Partners II, LP, for a purchase price of approximately $215 million, with approximately $3 million due in four equal quarterly installments through October 31, 2020. We finalized the customary working capital negotiations during the third quarter of fiscal 2020 and we received an additional $1 million of cash in June 2020.

On March 21, 2019, the Company announced a restructuring plan focused on i) the integration of the Enerpac and Hydratight businesses (IT&S segment), ii) the strategic exit of certain commodity type services in our North America Services operation (IT&S segment), and iii) driving efficiencies within the overall corporate structure. In the third quarter of fiscal 2020, the Company announced the expansion and revision of this plan, which further simplifies and flattens the Corporate structure through elimination of redundancies between the segment and corporate functions, while enhancing our commercial and marketing processes to become even closer to our customers. Total restructuring charges associated with this restructuring plan were $2 million and $6 million in the three and nine months ended May 31, 2020, respectively, related primarily to headcount reductions and facility consolidations. We anticipate achieving annual savings of $12 million to $15 million from the first phase of the plan and anticipate annual savings of $12 million to $15 million from the expansion and revision of the plan. The annual benefit of these gross cost savings may be impacted by a number of factors, including sales and production volume variances and annual incentive compensation differentials.

The Company also incurred less than $1 million and approximately $2 million of restructuring costs within the Other operating segment in the three and nine months ended May 31, 2020, respectively, associated with a facilities consolidation. We anticipate realizing approximately $3 million to $5 million of annual savings associated with the actions and have started realizing these savings in fiscal 2020.

Given our global footprint, changes in foreign currency exchange rates could have a significant impact on our financial results, financial position and cash flow. Changes in foreign currency exchange rates will continue to add volatility as over one-half of our sales are generated outside of the United States in currencies other than the U.S. dollar. The weakening of the U.S. dollar favorably impacts our sales, cash flow and earnings given the translation of our international results into U.S. dollars. This also results in lower

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costs for certain international operations, which incur costs or purchase components in U.S. dollars, and increases the dollar value of assets (including cash) and liabilities of our international operations. A strengthening of the U.S. dollar has the opposite effect on our sales, cash flow, earnings and financial position.

Results of Operations

The following table sets forth our results of continuing operations (in millions, except per share amounts):

	Three Months Ended May 31,										Nine Months Ended May 31,
	2020					2019					2020					2019
Net sales	$	102		100	%	$	178		100	%	$	382		100	%	$	496	100	%
Cost of products sold	60			59	%	96			54	%	209			55	%	273		55	%
Gross profit	42			41	%	82			46	%	173			45	%	223		45	%
Selling, administrative and engineering expenses	41			40	%	53			30	%	143			37	%	159		32	%
Amortization of intangible assets	2			2	%	3			2	%	6			2	%	7		1	%
Restructuring charges	2			2	%	1			1	%	6			2	%	1		—	%
Impairment & divestiture (benefits) charges	(1		)	(1	)%	(13		)	(7	)%	(4		)	(1	)%	14		3	%
Operating (loss) profit	(2		)	(2	)%	38			21	%	21			5	%	42		8	%
Financing costs, net	4			4	%	7			4	%	16			4	%	22		4	%
Other (income) expense, net	(1		)	(1	)%	(1		)	(1	)%	(2		)	(1	)%	—		—	%
(Loss) earnings before income tax expense	(5		)	(5	)%	32			18	%	7			2	%	20		4	%
Income tax expense	—			—	%	5			3	%	1			—	%	9		2	%
Net (loss) earnings from continuing operations	(5		)	(5	)%	27			15	%	5			1	%	11		2	%
Diluted (loss) earnings per share from continuing operations	$	(0.08	)			$	0.43				$	0.09				$	0.18

Consolidated net sales for the third quarter of fiscal 2020 were $102 million, a decrease of $76 million (43%) from the prior year. Core sales decreased $61 million (38%) after adjusting for the $14 million (8%) decrease from divested product lines and strategic exits of certain service offerings, a $2 million (1%) increase from the HTL Group acquisition and a 2% favorable impact to net sales due to foreign currency exchange rates. The decrease in core sales was due to a the steep reduction in sales volume attributable to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and the volatility in oil prices impacting both our core product sales (35% decline) and core service sales (47% decline). Gross profit margins decreased 5% as a result of under absorption, product mix, and restructuring charges recorded through cost of products sold. Operating profit was $(40) million lower in fiscal 2020 compared to fiscal 2019 largely as a result of the gross profit decrease of $40 million. Impairment & divestiture (benefit) expense was $12 million lower in the third quarter of fiscal 2020 compared to the third quarter of fiscal 2019. In 2020, we recorded a $1 million benefit primarily from the satisfaction of conditions associated with the first quarter 2020 sale of our UNI-LIFT product line that triggered additional gain recognition whereas in fiscal 2019 we recorded an approximately $13 million benefit associated with the reversal of the Cortland U.S. business as being held for sale. This was offset by a $12 million decrease in selling, administrative, and engineering ("SAE") expenses resulting from the termination of our fiscal 2020 bonus program, the realization of savings from restructuring actions, restrictions on travel expenses in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, furlough and other temporary wage reduction programs initiated in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, a reduction in commission expense due to decreased sales, other discretionary spending initiatives, and the receipt of government support funds in certain foreign jurisdictions ($1 million).

Consolidated net sales for the nine months ended May 31, 2020 decreased $114 million (23%) to $382 million in fiscal 2020. Core sales decreased $77 million (17%) after adjusting for the $36 million (8%) decrease from divested product lines and strategic exits of certain service offerings and a $4 million (1%) increase from the HTL Group acquisition. Changes in foreign currency exchange rates had minimal impact on net sales. Gross profit margins remained flat as the benefit from the divestiture of low-profit-margin product lines and the strategic exits of certain non-profitable service lines was offset by the substantial decrease in volume and under absorption of overhead costs in the third quarter of fiscal 2020 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and the volatility in oil prices. Operating profit decreased $21 million in fiscal 2020 compared to fiscal 2019, due to the decrease in gross margin of $50 million offset by a $29 decrease in operating costs. The $29 million decrease in operating costs was primarily a result of the decrease in SAE and the net benefit from impairment & divestiture (benefits) charges year-over-year. The decrease in SAE was predominantly due to the cost actions previously disclosed in the third quarter of fiscal 2020 in addition to the benefits from restructuring actions in the first six months of the fiscal year. The change in impairment & divestiture (benefits) charges was predominantly a result of businesses or product lines sold in fiscal 2020 for a net gain versus an impairment charge associated with the Cortland U.S. business in fiscal 2019.

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Segment Results

Industrial Tools & Services Segment

The IT&S segment is a global supplier of branded hydraulic and mechanical tools and services to a broad array of end markets, including industrial, energy, mining and production automation markets. Its primary products include branded tools, highly engineered heavy lifting technology solutions, and hydraulic torque wrenches (Product product line). On the services side, we provide energy maintenance and manpower services to meet customer-specific needs and rental capabilities for certain of our products (Service & Rental product line). The following table sets forth the results of operations for the IT&S segment (in millions):

	Three Months Ended May 31,						Nine Months Ended May 31,
	2020			2019			2020			2019
Net sales	$	93		$	167		$	352		$	465
Operating profit	8			35			54			88
Operating profit %	8.2		%	20.9		%	15.4		%	18.9		%

IT&S segment net sales for the third quarter of fiscal 2020 decreased by $74 million (44%). Core sales decreased $59 million year-over-year (39%) due to the sharp decline in volume from the demand impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, the volatile oil pricing, and the anticipated year-over-year service decline in the Middle East. Strategic exits and divestitures of non-core product lines accounted for an additional $14 million (8%) decrease, offset by an increase of $2 million (1%) associated with the acquisition of HTL Group. Changes in foreign currency favorably impacted net sales by 2%.

Operating profit percentage decreased 12.7% from the prior-year period primarily due to reduced volumes and under absorption offset by lower SAE costs as a result of restructuring actions and the previously disclosed actions taken in the third quarter of fiscal 2020 in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Year-to-date IT&S segment net sales decreased by $113 million (24%) to $352 million in fiscal 2020. Strategic exits and divestitures of non-core product lines accounted for $36 million (8%) of the decrease while core sales decreased $75 million (18%) year-over-year. These decreases were partially offset by $4 million (1%) of net sales from the acquisition of HTL Group. Changes in foreign currency had minimal impact on net sales. The 18% decrease in core sales predominantly was a result of the significant declines in volume in the third quarter due to impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and volatile oil prices, in addition to the global economic uncertainty, predominantly in North America, causing slight year-over-year declines from volume in the first half of the fiscal year, and lower year-over-year service sales in the fiscal year-to-date as large projects in the Middle East and Asia in fiscal 2019 did not repeat in fiscal 2020.

Year-to-date operating profit decreased $34 million from the prior year. The-year-to-date operating profit decrease was a result of the decrease in core sales and therefore a $48 million decrease in gross profit, partially offset by $14 million of SAE cost savings from the exit or disposal of non-profitable businesses and service lines, benefits of restructuring actions, and other cost savings initiatives in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Corporate

Corporate expenses were $8.8 million and $31.3 million for the three and nine months ended May 31, 2020, respectively, and $9.8 million and $32.4 million for the three and nine months ended May 31, 2019, respectively. This resulted in a decrease of $1.0 million and $1.1 million for the three and nine months ended May 31, 2020, respectively. The decrease for the three-month period was the result of positive experience in medical claims, lower legal and consulting expenses and reduction in expenses as a result of cost savings actions taken to mitigate the financial impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. These reduced expenses were offset by $0.7 million of restructuring charges taken in the quarter as part of our strategic efforts to drive efficiency in the overall Corporate structure. The year-to-date decrease is a result of the positive experience in medical claims, lower legal costs, and reduction in expenses as a result of cost savings actions taken to mitigate the financial impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, offset by $2 million of restructuring expenses associated with our strategic efforts to drive efficiency in the overall corporate structure and an increase in business development costs, including costs associated with the acquisition of HTL Group.

Financing Costs, net

Net financing costs were $5 million and $7 million for the three months ended May 31, 2020 and May 31, 2019, respectively. For the nine months ended May 31, 2020 and 2019, net financing costs were $16 million and $22 million, respectively. Financing costs decreased as a result of lower outstanding balances on our Senior Credit Facility during the three and nine months ended May 31, 2020, as a result of the early pay off of the remaining balance on the term loan in early November after the divestiture of the EC&S segment. The benefit from lower cash interest expense was partially offset in the nine months ended May 31, 2020 as a result of expensing the remaining $0.6 million of capitalized debt issuance costs associated with the term loan upon the early pay off of the outstanding principal balance.

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Income Tax Expense

The Company's global operations, acquisition activity and specific tax attributes provide opportunities for continuous global tax planning initiatives to maximize tax credits and deductions. Comparative earnings (loss) before income taxes, income tax expense and effective income tax rates from continuing operations are as follows (in millions):

	Three Months Ended May 31,						Nine Months Ended May 31,
	2020			2019			2020			2019
(Loss) earnings from continuing operations before income tax expense	$	(5	)	$	32		$	7		$	20
Income tax (benefit) expense	—			5			1			9
Effective income tax rate	7.6		%	15.6		%	20.1		%	44.6		%

The Company’s (loss) earnings from continuing operations before income taxes includes earnings from foreign jurisdictions in excess of 70% of the consolidated total for the estimated full-year fiscal 2020 and 2019. Overall, the annual effective tax rate is not significantly impacted by differences in foreign tax rates now that the U.S. tax rate of 21% is in line with the Company's average foreign tax rate. Both the current and prior-year effective income tax rates were impacted by impairment & divestiture charges (benefits) as well as accelerated debt issuance costs and purchase accounting charges in the current year ("one-time charges (benefits)"). Results included one-time charges (benefits) of $(1.2) million ($(0.8) million) after tax) and $(2.5) million ($(1.8) million) after tax) for the three and nine months ended May 31, 2020, respectively. This compares to one-time charges (benefits) of $(13) million ($(13) million after tax) and $14 million ($14 million after tax) for the three and nine months ended May 31, 2019, respectively. Excluding the one-time charges (benefits), the effective tax rate was 12.8% and 26.1% for the three months ended May 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively, and 14.5% and 26.2% for the nine months ended May 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively. The income tax expense without one-time charges (benefits) for the three and nine months ended May 31, 2020 is greatly impacted by decreased profitability due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the impact of non-recurring benefits related to the reduction in tax reserves due to the lapsing of statutes of limitations and valuation allowance releases associated with the ability to use tax attributes before expiration.

On March 27, 2020, the U.S. government enacted tax legislation containing provisions to support businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic (the “CARES Act”), including deferment of the employer portion of certain payroll taxes, refundable payroll tax credits, and technical amendments to tax depreciation methods for qualified improvement property. The CARES Act did not have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements for the three or nine months ended May 31, 2020. We are currently evaluating the future impact of the CARES Act provisions on our consolidated financial statements.

Cash Flows and Liquidity

At May 31, 2020, we had $164 million of cash and cash equivalents. Cash and cash equivalents included $156 million of cash held by our foreign subsidiaries and $8 million held domestically. The following table summarizes our cash flows (used in) provided by operating, investing and financing activities (in millions):

	Nine Months Ended
	2020			2019
Net cash (used in) provided by operating activities	$	(16	)	$	1
Net cash provided by investing activities	176			14
Net cash used in financing activities	(206		)	(63		)
Effect of exchange rates on cash	(2		)	(1		)
Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents*	$	(48	)	$	(49	)

*The table above includes activity associated with our discontinued operations (former EC&S segment), which was operational for the full period in the nine months ended May 31, 2019 and included normal activity through the divestiture on October 31, 2019 in the nine months ended May 31, 2020 and ancillary cash flow impacts subsequent to the divestiture date.

Net cash used in operating activities was $16 million for the nine months ended May 31, 2020 as compared to $1 million net cash provided by operating activities in the nine months ended May 31, 2019. The decrease year-over-year is predominantly a result of the impacts to our business from the COVID-19 pandemic and the timing of the divestiture of the legacy EC&S business. Despite a significant use of cash of $18 million in the first quarter of fiscal 2019, cash flows from operations associated with the EC&S businesses were nominal through the third quarter of fiscal 2019. Similar seasonal results were experienced in the first quarter of fiscal 2020 whereby the former EC&S businesses represented a significant use of cash flow from operations through the completion of the divestiture on October 31, 2019. Despite the negative impacts to our financial performance from the COVID-19 pandemic, we generated a cash inflow from changes in primary working capital in the third quarter of fiscal 2020 of approximately $7 million versus a use of cash of $13 million in fiscal 2019, which was able to partially offset the negative operating performance in the quarter.

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Net cash provided by investing activities was $176 million for the nine months ended May 31, 2020 as compared to $14 million for the nine months ended May 31, 2019. The increase of $162 million was a result of proceeds net of transactions costs from the sale of the EC&S segment ($209 million) and non-core product lines ($10 million) in fiscal 2020, offset by the cash outflow from the acquisition of HTL Group in January 2020 ($33 million) and the cash inflow from the sale of Cortland Fibron and Precision Hayes for combined net proceeds of $36 million in the nine months ended May 31, 2019.

Net cash used in financing activities was $206 million for the nine months ended May 31, 2020 compared to $63 million for the nine months ended May 31, 2019. The cash used in financing activities for fiscal 2020 consisted primarily of the early pay off of the outstanding principal balance on the term loan of $175 million and share repurchases of $28 million, compared to $58 million of principal repayments on the term loan in the nine months ended May 31, 2019 and no share repurchase activity.

The Company's Senior Credit Facility is comprised of a $400 million revolving line of credit and provided for a $200 million term loan both scheduled to mature in March 2024 (see Note 8, "Debt" in the notes to the condensed consolidated financial statements for further details of the Senior Credit Facility). As previously noted, the Company paid off the outstanding principal balance on the term loan in November 2019. The unused credit line and amount available for borrowing under the revolving line of credit was $395 million at May 31, 2020. Further, as noted in Note 8, "Debt", on June 15, 2020, the Company borrowed $295 million under the Senior Credit Facility revolving line of credit in order to redeem all of the outstanding Senior Notes at par, plus the remaining accrued and unpaid interest, in order to reduce interest costs in the current interest rate environment.

We believe that the revolving line of credit, combined with our existing cash on hand and anticipated operating cash flows, will be adequate to meet operating, debt service, acquisition and capital expenditure funding requirements for the foreseeable future.

Primary Working Capital Management

We use primary working capital as a percentage of sales (PWC %) as a key metric of working capital management. We define this metric as the sum of net accounts receivable and net inventory less accounts payable, divided by the past three months sales annualized. The following table shows a comparison of primary working capital (in millions):

	May 31, 2020			PWC%		August 31, 2019			PWC%
Accounts receivable, net	$	94		23	%	$	126		20	%
Inventory, net	79			19	%	77			12	%
Accounts payable	(52		)	(13	)%	(77		)	(12	)%
Net primary working capital	$	121		29	%	$	126		20	%

Commitments and Contingencies

We are contingently liable for certain lease payments under leases within businesses we previously divested or spun-off. If any of these businesses do not fulfill their future lease payment obligations under a lease, we could be liable for such obligations, however, the Company does not believe it is probable that it will be required to satisfy these obligations. Future minimum lease payments for these leases at May 31, 2020 were $7 million with monthly payments extending to fiscal 2025.

We had outstanding letters of credit totaling $12 million and $18 million at May 31, 2020 and August 31, 2019, respectively, the majority of which relate to commercial contracts and self-insured workers' compensation programs.

We are also subject to certain contingencies with respect to legal proceedings and regulatory matters which are described in Note 14, "Commitments and Contingencies" in the notes to the condensed consolidated financial statements. While there can be no assurance of the ultimate outcome of these matters, the Company believes that there will be no material adverse effect on the Company's results of operations, financial position or cash flows.

Contractual Obligations

Our contractual obligations have materially changed in fiscal 2020 from what was previously disclosed in Part 1, Item 7, “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” under the heading “Contractual Obligations” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended August 31, 2019 as a result of the divestiture of our EC&S segment, specifically related to lease commitments disclosed therein. See Note 15, "Leases" in the notes to the condensed consolidated financial statements for disclosure of our future contractual obligations from our continuing operations with respect to Leases as of May 31, 2020.

Critical Accounting Estimates

Management has evaluated the accounting estimates used in the preparation of the Company's condensed consolidated financial statements and related notes and believe those estimates to be reasonable and appropriate. Certain of these accounting estimates are

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considered by management to be the most critical in understanding judgments involved in the preparation of our condensed consolidated financial statements and uncertainties that could impact our results of operations, financial position and cash flow. For information about more of the Company’s policies, methodology and assumptions related to critical accounting policies refer to the Critical Accounting Policies in Item 7, “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations,” included in the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended August 31, 2019.

Item 3 – Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk

The diverse nature of our business activities necessitates the management of various financial and market risks, including those related to changes in interest rates, foreign currency exchange rates and commodity costs.

Interest Rate Risk: We manage interest expense using a mixture of fixed-rate and variable-rate debt. A change in interest rates impacts the fair value of our 5.625% Senior Notes, but not our earnings or cash flow, because the interest rate on such debt is fixed. As of May 31, 2020, our variable-rate funding sources consisted primarily of the revolving line of credit under our Senior Credit Facility. We did not have any borrowings outstanding on the revolving line of credit as of May 31, 2020, but borrowed $295 million on June 15, 2020 as indicated above.

Foreign Currency Risk: We maintain operations in the U.S. and various foreign countries. Our more significant non-U.S. operations are located in Australia, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, United Arab Emirates and China, and we have foreign currency risk relating to receipts from customers, payments to suppliers and intercompany transactions denominated in foreign currencies. Under certain conditions, we enter into hedging transactions (primarily foreign currency exchange contracts) that enable us to mitigate the potential adverse impact of foreign currency exchange rate risk (see Note 10, “Derivatives” for further information). We do not engage in trading or other speculative activities with these transactions, as established policies require that these hedging transactions relate to specific currency exposures.

The strengthening of the U.S. dollar against most currencies can have an unfavorable impact on our results of operations and financial position as foreign denominated operating results are translated into U.S. dollars. To illustrate the potential impact of changes in foreign currency exchange rates on the translation of our results of operations, quarterly sales and operating profit were remeasured assuming a ten percent decrease in all foreign exchange rates compared with the U.S. dollar. Using this assumption, quarterly sales would have been lower by $4 million and operating profit would have been lower by $2 million, respectively, for the three months ended May 31, 2020. This sensitivity analysis assumes that each exchange rate would change in the same direction relative to the U.S. dollar and excludes the potential effects that changes in foreign currency exchange rates may have on sales levels or local currency prices. Similarly, a ten percent decline in foreign currency exchange rates versus the U.S. dollar would result in a $44 million reduction to equity (accumulated other comprehensive loss) as of May 31, 2020, as a result of non U.S. dollar denominated assets and liabilities being translated into U.S. dollars, our reporting currency.

Commodity Cost Risk: We source a wide variety of materials and components from a network of global suppliers. While such materials are typically available from numerous suppliers, commodity raw materials, such as steel and plastic resin, are subject to price fluctuations, which could have a negative impact on our results. We strive to pass along such commodity price increases to customers to avoid profit margin erosion.

Item 4 – Controls and Procedures

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures.

Under the supervision and with the participation of our senior management, including our chief executive officer and chief financial officer, we conducted an evaluation of the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures, as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), as of the end of the period covered by this quarterly report (the “Evaluation Date”). Based on this evaluation, our chief executive officer and chief financial officer concluded as of the Evaluation Date that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective such that the information relating to the Company, including consolidated subsidiaries, required to be disclosed in our Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) reports (i) is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in SEC rules and forms, and (ii) is accumulated and communicated to the Company’s management, including our chief executive officer and chief financial officer, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting.

Our management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting, as such term is defined in Exchange Act Rule 13a-15(f). There have been no changes in our internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the quarter ended May 31, 2020 that have materially affected or are reasonably likely to materially affect our internal control over financial reporting.

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PART II—OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1A – Risk Factors

We have been and continue to be negatively impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic and its related impacts to our employees, operations, customers and suppliers.

The COVID-19 pandemic is adversely affecting, and is expected to continue to adversely affect, our business and we have experienced and expect to continue to experience reductions in both the demand for certain of our products and services and the ability of our global teams and our suppliers to produce and deliver those products and services. As COVID-19 has spread, it has significantly impacted the health and economic environment around the world. The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on general economic conditions, and more damaging effects on certain markets, such as oil & gas, are having and will continue to have negative implications on demand for our products and services. During the three months ended May 31, 2020, we experienced significant reductions in the volume of sales compared to our prior-year level.

While our supply chain has not been significantly impacted to date based on demand levels, we continue to develop new sources of supply and analyze alternative solutions, however, we cannot ensure that the scope or duration of supply chain interruptions will not adversely impact our operations. In addition, we have restricted travel for our employees, implemented furloughs and adopted cash management protocols. Because of uncertainties with respect to the severity and duration of the COVID-19 outbreak, the duration and terms of related governmental orders restricting activities globally, and the timing and pace of any economic recovery as COVID-19 impacts ultimately abate, we cannot predict with precision the extent and duration of any future decreased demand for our products and services and the consequent impact on our business and financial results.

In addition, our facilities and the facilities of our customers and suppliers may be prevented from conducting business activities for an indefinite period of time, and our customers may be prevented from purchasing our products, and we may be unable to purchase necessary materials from vendors, due to shutdowns, shelter-in-place orders, import restrictions or other preventative measures that may be requested or mandated by governmental authorities. Although our operations have generally been treated as “essential” operations under applicable government orders restricting business activities that have been issued to date, and accordingly have been permitted to continue to operate, it is possible that they may not continue to be so treated under future government orders, or, even if so treated, site-specific health and safety concerns might otherwise require certain of our operations to be halted for some period of time. The operations of all of our facilities have been affected in terms of employee protection measures, including social distancing and personal protection equipment measures. These measures will continue to affect the efficiency of our operations for the foreseeable future.

In fiscal 2019, we derived 38% of our net sales from continuing operations from the United States, 20% from Europe, 13% from the Middle East, 12% from Asia and 17% from other geographic areas. We operate businesses with manufacturing facilities around the world. In addition, components for our products are built by a variety of suppliers, including those in low cost countries such as China and India. Accordingly, to the extent that general economic conditions in the United States may improve over time as concerns with further outbreak of COVID-19 in the United States may lessen, our results of operations may continue to be adversely affected in other areas of the world that may continue to experience COVID-19 outbreaks and that remain subject to governmental restrictions affecting business activities that impact the demand for our products and services or prevent us from resuming full operations in those jurisdictions or we may be unable to secure adequate supply of necessary components that are manufactured in areas that remain subject to governmental restrictions.

The recent disruption in the global oil markets and resulting substantial price decline adversely affected our business and results of operations and similar events in the future may adversely affect our business and results.

As a result of the political tensions between several large oil producing countries, there was a substantial decline in oil prices that occurred during the three months ended May 31, 2020. In addition, decreases in demand for oil as a result of the disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic also adversely affected oil prices. A substantial portion of our revenues are derived from customers in the oil & gas industry, and business with these customers and our results of operations during the three months ended May 31, 2020 were adversely affected by these events. To the extent that the COVID-19 pandemic and/or political tensions continue to significantly depress the price of oil or global oil markets experience similar disruptions in the future, our business, results of operations and financial condition may be materially adversely affected.

See Part I, Item 1A, “Risk Factors,” of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended August 31, 2019. Except as required by the federal securities law, we undertake no obligation to update or revise any risk factor, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

Item 2 – Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds    

The Company's Board of Directors has authorized the repurchase of shares of the Company’s common stock under publicly announced share repurchase programs. Since the inception of the initial share repurchase program in fiscal 2012, the Company has

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repurchased 22,799,230 shares of common stock for $667.7 million. As of May 31, 2020, the maximum number of shares that may yet be purchased under the programs is 5,200,770 shares.

The following table sets forth all repurchases made by or on behalf of the Company or any "affiliated purchaser," as defined in Rule 10b-18(a)(3) under the Exchange Act, of shares of common stock during each month in the three months ended May 31, 2020, all of which were purchased under publicly announced share repurchase programs.

Period	Shares Repurchased	Average Price Paid per Share		Maximum Number of Shares That May Yet Be Purchased Under the Program
March 1 to March 30, 2020	503,873	$	19.25	5,200,770
April 1 to April 30, 2020	—	—		5,200,770
May 1 to May 31, 2020	—	—		5,200,770
	503,873	$	19.25

Item 6 – Exhibits

Exhibit	Description	Incorporated Herein By Reference To	Filed Herewith	Furnished Herewith
2.1	Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of July 8, 2019, by and between Actuant Corporation, BRWS Parent LLC, Actuant France SAS and Actuant Holdings AB	Exhibit 2.1 to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on July 9, 2019.
31.1	Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002		X
31.2	Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002		X
32.1	Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002			X
32.2	Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002			X
101	The following materials from the Enerpac Tool Group Corp. Form 10-Q for the three and nine months ended May 31, 2020 formatted in Inline Extensible Business Reporting Language (Inline XBRL): (i) the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations, (ii) the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive (Loss) Income, (iii) the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets, (iv) the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows and (v) the Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.		X
104	Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as Inline XBRL and contained in the Interactive Data Files submitted as Exhibit 101)

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SIGNATURE

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 thereunto duly authorized.

	ENERPAC TOOL GROUP CORP.
	(Registrant)
Date: July 1, 2020	By:	/S/ BRYAN R. JOHNSON
		Bryan R. Johnson
		VP of Finance and Principal Accounting Officer

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EX-31.1

Exhibit 31.1

CERTIFICATION

I, Randal W. Baker, certify that:

1. I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Enerpac Tool Group Corp.;

2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

d) Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

5. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting

Date: July 1, 2020

/s/ Randal W. Baker

Randal W. Baker Chief Executive Officer and President

EX-31.2

Exhibit 31.2

CERTIFICATION

I, Rick T. Dillon, certify that:

1. I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Enerpac Tool Group Corp.;

2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

d) Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

5. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting

Date: July 1, 2020

/s/ Rick T. Dillon

Rick T. Dillon

Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

EX-32.1

Exhibit 32.1

WRITTEN STATEMENT OF THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. ss.1350, I, the undersigned Chief Executive Officer and President of Enerpac Tool Group Corp. (the “Company”), hereby certify, based on my knowledge, that the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of the Company for the quarterly period ended May 31, 2020 (the “Report”) fully complies with the requirements of Sections 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and that information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company as of and for the periods covered in the Report.

Date: July 1, 2020

/s/ Randal W. Baker

Randal W. Baker

A signed original of this written statement required by Section 906, or other document authenticating, acknowledging, or otherwise adopting the signature that appears in typed form within the electronic version of this written statement required by Section 906, has been provided to Enerpac Tool Group Corp. and will be retained by Enerpac Tool Group Corp. and furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff upon request.

The foregoing certification is being furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission as an exhibit to the Form 10-Q and shall not be considered filed as part of the Form 10-Q.

EX-32.2

Exhibit 32.2

WRITTEN STATEMENT OF THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. ss.1350, I, the undersigned Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Enerpac Tool Group Corp. (the “Company”), hereby certify, based on my knowledge, that the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of the Company for the quarterly period ended May 31, 2020 (the “Report”) fully complies with the requirements of Sections 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and that information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company as of and for the periods covered in the Report.

Date: July 1, 2020

/s/ Rick T. Dillon

Rick T. Dillon

A signed original of this written statement required by Section 906, or other document authenticating, acknowledging, or otherwise adopting the signature that appears in typed form within the electronic version of this written statement required by Section 906, has been provided to Enerpac Tool Group Corp. and will be retained by Enerpac Tool Group Corp. and furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff upon request.

The foregoing certification is being furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission as an exhibit to the Form 10-Q and shall not be considered filed as part of the Form 10-Q.

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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS - USD ($) shares in Thousands, $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	May 31, 2020	May 31, 2019	May 31, 2020	May 31, 2019
Income Statement [Abstract]
Net Sales	$ 101,879	$ 178,095	$ 381,939	$ 496,435
Cost of products sold	59,932	96,141	209,211	272,853
Gross profit	41,947	81,954	172,728	223,582
Selling, administrative and engineering expenses	40,766	52,810	142,842	159,364
Amortization of intangible assets	2,174	2,838	6,167	6,989
Restructuring Charges	2,448	1,115	6,348	1,132
Impairment & divestiture (benefits) charges	(1,443)	(12,988)	(3,567)	14,031
Operating (loss) profit	(1,998)	38,179	20,938	42,066
Financing costs, net	4,552	7,146	15,911	21,601
Other (income) expense, net	(1,213)	(787)	(1,682)	234
(Loss) earnings before income tax (benefit) expense	(5,337)	31,820	6,709	20,231
Income tax (benefit) expense	(407)	4,962	1,349	9,030
Net (Loss) Earnings from Continuing Operations	(4,930)	26,858	5,360	11,201
Net (Loss) Earnings from Discontinued Operations	(69)	5,560	(6,076)	6,518
Net (loss) earnings	$ (4,999)	$ 32,418	$ (716)	$ 17,719
Earnings (loss) per share
(Loss) Earnings per share from Continuing Operations, Per Basic Share	$ (0.08)	$ 0.44	$ 0.09	$ 0.18
(Loss) Earnings per share from Continuing Operations, Per Diluted Share	(0.08)	0.43	0.09	0.18
(Loss) Earnings per share from Discontinued Operations, Per Basic Shares	0	0.09	(0.10)	0.11
(Loss) Earnings per share from Discontinued Operations, Per Diluted Share	0	0.09	(0.10)	0.11
(Loss) Earnings Per Share, Basic	(0.08)	0.53	(0.01)	0.29
(Loss) Earnings Per Share, Diluted	$ (0.08)	$ 0.52	$ (0.01)	$ 0.29
Weighted average common shares outstanding
Weighted average common shares outstanding - basic	59,826	61,422	60,012	61,232
Weighted Average Common Shares outstanding - diluted	59,826	61,840	60,358	61,701

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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	May 31, 2020	May 31, 2019	May 31, 2020	May 31, 2019
Net (loss) earnings	$ (4,999)	$ 32,418	$ (716)	$ 17,719
Other comprehensive (loss) income, net of tax
Foreign currency translation adjustments	(6,779)	(14,000)	(1,533)	(14,744)
Recognition of foreign currency translation losses from divested businesses	0	0	51,994	34,910
Pension and other postretirement benefit plans	193	200	828	527
Other Comprehensive (Loss) Income, Net of Tax	(6,586)	(13,800)	51,289	20,693
Comprehensive (loss) income	$ (11,585)	$ 18,618	$ 50,573	$ 38,412

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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS - USD ($) $ in Thousands	May 31, 2020	Aug. 31, 2019
Current assets
Cash and cash equivalents	$ 163,603	$ 211,151
Accounts receivable, net	93,796	125,883
Inventories, net	78,914	77,187
Assets from discontinued operations	0	285,578
Other current assets	43,515	30,526
Total current assets	379,828	730,325
Property, plant and equipment, net	60,671	56,729
Goodwill	271,169	260,415
Other intangible assets, net	62,833	52,375
Other long-term assets	77,034	24,430
Total assets	851,535	1,124,274
Current liabilities
Trade accounts payable	52,091	76,914
Accrued compensation and benefits	14,896	26,421
Current maturities of debt	0	7,500
Income taxes payable	6,027	4,838
Liabilities from discontinued operations	0	143,763
Other current liabilities	49,525	40,965
Total current liabilities	122,539	300,401
Long-term debt, net	286,497	452,945
Deferred Income Taxes	2,466	1,564
Pension and postretirement benefit liabilities	19,649	20,213
Other long-term liabilities	84,102	47,972
Total liabilities	515,253	823,095
Shareholders’ equity
Class A common stock, $0.20 par value per share, authorized 168,000,000 shares, issued 82,562,731 and 81,920,679 shares, respectively	16,513	16,384
Additional paid-in capital	192,928	181,213
Treasury stock, at cost, 22,795,230 and 21,455,568 shares, respectively	(667,732)	(640,212)
Retained earnings	918,623	915,466
Accumulated other comprehensive loss	(124,050)	(171,672)
Stock held in trust	(2,517)	(3,070)
Deferred compensation liability	2,517	3,070
Total shareholders' equity	336,282	301,179
Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity	$ 851,535	$ 1,124,274

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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS (Parenthetical) - shares	May 31, 2020	Aug. 31, 2019
Treasury Stock, Shares	22,799,230	21,455,568
Common Class A
Common Stock, Shares Authorized	168,000,000	168,000,000
Common Stock, Shares, Issued	82,562,731	81,920,679

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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS - USD ($)	9 Months Ended
	May 31, 2020	May 31, 2019
Operating Activities
Net (loss) earnings	$ (716,000)	$ 17,719,000
Net (Loss) Earnings from Discontinued Operations	(6,076,000)	6,518,000
Net Earnings from Continuing Operations	5,360,000	11,201,000
Adjustments to reconcile net earnings to net cash provided by operating activities:
Impairment & divestiture (benefits) charges, net of tax	(2,717,000)	14,018,000
Depreciation and amortization	15,373,000	15,470,000
Stock-based compensation expense	9,129,000	8,003,000
Provision (benefit) for deferred income taxes	1,218,000	(2,096,000)
Amortization of debt issuance costs	1,367,000	884,000
Other non-cash charges	1,169,000	295,000
Changes in components of working capital and other, excluding acquisitions and divestitures:
Accounts receivable	32,745,000	(16,390,000)
Inventories	(4,166,000)	(13,175,000)
Trade accounts payable	(24,246,000)	2,163,000
Prepaid expenses and other assets	1,605,000	(4,212,000)
Income tax accounts	(13,986,000)	5,731,000
Accrued compensation and benefits	(12,342,000)	(8,683,000)
Other accrued liabilities	(5,148,000)	(16,424,000)
Cash provided by (used in) operating activities, Continuing Operations	5,361,000	(3,215,000)
Cash (used in) provided by operating activities, Discontinued Operations	(21,064,000)	4,406,000
Cash (Used in) Provided By Operating Activities	(15,703,000)	1,191,000
Investing Activities
Capital expenditures	(9,308,000)	(12,615,000)
Proceeds from sale of property, plant and equipment	635,000	1,220,000
Lease buyout for divested business	(575,000)	0
Proceeds from sale of business/product line	10,226,000	0
Cash paid for business acquisitions, net of cash acquired	(33,434,000)	0
Cash used in investing activities, Continuing Operations	(32,456,000)	(11,395,000)
Cash Provided by Investing Activities, Discontinued Operations	208,391,000	25,184,000
Cash Provided by Investing Activities	175,935,000	13,789,000
Financing Activities
Principal repayments on term loan	(175,000,000)	(57,500,000)
Payment for Redemption of Term Loan	0	(200,000,000)
Proceeds from Issuance of Term Loan	0	200,000,000
Borrowings on Revolving Credit	100,000,000	0
Principal Repayment on Revolving Credit Facility	(100,000,000)	0
Stock Repurchases	(27,520,000)	0
Taxes paid related to the net share settlement of equity awards	(4,210,000)	(1,811,000)
Stock option exercises and other	2,985,000	1,352,000
Cash dividend	(2,419,000)	(2,439,000)
Payments of Debt Issuance Costs	(234,000)	(2,125,000)
Net Cash Used in Financing Activities, Continuing Operations	(206,398,000)	(62,523,000)
Cash Used in Financing Activities, Discontinued Operations	0	0
Cash used in financing activities	(206,398,000)	(62,523,000)
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash	(1,382,000)	(1,613,000)
Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents	(47,548,000)	(49,156,000)
Cash and cash equivalents - beginning of period	211,151,000	250,490,000
Cash and cash equivalents - end of period	$ 163,603,000	$ 201,334,000

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Basis of Presentation

9 Months Ended

May 31, 2020

Accounting Policies [Abstract]

Basis of Presentation

Note 1. Basis of Presentation

General

The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements of Enerpac Tool Group Corp. (“Company,” "we," or "us"), formerly known as Actuant Corporation, have been prepared in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles ("GAAP") for interim financial reporting and with the instructions of Form 10-Q and Article 10 of Regulation S-X. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and footnotes required by GAAP for complete financial statements. The condensed consolidated balance sheet data as of August 31, 2019 was derived from the Company’s audited financial statements, but does not include all disclosures required by GAAP. For additional information, including the Company’s significant accounting policies, refer to the consolidated financial statements and related footnotes in the Company’s fiscal 2019 Annual Report on Form 10-K.

In the opinion of management, all adjustments considered necessary for a fair statement of financial results have been made. Such adjustments consist of only those of a normal recurring nature. Operating results for the three and nine months ended May 31, 2020 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the entire fiscal year ending August 31, 2020.

The COVID-19 Pandemic - impact on estimates and financial results: The preparation of our condensed consolidated financial statements requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses. The Company regularly evaluates the estimates and assumptions related to the allowance for doubtful accounts, inventory valuation, warranty reserves, fair value of stock-based awards, goodwill, intangible and long-lived asset valuations, employee benefit plan liabilities, over-time revenue recognition, income tax liabilities, deferred tax assets and related valuation allowances, uncertain tax positions, restructuring reserves, and litigation and other loss contingencies. The full extent to which the COVID-19 pandemic will directly or indirectly impact our business, results of operations and financial condition, will depend on future developments that are highly uncertain, including as a result of new information that may emerge concerning the COVID-19 pandemic and the additional actions taken to contain it or treat it, as well as the severity and duration of the economic impact on local, regional, national and international customers, suppliers and markets. As such, there could be a material adverse impact on the Company's financial condition or results of operations. Management has made estimates of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on affected account balances within our financial statements and there may be changes to those estimates in future periods as new information becomes available. Actual results may differ from these estimates.

New Accounting Pronouncements

In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-02, Leases (and subsequently ASU 2018-01 and ASU 2019-01), to increase transparency and comparability among organizations by recognizing all lease transactions on the balance sheet as a lease liability and a right-of-use (“ROU”) asset. The amendments also expanded disclosure requirements for key information about leasing arrangements. On September 1, 2019, the Company adopted the standard using a modified retrospective approach and elected the package of practical expedients allowing us to not reassess whether any expired or existing contracts contain leases, the lease classification for any expired or existing leases, and initial direct costs for leases that commenced prior to September 1, 2019. In addition, we elected not to recognize ROU assets or lease liabilities for leases containing terms of 12 months or less and not separate lease components from non-lease components for all asset classes. The Company updated its standard lease accounting policy to address the new standard, revised the Company’s business processes and controls to align to the updated policy and new standard and completed the implementation of and data input into the Company’s lease accounting software solution. The most significant impact of the standard on the Company was the recognition of a $60.8 million ROU asset and operating lease liability on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets at adoption. The standard did not have a significant impact on our Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations or Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows. In addition, as a result of sale leaseback transactions in previous years for which gains were deferred and under the new standard would have been recognized, the Company recorded an increase to retained earnings of $0.2 million in the first quarter of fiscal 2020, which represents the recognition of these previously deferred gains. See Note 15, “Leases” for further discussion of the Company’s operating leases.

In February 2018, the FASB issued ASU 2018-02, Income Statement-Reporting Comprehensive Income (Topic 220): Reclassification of Certain Tax Effects from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income, which allows companies to reclassify stranded income tax effects resulting from the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act from accumulated other comprehensive income to retained earnings in their consolidated financial statements. The Company adopted the guidance on September 1, 2019 and recorded an increase to retained earnings with an offsetting increase in accumulated other comprehensive loss of $3.7 million on the adoption date.

Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss

The following is a summary of the Company's accumulated other comprehensive loss (in thousands):

	May 31, 2020		August 31, 2019
Foreign currency translation adjustments	$	100,654	$	151,115
Pension and other postretirement benefit plans, net of tax	23,396		20,557
Accumulated other comprehensive loss	$	124,050	$	171,672

Property Plant and Equipment

The following is a summary of the Company's components of property, plant and equipment (in thousands):

	May 31, 2020			August 31, 2019
Land, buildings and improvements	$	32,128		$	29,661
Machinery and equipment	137,097			140,083
Gross property, plant and equipment	169,225			169,744
Less: Accumulated depreciation	(108,554		)	(113,015		)
Property, plant and equipment, net	$	60,671		$	56,729

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Revenue Recognition Revenue from Contract Customers (Notes)

9 Months Ended

May 31, 2020

Revenue from Contract with Customer [Abstract]

Revenue from Contract with Customer [Text Block]

Note 2. Revenue Recognition

Nature of Goods and Services

The Company generates its revenue under two principal activities, which are discussed below:

Product Sales: Sales of tools, heavy-lifting solutions, and rope and cable solutions are recorded when control is transferred to the customer (i.e., performance obligation has been satisfied). For the majority of the Company’s product sales, revenue is recognized at a point in time when control of the product is transferred to the customer, which generally occurs when the product is shipped from the Company to the customer. For certain other products that are highly customized and have a limited alternative use, and for which the Company has an enforceable right of reimbursement for performance completed to date, revenue is recognized over time. We consider the input measure (efforts-expended or cost-to-cost) or output measure as a fair measure of progress for the recognition of over time revenue associated with these custom products. For a majority of the Company’s custom products, machine hours and labor hours (efforts-expended measurement) are used as a measure of progress.

Service & Rental Sales: Service contracts consist of providing highly trained technicians to perform bolting, technical services, machining and joint integrity work for our customers. These revenues are recognized over time as our customers simultaneously receive and consume the benefits provided by the Company. We consider the input measure (efforts-expended or cost-to-cost) or output measure as a fair measure of progress for the recognition of over time revenue associated with service contracts. For a majority of the Company’s service contracts, labor hours (efforts-expended measurement) is used as the measure of progress when it is determined to be a better depiction of the transfer of control to the customer due to the timing and pattern of labor hours incurred. Revenue from rental contracts (less than a year and non-customized products) is generally recognized ratably over the contract term, depicting the customer’s consumption of the benefit related to the rental equipment.

Disaggregated Revenue and Performance Obligations

The Company disaggregates revenue from contracts with customers by reportable segment and product line and by the timing of when goods and services are transferred. See Note 13, "Segment Information" for information regarding our revenue disaggregation by reportable segment and product line.

The following table presents information regarding revenues disaggregated by the timing of when goods and services are transferred (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended May 31,				Nine Months Ended May 31,
	2020		2019		2020		2019
Revenues recognized at point in time	$	73,412	$	117,175	$	275,413	$	335,314
Revenues recognized over time	28,467		60,920		106,526		161,121
Total	$	101,879	$	178,095	$	381,939	$	496,435

Contract Balances

The Company's contract assets and liabilities are as follows (in thousands):

	May 31, 2020		August 31, 2019
Receivables, which are included in accounts receivable, net	$	93,796	$	125,883
Contract assets, which are included in other current assets	4,563		3,747
Contract liabilities, which are included in other current liabilities	2,233		3,707

Receivables: The Company performs its obligations under a contract with a customer by transferring goods or services in exchange for consideration from the customer. The Company typically invoices its customers as soon as control of an asset is transferred and a receivable for the Company is established.

Contract Assets: Contract assets relate to the Company’s rights to consideration for work completed but not billed as of the reporting date on contracts with customers. The contract assets are transferred to receivables when the rights become unconditional. The Company has contract assets on contracts that are generally long-term and have revenues that are recognized over time.

Contract Liabilities: As of May 31, 2020, the Company had certain contracts where there were unsatisfied performance obligations and the Company had received cash consideration from customers before the performance obligations were satisfied. The majority of these contracts relate to long-term customer contracts (project durations of greater than three months) and are recognized over time. The Company estimates that the $2.2 million will be recognized in net sales from satisfying those performance obligations within the next twelve months.

Significant Judgments

Timing of Performance Obligations Satisfied at a Point in Time: The Company evaluates when the customer obtains control of the product based on shipping terms, as control will transfer, depending upon such terms, at different points between the Company's manufacturing facility or warehouse and the customer’s location. The Company considers control to have transferred upon shipment or delivery because i) the Company has a present right to payment at that time; ii) the legal title has been transferred to the customer; iii) the Company has transferred physical possession of the product to the customer; and iv) the customer has significant risks and rewards of ownership of the product.

Variable Consideration: The Company estimates whether it will be subject to variable consideration under the terms of the contract and includes its estimate of variable consideration in the transaction price based on the expected value method when it is deemed probable of being realized based on historical experience and trends. Types of variable consideration may include rebates, incentives and discounts, among others, which are recorded as a reduction to net sales at the time when control of a performance obligation is transferred to the customer.

Practical Expedients & Exemptions: The Company elected to expense the incremental cost of obtaining a contract when the amortization period for such contracts would be one year or less. The Company does not disclose the value of unperformed obligations for contracts with an original expected length of one year or less and contracts for which it recognizes revenue at the amount to which it has the right to invoice for services performed.

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Restructuring Charges (Notes)

9 Months Ended

May 31, 2020

Restructuring and Related Activities [Abstract]

Restructuring and Related Activities Disclosure [Text Block]

Note 3. Restructuring Charges

The Company has undertaken or committed to various restructuring initiatives including workforce reductions; leadership changes; plant consolidations to reduce manufacturing overhead; satellite office closures; the continued movement of production and product sourcing to low-cost alternatives; and the centralization and standardization of certain administrative functions. Liabilities for severance will generally be paid within twelve months, while future lease payments related to facilities vacated as a result of restructuring will be paid over the underlying remaining lease terms. During fiscal 2019, the Company announced a new restructuring plan focused on i) the integration of the Enerpac and Hydratight businesses (Industrial Tools & Service ("IT&S") segment), ii) the strategic exit of certain commodity type services in our North America Services operations (IT&S segment) and iii) driving efficiencies within the overall corporate structure. In the third quarter of fiscal 2020, the Company announced the expansion and revision of this plan, which further simplifies and flattens the Corporate structure through elimination of redundancies between the segment and corporate functions, while enhancing our commercial and marketing processes to become even closer to our customers. Restructuring charges associated with this plan were $2.5 million and $5.6 million in the three and nine months ended May 31, 2020, respectively. The Company recorded total restructuring charges of $1.1 million in both the three and nine months ended May 31, 2019.

The following summarizes restructuring reserve activity for the IT&S reportable segment and corporate (in thousands):

	Nine Months Ended May 31, 2020
	Industrial Tools & Services			Corporate
Balance as of August 31, 2019	$	2,912		$	—
Restructuring charges	4,019			1,590
Cash payments	(4,265		)	(871		)
Other non-cash uses of reserve (1)	(556		)	(484		)
Impact of changes in foreign currency rates	(23		)	—
Balance as of May 31, 2020	$	2,087		$	235

⁽¹⁾ Majority of non-cash uses of reserve represents accelerated equity vesting with employee severance agreements.

	Nine Months Ended May 31, 2019
	Industrial Tools & Services			Corporate
Balance as of August 31, 2018	$	1,687		$	46
Restructuring charges	1,136			—
Cash payments	(1,379		)	(46		)
Other non-cash uses of reserve	(18		)	—
Impact of changes in foreign currency rates	(28		)	—
Balance as of May 31, 2019	$	1,398		$	—

Total restructuring charges (inclusive of the Other segment) were $7.2 million for the nine months ended May 31, 2020, with $0.8 million of restructuring charges recognized being reported in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Earnings in "Cost of products sold," with the balance of charges reported in "Restructuring charges."

The three and nine months ended May 31, 2020 included $0.8 million (reported in the Condensed Consolidated of Earnings in "Cost of products sold") and $1.6 million of restructuring expenses related to Cortland U.S. (Other segment), respectively. Restructuring reserves for Cortland U.S. were $0.6 million and $0.9 million as of May 31, 2020 and August 31, 2019, respectively. There were inconsequential restructuring charges recorded within the Other segment associated with the legacy restructuring initiatives in the three and nine months ended May 31, 2019.

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Acquisitions (Notes)

9 Months Ended

May 31, 2020

Acquisitions [Abstract]

Business Combination Disclosure [Text Block]

Note 4. Acquisitions

On January 7, 2020, the Company acquired 100% of the stock of HTL Group ("HTL"), a provider of controlled bolting products, calibration and repair services, and tool rental services. The tuck-in acquisition of HTL provides the Company with a complete line of bolting products and enhances our European rental capabilities. The Company acquired all of the assets and assumed certain liabilities of HTL for an initial purchase price of $33.4 million, net of cash acquired. In the three months ended May 31, 2020, the Company finalized customary working capital negotiations associated with the acquisition which resulted in a $0.1 million reduction to the initial purchase price, for a total final purchase price of $33.3 million. The Company received an inconsequential amount of cash from the working capital true up in the three months ended May 31, 2020 and contractually is to receive the remainder in the three months ending August 31, 2020. As of May 31, 2020, the preliminary purchase price allocation resulted in $10.1 million of goodwill (which is not deductible for tax purposes), $17.5 million of intangible assets, and $6.7 million of property, plant and equipment. The intangible assets were comprised of $3.7 million of indefinite-lived tradenames, $13.1 million of amortizable customer relationships and $0.7 million of amortizable patents. The impact on the remaining balance sheet line items was not material. The Company recorded an aggregate reduction of less than $0.1 million in "Cost of products sold" and "Amortization of intangible assets" in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations for the three months ended May 31, 2020 as a result of adjustments to preliminary purchase accounting amounts. The Company is continuing to evaluate the preliminary purchase price allocations for the acquisition, specifically the fair values assigned to intangible assets and certain tax attributes of the acquisition, which will be completed within a one-year period of the acquisition date.

This acquisition generated net sales of $1.9 million and $3.9 million for the three and nine months ended May 31, 2020, respectively, which are reported within the IT&S reportable segment. This acquisition does not meet the significance tests to require pro forma financial information otherwise required for acquisitions.

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Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets

9 Months Ended

May 31, 2020

Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract]

Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets

Note 6. Goodwill, Intangible Assets and Long-Lived Assets

Changes in the gross carrying value of goodwill and intangible assets result from changes in foreign currency exchange rates, business acquisitions, divestitures and impairment charges. The changes in the carrying amount of goodwill for the nine months ended May 31, 2020 are as follows (in thousands):

	Industrial Tools & Services		Other		Total
Balance as of August 31, 2019	$	242,873	$	17,542	$	260,415
Acquisition of HTL Group (Note 4)	10,087		—		10,087
Impact of changes in foreign currency rates	658		9		667
Balance as of May 31, 2020	$	253,618	$	17,551	$	271,169

The gross carrying value and accumulated amortization of the Company’s intangible assets are as follows (in thousands):

		May 31, 2020						August 31, 2019
	Weighted Average Amortization Period (Years)	Gross Carrying Value		Accumulated Amortization		Net Book Value		Gross Carrying Value		Accumulated Amortization		Net Book Value
Amortizable intangible assets:
Customer relationships	14	$	138,749	$	102,344	$	36,405	$	126,229	$	96,817	$	29,412
Patents	12	13,922		12,769		1,153		13,227		12,276		951
Trademarks and tradenames*	12	3,153		2,070		1,083		4,513		2,921		1,592
Indefinite lived intangible assets:
Tradenames	N/A	24,192		—		24,192		20,420		—		20,420
		$	180,016	$	117,183	$	62,833	$	164,389	$	112,014	$	52,375

*The decrease in the Gross Carrying Value and Accumulated Amortization of Trademarks and tradenames is a result of the Milwaukee Cylinder business being held for sale as of November 30, 2019 and the impairment charge discussed in Note 5, "Discontinued Operations and Other Divestiture Activities." included the Trademarks and tradenames associated with that business being fully impaired.

The Company estimates that amortization expense will be $2.2 million for the remaining three months of fiscal 2020. Amortization expense for future years is estimated to be: $8.0 million in fiscal 2021, $7.2 million in fiscal 2022, $5.7 million in fiscal 2023, $4.0 million in fiscal 2024, $3.3 million in fiscal 2025 and $8.3 million cumulatively thereafter. The future amortization expense amounts represent estimates and may be impacted by future acquisitions, divestitures, impairments or changes in foreign currency exchange rates, among other causes.

Fiscal 2019 Impairment Charges

As previously discussed in Note 5, "Discontinued Operations and Other Divestiture Activities.", within the Other segment, the Company recognized $13.7 million of Goodwill impairment charges for the nine months ended May 31, 2019 related to the Cortland U.S. business in conjunction with triggering events identified during the period.

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Product Warranty Costs

9 Months Ended

May 31, 2020

Guarantees [Abstract]

Product Warranty Costs

Note 7. Product Warranty Costs

The Company generally offers its customers an assurance warranty on products sold, although warranty periods may vary by product type and application. The reserve for future warranty claims, which is recorded within the "Other current liabilities" line in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets, is based on historical claim rates and current warranty cost experience. The following summarizes the changes in product warranty reserves for the nine months ended May 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively (in thousands):

	Nine Months Ended May 31,
	2020			2019
Beginning balance	$	1,145		$	931
Provision for warranties	354			1,099
Warranty payments and costs incurred	(735		)	(806		)
Warranty activity for divested businesses	(27		)	—
Impact of changes in foreign currency rates	1			(22		)
Ending balance	$	738		$	1,202

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Debt

9 Months Ended

May 31, 2020

Debt Disclosure [Abstract]

Debt

Note 8. Debt

The following is a summary of the Company’s long-term indebtedness (in thousands):

	May 31, 2020			August 31, 2019
Senior Credit Facility
Revolver	$	—		$	—
Term Loan	—			175,000
Total Senior Credit Facility	—			175,000
5.625% Senior Notes	287,559			287,559
Total Senior Indebtedness	287,559			462,559
Less: Current maturities of long-term debt	—			(7,500		)
Debt issuance costs	(1,062		)	(2,114		)
Total long-term debt, less current maturities	$	286,497		$	452,945

Senior Credit Facility

In March 2019, the Company entered into a Senior Credit Facility with a syndicate of banks, to among other things, i) expand the multi-currency revolving line of credit from $300 million to $400 million, ii) extend the maturity of the Company's Senior Credit Facility from May 2020 to March 2024 and iii) modify certain other provisions of the credit agreement including a reduction in pricing. The Senior Credit Facility was initially comprised of a $400 million revolving line of credit and a $200 million term loan. At May 31, 2020, there were no borrowings under either the revolving line of credit or the term loan. As of that date, $394.9 million was available for borrowing under the revolving line of credit.

The Senior Credit Facility also provides the option for future expansion, subject to certain conditions, through a $300 million accordion and/or a $200 million incremental term loan. Borrowings under the Senior Credit Facility bear interest at a variable rate based on LIBOR or a base rate, with interest rate spreads above LIBOR or the base rate being subject to adjustments based on the Company's net leverage ratio, ranging from 1.125% to 2.00% in the case of loans bearing interest at LIBOR and from 1.25% to 1.00% in the case of loans bearing interest at the base rate. In addition, a non-use fee is payable quarterly on the average unused amount of the revolving line of credit ranging from 0.15% to 0.3% per annum, based on the Company's net leverage ratio.

In November 2019, the Company used the proceeds from the sale of the EC&S segment to pay off the outstanding principal balance on the term loan. In conjunction with the repayment, the Company expensed the remaining $0.6 million of associated capitalized debt issuance costs.

The Senior Credit Facility contains two financial covenants which are a maximum leverage ratio of 3.75:1 and a minimum interest coverage ratio of 3.5:1. Certain transactions lead to adjustments to the underlying ratio, including an increase to the leverage ratio from 3.75 to 4.25 during the four fiscal quarters after a significant acquisition. The sale of the EC&S segment triggered a reduction of the minimum interest coverage ratio from 3.5 to 3.0 for any fiscal quarter ending within twelve months after the sale of the EC&S segment. In April 2020, the Company proactively amended its Senior Credit Facility to extend the interest coverage ratio at 3.0 for an additional 12 months through October 2021 to mitigate risks associated with the potential impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Company was in compliance with all financial covenants at May 31, 2020. Borrowings under the Senior Credit Facility are secured by substantially all personal property assets of the Company and its domestic subsidiary guarantors and certain equity interests owned by the foreign law pledgors.

Senior Notes

On April 16, 2012, the Company issued $300 million of 5.625% Senior Notes due 2022 (the “Senior Notes”), of which $287.6 million remained outstanding as of May 31, 2020. The Senior Notes required no principal installments prior to their June 15, 2022 maturity, required semiannual interest payments in December and June of each year and contained certain financial and non-financial covenants. The Senior Notes included a call feature that allowed the Company to repurchase them anytime on or after June 15, 2017 at stated redemption prices currently at 100.9% and reducing to 100.0% on June 15, 2020, plus accrued and unpaid interest.

Subsequent Event

In order to reduce interest costs, on June 15, 2020, the Company borrowed $295.0 million under the Senior Credit Facility revolving line of credit, which was used by the Company to redeem all of the outstanding Senior Notes at a price equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest as of that date. Based on the current leverage ratio, the rate on the revolving line of credit is LIBOR + 1.375%.

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Fair Value Measurement

9 Months Ended

May 31, 2020

Fair Value Disclosures [Abstract]

Fair Value Measurement

Note 9. Fair Value Measurement

The Company assesses the inputs used to measure the fair value of financial assets and liabilities using a three-tier hierarchy. Level 1 inputs include unadjusted quoted prices for identical instruments and are the most observable. Level 2 inputs include quoted prices for similar assets and observable inputs such as interest rates, foreign currency exchange rates, commodity rates and yield curves. Level 3 inputs are not observable in the market and include management’s own judgments about the assumptions market participants would use in pricing an asset or liability.

The fair value of the Company’s cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable, and accounts payable approximated book value at both May 31, 2020 and August 31, 2019 due to their short-term nature. The fair value of variable rate long-term debt approximated book value at August 31, 2019 as the interest rate approximated market rates (the Company had no variable rate debt outstanding as of May 31, 2020). Foreign currency exchange contracts are recorded at fair value. The fair value of the Company's foreign currency exchange contracts was a net asset of less than $0.1 million at both May 31, 2020 and August 31, 2019. The fair value of the foreign currency exchange contracts was based on quoted inactive market prices and is therefore classified as Level 2 within the valuation hierarchy. The fair value of the Company’s outstanding Senior Notes was $287.9 million and $291.5 million at May 31, 2020 and August 31, 2019, respectively. The fair value of the Senior Notes was based on quoted inactive market prices and are therefore classified as Level 2 within the valuation hierarchy.

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Derivatives

9 Months Ended

May 31, 2020

Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosure [Abstract]

Derivatives

Note 10. Derivatives

All derivatives are recognized in the balance sheet at their estimated fair value. The Company does not enter into derivatives for speculative purposes. Changes in the value of derivatives (not designated as hedges) are recorded in earnings along with the gain or loss on the hedged asset or liability.

The Company is exposed to market risk for changes in foreign currency exchange rates due to the global nature of its operations. In order to manage this risk, the Company utilizes foreign currency exchange contracts to reduce the exchange rate risk associated with recognized non-functional currency balances. The effects of changes in exchange rates are reflected concurrently in earnings for both the fair value of the foreign currency exchange contracts and the related non-functional currency asset or liability. These derivative gains and losses offset foreign currency gains and losses from the related revaluation of non-functional currency assets and liabilities (amounts included in "Other expense" in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations). The U.S. dollar equivalent notional value of these short duration foreign currency exchange contracts was $33.2 million and $13.3 million at May 31, 2020 and August 31, 2019, respectively. The fair value of outstanding foreign currency exchange contracts was a net asset of less than $0.1 million at both May 31, 2020 and August 31, 2019. Net foreign currency loss (included in "Other expense" in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations) related to these derivative instruments were as follows (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended May 31,						Nine Months Ended May 31,
	2020			2019			2020			2019
Foreign currency loss, net	$	(842	)	$	(114	)	$	(1,393	)	$	(115	)

The Company also uses foreign currency forward exchange contracts to hedge portions of our net investments in non-U.S. subsidiaries (net investment hedge) against the effect of exchange rate fluctuations on the translation of foreign currency balances to the U.S. dollar. The change in the value of foreign currency forward exchange contracts designated as net investment hedges are recorded in accumulated other comprehensive income where they offset gains and losses recorded on our net investments where the entity has a non-U.S. dollar functional currency. As of May 31, 2020, the notional value of foreign currency forward exchange contracts designated as net investment hedges was $31.6 million. The Company recorded through accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) a gain of $0.8 million and $0.5 million in the three and nine months ended May 31, 2020, respectively.

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Capital Stock and Share Repurchase

9 Months Ended

May 31, 2020

Earnings Per Share [Abstract]

Capital Stock and Share Repurchase

Note 11. Earnings per Share and Shareholders' Equity

The Company's Board of Directors authorized the repurchase of shares of the Company's common stock under publicly announced share repurchase programs. Since the inception of the initial share repurchase program in fiscal 2012, the Company has repurchased 22,799,230 shares of common stock for $667.7 million. As of May 31, 2020, the maximum number of shares that may yet be purchased under the programs is 5,200,770 shares. The Company repurchased 503,873 shares for $9.7 million during the three months ended May 31, 2020 (all shares were purchased in March 2020 under a SEC Rule 10b5-1 trading plan, before the repurchase was able to be suspended in response to the COVID-19 pandemic) and 1,343,662 shares for $27.5 million during the nine months ended May 31, 2020.

The reconciliation between basic and diluted earnings per share is as follows (in thousands, except per share amounts):

	Three Months Ended May 31,					Nine Months Ended May 31,
	2020			2019		2020			2019
Numerator:
Net (loss) earnings from continuing operations	$	(4,930	)	$	26,858	$	5,360		$	11,201
Net (loss) earnings from discontinued operations	(69		)	5,560		(6,076		)	6,518
Net (loss) earnings	(4,999		)	32,418		(716		)	17,719
Denominator:
Weighted average common shares outstanding - basic	59,826			61,422		60,012			61,232
Net effect of dilutive securities - stock based compensation plans	—			418		346			469
Weighted average common shares outstanding - diluted	$	59,826		$	61,840	$	60,358		$	61,701
(Loss) earnings per common share from continuing operations:
Basic	$	(0.08	)	$	0.44	$	0.09		$	0.18
Diluted	$	(0.08	)	$	0.43	$	0.09		$	0.18
(Loss) earnings per common share from discontinued operations:
Basic	$	—		$	0.09	$	(0.10	)	$	0.11
Diluted	$	—		$	0.09	$	(0.10	)	$	0.11
(Loss) earnings per common share:
Basic	$	(0.08	)	$	0.53	$	(0.01	)	$	0.29
Diluted	$	(0.08	)	$	0.52	$	(0.01	)	$	0.29
Anti-dilutive securities from stock based compensation plans (excluded from earnings per share calculation)	2,479			987		1,435			1,164

The following table illustrates the changes in the balances of each component of shareholders' equity for the three months ended May 31, 2020 (in thousands):

	Common Stock			Additional Paid-in Capital			Treasury Stock			Retained Earnings			Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss			Stock Held in Trust			Deferred Compensation Liability		Total Shareholders’ Equity
	Issued Shares	Amount
Balance at February 29, 2020	82,540	$	16,508	$	189,716		$	(658,017	)	$	923,622		$	(117,464	)	$	(2,434	)	$	2,434	$	354,365
Net loss	—	—		—			—			(4,999		)	—			—			—		(4,999		)
Other comprehensive loss, net of tax	—	—		—			—			—			(6,586		)	—			—		(6,586		)
Stock contribution to employee benefit plans and other	6	1		96			—			—			—			—			—		97
Restricted stock awards	13	3		(3		)	—			—			—			—			—		—
Treasury stock repurchases	—	—		—			(9,715		)	—			—			—			—		(9,715		)
Stock based compensation expense	—	—		3,184			—			—			—			—			—		3,184
Stock option exercises	—	—		—			—			—			—			—			—		—
Tax effect related to net share settlement of equity awards	—	—		(147		)	—			—			—			—			—		(147		)
Stock issued to, acquired for and distributed from rabbi trust	4	1		82			—			—			—			(83		)	83		83
Balance at May 31, 2020	82,563	$	16,513	$	192,928		$	(667,732	)	$	918,623		$	(124,050	)	$	(2,517	)	$	2,517	$	336,282

The following table illustrates the changes in the balances of each component of shareholders' equity for the three months ended May 31, 2019 (in thousands):

	Common Stock			Additional Paid-in Capital			Treasury Stock			Retained Earnings		Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss			Stock Held in Trust			Deferred Compensation Liability		Total Shareholders’ Equity
	Issued Shares	Amount
Balance at February 28, 2019	81,832	$	16,364	$	174,418		$	(617,731	)	$	1,152,331	$	(139,752	)	$	(2,989	)	$	2,989	$	585,630
Net earnings	—	—		—			—			32,418		—			—			—		32,418
Other comprehensive income, net of tax	—	—		—			—			—		(13,800		)	—			—		(13,800		)
Stock contribution to employee benefit plans and other	5	1		114			—			—		—			—			—		115
Restricted stock awards	28	6		(6		)	—			—		—			—			—		—
Stock based compensation expense	—	—		3,091			—			—		—			—			—		3,091
Stock option exercises	10	2		204			—			—		—			—			—		206
Tax effect related to net share settlement of equity awards	—	—		(322		)	—			—		—			—			—		(322		)
Stock issued to, acquired for and distributed from rabbi trust	5	1		85			—			—		—			(86		)	86		86
Balance at May 31, 2019	81,880	$	16,374	$	177,584		$	(617,731	)	$	1,184,749	$	(153,552	)	$	(3,075	)	$	3,075	$	607,424

The following table illustrates the changes in the balances of each component of shareholders' equity for the nine months ended May 31, 2020 (in thousands):

	Common Stock			Additional Paid-in Capital			Treasury Stock			Retained Earnings			Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss			Stock Held in Trust			Deferred Compensation Liability			Total Shareholders’ Equity
	Issued Shares	Amount
Balance at August 31, 2019	81,919	$	16,384	$	181,213		$	(640,212	)	$	915,466		$	(171,672	)	$	(3,070	)	$	3,070		$	301,179
Net loss	—	—		—			—			(716		)	—			—			—			(716		)
Other comprehensive income, net of tax	—	—		—			—			—			51,289			—			—			51,289
Stock contribution to employee benefit plans and other	17	3		351			—			—			—			—			—			354
Restricted stock awards	462	93		(93		)	—			—			—			—			—			—
Treasury stock repurchases	—	—		—			(27,520		)	—			—			—			—			(27,520		)
Stock based compensation expense	—	—		12,814			—			—			—			—			—			12,814
Stock option exercises	145	29		2,602			—			—			—			—			—			2,631
Tax effect related to net share settlement of equity awards	—	—		(4,210		)	—			—			—			—			—			(4,210		)
Stock issued to, acquired for and distributed from rabbi trust	20	4		251			—			—			—			553			(553		)	255
Adoption of accounting standards (Note 1)	—	—		—			—			3,873			(3,667		)	—			—			206
Balance at May 31, 2020	82,563	$	16,513	$	192,928		$	(667,732	)	$	918,623		$	(124,050	)	$	(2,517	)	$	2,517		$	336,282

The following table illustrates the changes in the balances of each component of shareholders' equity for the nine months ended May 31, 2019 (in thousands):

	Common Stock			Additional Paid-in Capital			Treasury Stock			Retained Earnings		Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss			Stock Held in Trust			Deferred Compensation Liability		Total Shareholders’ Equity
	Issued Shares	Amount
Balance at August 31, 2018	81,424	$	16,285	$	167,448		$	(617,731	)	$	1,166,955	$	(174,245	)	$	(2,450	)	$	2,450	$	558,712
Net earnings	—	—		—			—			17,719		—			—			—		17,719
Other comprehensive income, net of tax	—	—		—			—			—		20,693			—			—		20,693
Stock contribution to employee benefit plans and other	15	3		356			—			—		—			—			—		359
Restricted stock awards	366	71		(71		)	—			—		—			—			—		—
Stock based compensation expense	—	—		10,253			—			—		—			—			—		10,253
Stock option exercises	45	9		984			—			—		—			—			—		993
Tax effect related to net share settlement of equity awards	—	—		(1,811		)	—			—		—			—			—		(1,811		)
Stock issued to, acquired for and distributed from rabbi trust	30	6		425			—			—		—			(625		)	625		431
Adoption of accounting standards	—	—		—			—			75		—			—			—		75
Balance at May 31, 2019	81,880	$	16,374	$	177,584		$	(617,731	)	$	1,184,749	$	(153,552	)	$	(3,075	)	$	3,075	$	607,424

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Income Taxes

9 Months Ended

May 31, 2020

Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]

Income Taxes

Note 12. Income Taxes

The Company's global operations, acquisition activity and specific tax attributes provide opportunities for continuous global tax planning initiatives to maximize tax credits and deductions. Comparative (loss) earnings before income taxes, income tax (benefit) expense and effective income tax rates from continuing operations are as follows (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended May 31,						Nine Months Ended May 31,
	2020			2019			2020			2019
(Loss) earnings from continuing operations before income tax (benefit) expense	$	(5,337	)	$	31,820		$	6,709		$	20,231
Income tax (benefit) expense	(407		)	4,962			1,349			9,030
Effective income tax rate	7.6		%	15.6		%	20.1		%	44.6		%

The Company’s (loss) earnings from continuing operations before income taxes includes earnings from foreign jurisdictions in excess of 70% of the consolidated total for the estimated full-year fiscal 2020 and 2019. Overall, the annual effective tax rate is not significantly impacted by differences in foreign tax rates now that the U.S. tax rate of 21% is in line with the Company's average foreign tax rate. Both the current and prior-year effective income tax rates were impacted by impairment & divestiture charges (benefits) as well as accelerated debt issuance costs and purchase accounting charges in the current year ("one-time charges (benefits)"). Results included one-time charges (benefits) of $(1.2) million ($(0.8) million) after tax) and $(2.5) million ($(1.8) million after tax) for the three and nine months ended May 31, 2020, respectively. This compares to one-time charges (benefits) of $(13.0) million ($(13.0) million after tax) and $14.0 million ($14.0 million after tax) for the three and nine months ended May 31, 2019, respectively. Excluding the one-time charges (benefits), the effective tax rate was 12.8% and 26.1% for the three months ended May 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively, and 14.5% and 26.2% for the nine months ended May 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively. The income tax expense without one-time charges (benefits) for the three and nine months ended May 31, 2020 is greatly impacted by decreased profitability due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the impact of non-recurring benefits related to the reduction in tax reserves due to the lapsing of statutes of limitations and valuation allowance releases associated with the ability to use tax attributes before expiration.

On March 27, 2020, the U.S. government enacted tax legislation containing provisions to support businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic (the “CARES Act”), including deferment of the employer portion of certain payroll taxes, refundable payroll tax credits, and technical amendments to tax depreciation methods for qualified improvement property. The CARES Act did not have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements for the three or nine months ended May 31, 2020. We are currently evaluating the future impact of the CARES Act provisions on our consolidated financial statements.

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Segment Information

9 Months Ended

May 31, 2020

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Segment Information

Note 13. Segment Information

The Company is a global manufacturer of a broad range of industrial products and solutions. The IT&S reportable segment is primarily engaged in the design, manufacture and distribution of branded hydraulic and mechanical tools and in providing services and tool rental to the industrial, maintenance, infrastructure, oil & gas, energy and other markets. The Other operating segment is included for purposes of reconciliation of the respective balances below to the condensed consolidated financial statements.

The following tables summarize financial information by reportable segment and product line (in thousands):    

	Three Months Ended May 31,						Nine Months Ended May 31,
	2020			2019			2020			2019
Net Sales by Reportable Segment & Product Line
Industrial Tools & Services Segment
Product	$	67,957		$	115,067		$	257,685		$	323,420
Service & Rental	24,908			51,665			94,134			141,488
	92,865			166,732			351,819			464,908
Other Operating Segment	9,014			11,363			30,120			31,527
	$	101,879		$	178,095		$	381,939		$	496,435
Operating Profit (Loss)
Industrial Tools & Services Segment	$	7,639		$	34,877		$	54,263		$	87,797
Other Operating Segment	(790		)	13,072			(2,017		)	(13,336		)
General Corporate	(8,847		)	(9,770		)	(31,308		)	(32,395		)
	$	(1,998	)	$	38,179		$	20,938		$	42,066

	May 31, 2020		August 31, 2019
Assets*
Industrial Tools & Services Segment	$	622,113	$	553,615
Other Operating Segment	62,105		54,484
General Corporate	167,317		230,597
	$	851,535	$	838,696

*Excludes "Assets from discontinued operations" as of August 31, 2019.

In addition to the impact of changes in foreign currency exchange rates, the comparability of segment and product line information is impacted by acquisition/divestiture activities, impairment and divestiture charges, restructuring costs and related benefits. Corporate assets, which are not allocated, principally represent cash and cash equivalents, capitalized debt issuance costs and deferred income taxes.

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Contingencies and Litigation

9 Months Ended

May 31, 2020

Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]

Contingencies and Litigation

Note 14. Commitments and Contingencies

The Company had outstanding letters of credit of $11.9 million and $18.2 million at May 31, 2020 and August 31, 2019, respectively, the majority of which relate to commercial contracts and self-insured workers' compensation programs.

As part of the Company's global sourcing strategy, we have entered into agreements with certain suppliers that require the supplier to maintain minimum levels of inventory to support certain products for which we require a short lead time to fulfill customer orders. We have the ability to notify the supplier that they no longer need to maintain the minimum level of inventory should we discontinue manufacturing of a product during the contract period, however, we must purchase the remaining minimum inventory levels the supplier was required to maintain within a defined period of time.

The Company is a party to various legal proceedings that have arisen in the normal course of business. These legal proceedings typically include product liability, breaches of contract, employment, personal injury and other disputes. The Company has recorded reserves for loss contingencies based on the specific circumstances of each case. Such reserves are recorded when it is probable a loss has been incurred and can be reasonably estimated. In the opinion of management, resolution of these contingencies is not expected to have a material adverse effect on the Company’s financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

The Company remains contingently liable for lease payments under leases of businesses that it previously divested or spun-off in the event that such businesses are unable to fulfill their future lease payment obligations, however, the Company does not believe it is probable that it will be required to satisfy these obligations. Future minimum lease payments for these leases at May 31, 2020 were $7.3 million associated with monthly payments extending to fiscal 2025.

The Company has self-disclosed the sales to an Estonian customer to relevant authorities in the Netherlands as potentially violating applicable sanctions laws in that country and the European Union. The investigation by authorities in the Netherlands is ongoing and may result in penalties. At this time, the Company cannot predict when the investigation will be completed or reasonably estimate what penalties, if any, will be assessed. While there can be no assurance of the ultimate outcome of the Netherlands investigation, the Company currently believes that there will be no material adverse effect on the Company's financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

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Leases Leases

9 Months Ended

May 31, 2020

Leases [Abstract]

Lessee, Operating Leases [Text Block]

Note 15. Leases

The Company adopted ASC 842 on September 1, 2019 using a modified retrospective approach and as a result did not adjust prior periods. See Note 1, “Basis of Presentation” for further discussion of the adoption.

As of May 31, 2020, the Company had operating leases for real estate, vehicles, manufacturing equipment, IT equipment and office equipment. The Company did not have any financing leases during the three and nine months ended May 31, 2020. Our real estate leases are generally for office, warehouse and manufacturing facilities typically ranging in term from 3 to 15 years and may contain renewal options for periods up to 5 years at our discretion. Our equipment leases are generally for vehicles, manufacturing and IT equipment typically ranging in term from 3 to 7 years and may contain renewal options for periods up to one year at our discretion. Our leases generally contain payments that are primarily fixed; however, certain lease arrangements contain variable payments, which are expensed as incurred and not included in the measurement of ROU assets and lease liabilities. These amounts include payments affected by changes in the Consumer Price Index and executory costs (such as real estate taxes, utilities and common-area maintenance), which are based on usage or performance. In addition, our leases generally do not include material residual value guarantees or material restrictive covenants.

We determine if an arrangement contains a lease in whole or in part at the inception of the contract and identify classification of the lease as financing or operating. ROU assets represent our right to use an underlying asset for the lease term while lease liabilities represent our obligation to make lease payments arising from the lease. We account for the underlying operating lease asset at the individual lease level. Operating leases are recorded as operating lease ROU assets in “Other long-term assets” and operating lease liabilities in “Other current liabilities” and “Other long-term liabilities” of the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.

All leases greater than 12 months result in recognition of a ROU asset and a liability at the lease commencement date and are recorded at the present value of the future minimum lease payments over the lease term. The lease term is equal to the initial term at commencement plus any renewal or extension options that the Company is reasonably certain will be exercised. ROU assets at the date of commencement are equal to the amount of the initial lease liability, the initial direct costs incurred by the Company and any prepaid lease payments less any incentives received. Lease expense for operating leases is recognized on a straight-line basis over the lease term or remaining useful life. As most of our leases do not provide the information required to determine the implicit rate, we utilize a consolidated group incremental borrowing rate for all leases as the Company has centralized treasury operations. The incremental borrowing rate is derived through a combination of inputs such as the Company's credit rating, impact of collaborated borrowing capabilities and lease term.

The Company considers contract modifications when there is a change to the contractual terms, scope of the lease or the consideration given. In the event the right to use an additional asset is granted and the lease payments associated with the additional asset are commensurate with the ROU asset’s standalone price, the modification is accounted for as a separate contract and the original contract remains unchanged. In the event that a single lease is modified, the Company reassesses the classification of the modified lease as of the effective date of the modification based on the modified terms and accounts for initial direct costs, lease incentives and any other payments made to or by the Company in connection with the modification in the same manner that items would be accounted for in connection with a new lease. If there is an additional ROU asset included, the lease term is extended or reduced, or the consideration is the only change in the contract, the Company reallocates the remaining consideration in the contract and remeasures the lease liability using a discount rate determined at the effective date of the modification. The remeasured lease liability for the modified lease is an adjustment to the corresponding ROU asset and does not impact the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations. In the event of a full or partial termination, the carrying value of the ROU asset decreases on a basis proportionate to the full or partial termination and any difference between the reduction in the lease liability and the proportionate reduction of the ROU asset is recognized as a gain or loss at the effective date of the modification.

The Company elected not to recognize leases with the duration of less than one-year on its balance sheet and continues to expense such leases on a straight-line basis over the lease term.

The components of lease expense for the three and nine months ended May 31, 2020 were as follows (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended May 31, 2020		Nine Months Ended May 31, 2020
Lease Cost:
Operating lease cost	$	3,818	$	11,966
Short-term lease cost	343		1,108
Variable lease cost	447		1,480

Supplemental cash flow and other information related to leases were as follows (in thousands):

	Nine Months Ended May 31, 2020
Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of lease liabilities:
Operating cash flows from operating leases	$	11,908
Right-of-use assets obtained in exchange for new lease liabilities:
Operating leases	4,773

Supplemental balance sheet information related to leases were as follows (in thousands):

	May 31, 2020
Operating leases:
Other long-term assets	$	50,911
Other current liabilities	12,203
Other long-term liabilities	39,939
Total operating lease liabilities	$	52,142
Weighted Average Remaining Lease Term (in years):
Operating leases	7.6 years
Weighted Average Discount Rate:
Operating leases	4.36		%

A summary of the future minimum lease payments due under operating leases with terms of more than one year at May 31, 2020 is as follows (in thousands):

	Operating Leases
2020 (excluding the nine months ended May 31, 2020)	$	3,910
2021	13,268
2022	9,454
2023	7,480
2024	5,955
Thereafter	21,862
Total minimum lease payments	61,928
Less imputed interest	(9,786		)
Present value of net minimum lease payments	$	52,142

A summary of the future minimum lease payments due under operating leases with terms of more than one year at August 31, 2019 is as follows (in thousands):

	Operating Leases
2020	$	15,792
2021	12,266
2022	10,111
2023	6,865
2024	5,177
Thereafter	21,620
Present value of net minimum lease payments	$	71,831

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Basis of Presentation Basis of Presentation (Policies)

9 Months Ended

May 31, 2020

Accounting Policies [Abstract]

New Accounting Pronouncements, Policy [Policy Text Block]

New Accounting Pronouncements

In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-02, Leases (and subsequently ASU 2018-01 and ASU 2019-01), to increase transparency and comparability among organizations by recognizing all lease transactions on the balance sheet as a lease liability and a right-of-use (“ROU”) asset. The amendments also expanded disclosure requirements for key information about leasing arrangements. On September 1, 2019, the Company adopted the standard using a modified retrospective approach and elected the package of practical expedients allowing us to not reassess whether any expired or existing contracts contain leases, the lease classification for any expired or existing leases, and initial direct costs for leases that commenced prior to September 1, 2019. In addition, we elected not to recognize ROU assets or lease liabilities for leases containing terms of 12 months or less and not separate lease components from non-lease components for all asset classes. The Company updated its standard lease accounting policy to address the new standard, revised the Company’s business processes and controls to align to the updated policy and new standard and completed the implementation of and data input into the Company’s lease accounting software solution. The most significant impact of the standard on the Company was the recognition of a $60.8 million ROU asset and operating lease liability on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets at adoption. The standard did not have a significant impact on our Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations or Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows. In addition, as a result of sale leaseback transactions in previous years for which gains were deferred and under the new standard would have been recognized, the Company recorded an increase to retained earnings of $0.2 million in the first quarter of fiscal 2020, which represents the recognition of these previously deferred gains. See Note 15, “Leases” for further discussion of the Company’s operating leases.

In February 2018, the FASB issued ASU 2018-02, Income Statement-Reporting Comprehensive Income (Topic 220): Reclassification of Certain Tax Effects from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income, which allows companies to reclassify stranded income tax effects resulting from the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act from accumulated other comprehensive income to retained earnings in their consolidated financial statements. The Company adopted the guidance on September 1, 2019 and recorded an increase to retained earnings with an offsetting increase in accumulated other comprehensive loss of $3.7 million on the adoption date.

Schedule of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) [Table Text Block]

Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss

The following is a summary of the Company's accumulated other comprehensive loss (in thousands):

	May 31, 2020		August 31, 2019
Foreign currency translation adjustments	$	100,654	$	151,115
Pension and other postretirement benefit plans, net of tax	23,396		20,557
Accumulated other comprehensive loss	$	124,050	$	171,672

Property, Plant and Equipment [Table Text Block]

Property Plant and Equipment

The following is a summary of the Company's components of property, plant and equipment (in thousands):

	May 31, 2020			August 31, 2019
Land, buildings and improvements	$	32,128		$	29,661
Machinery and equipment	137,097			140,083
Gross property, plant and equipment	169,225			169,744
Less: Accumulated depreciation	(108,554		)	(113,015		)
Property, plant and equipment, net	$	60,671		$	56,729

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Basis of Presentation Schedule of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) (Tables)

9 Months Ended

May 31, 2020

Schedule of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) [Abstract]

Schedule of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) [Table Text Block]

Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss

The following is a summary of the Company's accumulated other comprehensive loss (in thousands):

	May 31, 2020		August 31, 2019
Foreign currency translation adjustments	$	100,654	$	151,115
Pension and other postretirement benefit plans, net of tax	23,396		20,557
Accumulated other comprehensive loss	$	124,050	$	171,672

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Basis of Presentation Property, Plant and Equipment (Tables)

9 Months Ended

May 31, 2020

Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]

Property, Plant and Equipment [Table Text Block]

Property Plant and Equipment

The following is a summary of the Company's components of property, plant and equipment (in thousands):

	May 31, 2020			August 31, 2019
Land, buildings and improvements	$	32,128		$	29,661
Machinery and equipment	137,097			140,083
Gross property, plant and equipment	169,225			169,744
Less: Accumulated depreciation	(108,554		)	(113,015		)
Property, plant and equipment, net	$	60,671		$	56,729

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Revenue Recognition Disaggregation of Revenues (Tables)

9 Months Ended

May 31, 2020

Revenue from Contract with Customer [Abstract]

Disaggregation of Revenue [Table Text Block]

The following table presents information regarding revenues disaggregated by the timing of when goods and services are transferred (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended May 31,				Nine Months Ended May 31,
	2020		2019		2020		2019
Revenues recognized at point in time	$	73,412	$	117,175	$	275,413	$	335,314
Revenues recognized over time	28,467		60,920		106,526		161,121
Total	$	101,879	$	178,095	$	381,939	$	496,435

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Revenue Recognition Contract with Customer, Assets and Liabilities (Tables)

9 Months Ended

May 31, 2020

Revenue from Contract with Customer [Abstract]

Contract with Customer, Contract Asset, Contract Liability, and Receivable [Table Text Block]

Contract Balances

The Company's contract assets and liabilities are as follows (in thousands):

	May 31, 2020		August 31, 2019
Receivables, which are included in accounts receivable, net	$	93,796	$	125,883
Contract assets, which are included in other current assets	4,563		3,747
Contract liabilities, which are included in other current liabilities	2,233		3,707

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Restructuring Charges (Tables)

9 Months Ended

May 31, 2020

Restructuring and Related Activities [Abstract]

Restructuring and Related Costs [Table Text Block]

The following summarizes restructuring reserve activity for the IT&S reportable segment and corporate (in thousands):

	Nine Months Ended May 31, 2020
	Industrial Tools & Services			Corporate
Balance as of August 31, 2019	$	2,912		$	—
Restructuring charges	4,019			1,590
Cash payments	(4,265		)	(871		)
Other non-cash uses of reserve (1)	(556		)	(484		)
Impact of changes in foreign currency rates	(23		)	—
Balance as of May 31, 2020	$	2,087		$	235

⁽¹⁾ Majority of non-cash uses of reserve represents accelerated equity vesting with employee severance agreements.

	Nine Months Ended May 31, 2019
	Industrial Tools & Services			Corporate
Balance as of August 31, 2018	$	1,687		$	46
Restructuring charges	1,136			—
Cash payments	(1,379		)	(46		)
Other non-cash uses of reserve	(18		)	—
Impact of changes in foreign currency rates	(28		)	—
Balance as of May 31, 2019	$	1,398		$	—

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Discontinued Operations & Other Divestiture Charges Discontinued Operations Balance Sheet and Statement of Operations (Tables) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	May 31, 2020	May 31, 2019	May 31, 2020	May 31, 2019
Discontinued Operations and Disposal Groups [Abstract]
Net (Loss) Earnings from Discontinued Operations	$ (69)	$ 5,560	$ (6,076)	$ 6,518

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Discontinued Operations & Other Divestiture Charges Statement of Operations (Tables)

9 Months Ended

May 31, 2020

Discontinued Operations and Disposal Groups [Abstract]

Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Table Text Block]

The following represents the detail of "(Loss) earnings from discontinued operations, net of income taxes" within the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended May 31,					Nine Months Ended May 31,
	2020			2019		2020*			2019
Net sales	$	—		$	117,171	$	67,010		$	363,270
Cost of products sold	—			87,224		49,749			272,456
Gross profit	—			29,947		17,261			90,814
Selling, administrative and engineering expenses	116			16,801		11,567			54,184
Amortization of intangible assets	—			1,573		—			5,142
Restructuring (benefit) charges	—			—		(11		)	446
Impairment & divestiture (benefit) charges	(31		)	2,392		28,699			18,711
Operating (loss) earnings	(85		)	9,181		(22,994		)	12,331
Financing costs, net	—			109		14			102
Other expense (income), net	—			1,165		(104		)	1,712
(Loss) earnings before income tax (benefit) expense	(85		)	7,907		(22,904		)	10,517
Income tax (benefit) expense	(16		)	2,347		(16,828		)	3,999
Net (loss) earnings from discontinued operations	$	(69	)	$	5,560	$	(6,076	)	$	6,518

* "(Loss) earnings from discontinued operations, net of income taxes" for the periods presented in fiscal 2020 include the results of the EC&S segment for the two months ended October 31, 2019 (the divestiture date) as well as the ancillary impacts from certain retained liabilities subsequent to the divestiture. As a result of the classification of the segment as assets and liabilities held for sale for the two months ended October 31, 2019, the Company did not record amortization or depreciation expense in the results of operations in accordance with U.S. GAAP. Furthermore, the Company excluded EC&S segment employees from the fiscal 2020 bonus compensation plan, hence there are no expenses associated with the plan for that period.

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Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets (Tables)

9 Months Ended

May 31, 2020

Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of Goodwill

The changes in the carrying amount of goodwill for the nine months ended May 31, 2020 are as follows (in thousands):

	Industrial Tools & Services		Other		Total
Balance as of August 31, 2019	$	242,873	$	17,542	$	260,415
Acquisition of HTL Group (Note 4)	10,087		—		10,087
Impact of changes in foreign currency rates	658		9		667
Balance as of May 31, 2020	$	253,618	$	17,551	$	271,169

Schedule Of Finite Lived And Indefinite Lived Intangible Assets Table

The gross carrying value and accumulated amortization of the Company’s intangible assets are as follows (in thousands):

		May 31, 2020						August 31, 2019
	Weighted Average Amortization Period (Years)	Gross Carrying Value		Accumulated Amortization		Net Book Value		Gross Carrying Value		Accumulated Amortization		Net Book Value
Amortizable intangible assets:
Customer relationships	14	$	138,749	$	102,344	$	36,405	$	126,229	$	96,817	$	29,412
Patents	12	13,922		12,769		1,153		13,227		12,276		951
Trademarks and tradenames*	12	3,153		2,070		1,083		4,513		2,921		1,592
Indefinite lived intangible assets:
Tradenames	N/A	24,192		—		24,192		20,420		—		20,420
		$	180,016	$	117,183	$	62,833	$	164,389	$	112,014	$	52,375

*The decrease in the Gross Carrying Value and Accumulated Amortization of Trademarks and tradenames is a result of the Milwaukee Cylinder business being held for sale as of November 30, 2019 and the impairment charge discussed in Note 5, "Discontinued Operations and Other Divestiture Activities." included the Trademarks and tradenames associated with that business being fully impaired.

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Product Warranty Costs (Tables)

9 Months Ended

May 31, 2020

Guarantees [Abstract]

Schedule of Product Warranty Liability

The following summarizes the changes in product warranty reserves for the nine months ended May 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively (in thousands):

	Nine Months Ended May 31,
	2020			2019
Beginning balance	$	1,145		$	931
Provision for warranties	354			1,099
Warranty payments and costs incurred	(735		)	(806		)
Warranty activity for divested businesses	(27		)	—
Impact of changes in foreign currency rates	1			(22		)
Ending balance	$	738		$	1,202

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Debt (Tables)

9 Months Ended

May 31, 2020

Debt Disclosure [Abstract]

Long-Term Indebtedness

The following is a summary of the Company’s long-term indebtedness (in thousands):

	May 31, 2020			August 31, 2019
Senior Credit Facility
Revolver	$	—		$	—
Term Loan	—			175,000
Total Senior Credit Facility	—			175,000
5.625% Senior Notes	287,559			287,559
Total Senior Indebtedness	287,559			462,559
Less: Current maturities of long-term debt	—			(7,500		)
Debt issuance costs	(1,062		)	(2,114		)
Total long-term debt, less current maturities	$	286,497		$	452,945

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Derivatives Derivatives (Tables)

9 Months Ended

May 31, 2020

Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosure [Abstract]

Derivative Instruments, Gain (Loss) [Table Text Block]

Net foreign currency loss (included in "Other expense" in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations) related to these derivative instruments were as follows (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended May 31,						Nine Months Ended May 31,
	2020			2019			2020			2019
Foreign currency loss, net	$	(842	)	$	(114	)	$	(1,393	)	$	(115	)

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Earnings Per Share (Tables)

9 Months Ended

May 31, 2020

Earnings Per Share [Abstract]

Schedule of Earnings Per Share, Basic and Diluted

The reconciliation between basic and diluted earnings per share is as follows (in thousands, except per share amounts):

	Three Months Ended May 31,					Nine Months Ended May 31,
	2020			2019		2020			2019
Numerator:
Net (loss) earnings from continuing operations	$	(4,930	)	$	26,858	$	5,360		$	11,201
Net (loss) earnings from discontinued operations	(69		)	5,560		(6,076		)	6,518
Net (loss) earnings	(4,999		)	32,418		(716		)	17,719
Denominator:
Weighted average common shares outstanding - basic	59,826			61,422		60,012			61,232
Net effect of dilutive securities - stock based compensation plans	—			418		346			469
Weighted average common shares outstanding - diluted	$	59,826		$	61,840	$	60,358		$	61,701
(Loss) earnings per common share from continuing operations:
Basic	$	(0.08	)	$	0.44	$	0.09		$	0.18
Diluted	$	(0.08	)	$	0.43	$	0.09		$	0.18
(Loss) earnings per common share from discontinued operations:
Basic	$	—		$	0.09	$	(0.10	)	$	0.11
Diluted	$	—		$	0.09	$	(0.10	)	$	0.11
(Loss) earnings per common share:
Basic	$	(0.08	)	$	0.53	$	(0.01	)	$	0.29
Diluted	$	(0.08	)	$	0.52	$	(0.01	)	$	0.29
Anti-dilutive securities from stock based compensation plans (excluded from earnings per share calculation)	2,479			987		1,435			1,164

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Earnings per Share and Shareholders' Equity Shareholders Equity (Tables)

9 Months Ended

May 31, 2020

Statement of Stockholders' Equity [Abstract]

Stockholders' Equity Note Disclosure [Text Block]

The following table illustrates the changes in the balances of each component of shareholders' equity for the three months ended May 31, 2020 (in thousands):

	Common Stock			Additional Paid-in Capital			Treasury Stock			Retained Earnings			Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss			Stock Held in Trust			Deferred Compensation Liability		Total Shareholders’ Equity
	Issued Shares	Amount
Balance at February 29, 2020	82,540	$	16,508	$	189,716		$	(658,017	)	$	923,622		$	(117,464	)	$	(2,434	)	$	2,434	$	354,365
Net loss	—	—		—			—			(4,999		)	—			—			—		(4,999		)
Other comprehensive loss, net of tax	—	—		—			—			—			(6,586		)	—			—		(6,586		)
Stock contribution to employee benefit plans and other	6	1		96			—			—			—			—			—		97
Restricted stock awards	13	3		(3		)	—			—			—			—			—		—
Treasury stock repurchases	—	—		—			(9,715		)	—			—			—			—		(9,715		)
Stock based compensation expense	—	—		3,184			—			—			—			—			—		3,184
Stock option exercises	—	—		—			—			—			—			—			—		—
Tax effect related to net share settlement of equity awards	—	—		(147		)	—			—			—			—			—		(147		)
Stock issued to, acquired for and distributed from rabbi trust	4	1		82			—			—			—			(83		)	83		83
Balance at May 31, 2020	82,563	$	16,513	$	192,928		$	(667,732	)	$	918,623		$	(124,050	)	$	(2,517	)	$	2,517	$	336,282

The following table illustrates the changes in the balances of each component of shareholders' equity for the three months ended May 31, 2019 (in thousands):

	Common Stock			Additional Paid-in Capital			Treasury Stock			Retained Earnings		Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss			Stock Held in Trust			Deferred Compensation Liability		Total Shareholders’ Equity
	Issued Shares	Amount
Balance at February 28, 2019	81,832	$	16,364	$	174,418		$	(617,731	)	$	1,152,331	$	(139,752	)	$	(2,989	)	$	2,989	$	585,630
Net earnings	—	—		—			—			32,418		—			—			—		32,418
Other comprehensive income, net of tax	—	—		—			—			—		(13,800		)	—			—		(13,800		)
Stock contribution to employee benefit plans and other	5	1		114			—			—		—			—			—		115
Restricted stock awards	28	6		(6		)	—			—		—			—			—		—
Stock based compensation expense	—	—		3,091			—			—		—			—			—		3,091
Stock option exercises	10	2		204			—			—		—			—			—		206
Tax effect related to net share settlement of equity awards	—	—		(322		)	—			—		—			—			—		(322		)
Stock issued to, acquired for and distributed from rabbi trust	5	1		85			—			—		—			(86		)	86		86
Balance at May 31, 2019	81,880	$	16,374	$	177,584		$	(617,731	)	$	1,184,749	$	(153,552	)	$	(3,075	)	$	3,075	$	607,424

The following table illustrates the changes in the balances of each component of shareholders' equity for the nine months ended May 31, 2020 (in thousands):

	Common Stock			Additional Paid-in Capital			Treasury Stock			Retained Earnings			Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss			Stock Held in Trust			Deferred Compensation Liability			Total Shareholders’ Equity
	Issued Shares	Amount
Balance at August 31, 2019	81,919	$	16,384	$	181,213		$	(640,212	)	$	915,466		$	(171,672	)	$	(3,070	)	$	3,070		$	301,179
Net loss	—	—		—			—			(716		)	—			—			—			(716		)
Other comprehensive income, net of tax	—	—		—			—			—			51,289			—			—			51,289
Stock contribution to employee benefit plans and other	17	3		351			—			—			—			—			—			354
Restricted stock awards	462	93		(93		)	—			—			—			—			—			—
Treasury stock repurchases	—	—		—			(27,520		)	—			—			—			—			(27,520		)
Stock based compensation expense	—	—		12,814			—			—			—			—			—			12,814
Stock option exercises	145	29		2,602			—			—			—			—			—			2,631
Tax effect related to net share settlement of equity awards	—	—		(4,210		)	—			—			—			—			—			(4,210		)
Stock issued to, acquired for and distributed from rabbi trust	20	4		251			—			—			—			553			(553		)	255
Adoption of accounting standards (Note 1)	—	—		—			—			3,873			(3,667		)	—			—			206
Balance at May 31, 2020	82,563	$	16,513	$	192,928		$	(667,732	)	$	918,623		$	(124,050	)	$	(2,517	)	$	2,517		$	336,282

The following table illustrates the changes in the balances of each component of shareholders' equity for the nine months ended May 31, 2019 (in thousands):

	Common Stock			Additional Paid-in Capital			Treasury Stock			Retained Earnings		Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss			Stock Held in Trust			Deferred Compensation Liability		Total Shareholders’ Equity
	Issued Shares	Amount
Balance at August 31, 2018	81,424	$	16,285	$	167,448		$	(617,731	)	$	1,166,955	$	(174,245	)	$	(2,450	)	$	2,450	$	558,712
Net earnings	—	—		—			—			17,719		—			—			—		17,719
Other comprehensive income, net of tax	—	—		—			—			—		20,693			—			—		20,693
Stock contribution to employee benefit plans and other	15	3		356			—			—		—			—			—		359
Restricted stock awards	366	71		(71		)	—			—		—			—			—		—
Stock based compensation expense	—	—		10,253			—			—		—			—			—		10,253
Stock option exercises	45	9		984			—			—		—			—			—		993
Tax effect related to net share settlement of equity awards	—	—		(1,811		)	—			—		—			—			—		(1,811		)
Stock issued to, acquired for and distributed from rabbi trust	30	6		425			—			—		—			(625		)	625		431
Adoption of accounting standards	—	—		—			—			75		—			—			—		75
Balance at May 31, 2019	81,880	$	16,374	$	177,584		$	(617,731	)	$	1,184,749	$	(153,552	)	$	(3,075	)	$	3,075	$	607,424

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Income Taxes Income Taxes (Tables)

9 Months Ended

May 31, 2020

Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]

Income Tax Effective Tax Rate [Table Text Block]

Comparative (loss) earnings before income taxes, income tax (benefit) expense and effective income tax rates from continuing operations are as follows (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended May 31,						Nine Months Ended May 31,
	2020			2019			2020			2019
(Loss) earnings from continuing operations before income tax (benefit) expense	$	(5,337	)	$	31,820		$	6,709		$	20,231
Income tax (benefit) expense	(407		)	4,962			1,349			9,030
Effective income tax rate	7.6		%	15.6		%	20.1		%	44.6		%

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Segment Information (Tables)

9 Months Ended

May 31, 2020

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Summary of Financial Information by Reportable Segment and Product Line

The following tables summarize financial information by reportable segment and product line (in thousands):    

	Three Months Ended May 31,						Nine Months Ended May 31,
	2020			2019			2020			2019
Net Sales by Reportable Segment & Product Line
Industrial Tools & Services Segment
Product	$	67,957		$	115,067		$	257,685		$	323,420
Service & Rental	24,908			51,665			94,134			141,488
	92,865			166,732			351,819			464,908
Other Operating Segment	9,014			11,363			30,120			31,527
	$	101,879		$	178,095		$	381,939		$	496,435
Operating Profit (Loss)
Industrial Tools & Services Segment	$	7,639		$	34,877		$	54,263		$	87,797
Other Operating Segment	(790		)	13,072			(2,017		)	(13,336		)
General Corporate	(8,847		)	(9,770		)	(31,308		)	(32,395		)
	$	(1,998	)	$	38,179		$	20,938		$	42,066

	May 31, 2020		August 31, 2019
Assets*
Industrial Tools & Services Segment	$	622,113	$	553,615
Other Operating Segment	62,105		54,484
General Corporate	167,317		230,597
	$	851,535	$	838,696

*Excludes "Assets from discontinued operations" as of August 31, 2019.

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Leases Components of Lease Expense (Tables)

9 Months Ended

May 31, 2020

Components of Lease Expense [Abstract]

Lease, Cost [Table Text Block]

The components of lease expense for the three and nine months ended May 31, 2020 were as follows (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended May 31, 2020		Nine Months Ended May 31, 2020
Lease Cost:
Operating lease cost	$	3,818	$	11,966
Short-term lease cost	343		1,108
Variable lease cost	447		1,480

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Leases Supplemental Cash Flow Information Related to Leases (Tables)

9 Months Ended

May 31, 2020

Supplemental Cash Flow Information Related to Leases [Abstract]

Supplemental Cash Flow Information Related to Leases [Table Text Block]

Supplemental cash flow and other information related to leases were as follows (in thousands):

	Nine Months Ended May 31, 2020
Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of lease liabilities:
Operating cash flows from operating leases	$	11,908
Right-of-use assets obtained in exchange for new lease liabilities:
Operating leases	4,773

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Leases Supplemental Balance Sheet Information Related to Leases (Tables)

9 Months Ended

May 31, 2020

Supplemental Balance Sheet Information Related to Leases [Abstract]

Supplemental Balance Sheet Information Related to Leases [Table Text Block]

Supplemental balance sheet information related to leases were as follows (in thousands):

	May 31, 2020
Operating leases:
Other long-term assets	$	50,911
Other current liabilities	12,203
Other long-term liabilities	39,939
Total operating lease liabilities	$	52,142
Weighted Average Remaining Lease Term (in years):
Operating leases	7.6 years
Weighted Average Discount Rate:
Operating leases	4.36		%

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Leases Schedule of Lease Liability Payments (Tables)

9 Months Ended

May 31, 2020

Leases [Abstract]

Schedule of Lease Liability Payments

A summary of the future minimum lease payments due under operating leases with terms of more than one year at May 31, 2020 is as follows (in thousands):

	Operating Leases
2020 (excluding the nine months ended May 31, 2020)	$	3,910
2021	13,268
2022	9,454
2023	7,480
2024	5,955
Thereafter	21,862
Total minimum lease payments	61,928
Less imputed interest	(9,786		)
Present value of net minimum lease payments	$	52,142

A summary of the future minimum lease payments due under operating leases with terms of more than one year at August 31, 2019 is as follows (in thousands):

	Operating Leases
2020	$	15,792
2021	12,266
2022	10,111
2023	6,865
2024	5,177
Thereafter	21,620
Present value of net minimum lease payments	$	71,831

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Basis of Presentation Accounting Policies (Details) - USD ($)
$ in Thousands

9 Months Ended

May 31, 2020

Aug. 31, 2019

May 31, 2019

Accounting Policies [Abstract]

New Accounting Pronouncements, Policy [Policy Text Block]

New Accounting Pronouncements

In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-02, Leases (and subsequently ASU 2018-01 and ASU 2019-01), to increase transparency and comparability among organizations by recognizing all lease transactions on the balance sheet as a lease liability and a right-of-use (“ROU”) asset. The amendments also expanded disclosure requirements for key information about leasing arrangements. On September 1, 2019, the Company adopted the standard using a modified retrospective approach and elected the package of practical expedients allowing us to not reassess whether any expired or existing contracts contain leases, the lease classification for any expired or existing leases, and initial direct costs for leases that commenced prior to September 1, 2019. In addition, we elected not to recognize ROU assets or lease liabilities for leases containing terms of 12 months or less and not separate lease components from non-lease components for all asset classes. The Company updated its standard lease accounting policy to address the new standard, revised the Company’s business processes and controls to align to the updated policy and new standard and completed the implementation of and data input into the Company’s lease accounting software solution. The most significant impact of the standard on the Company was the recognition of a $60.8 million ROU asset and operating lease liability on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets at adoption. The standard did not have a significant impact on our Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations or Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows. In addition, as a result of sale leaseback transactions in previous years for which gains were deferred and under the new standard would have been recognized, the Company recorded an increase to retained earnings of $0.2 million in the first quarter of fiscal 2020, which represents the recognition of these previously deferred gains. See Note 15, “Leases” for further discussion of the Company’s operating leases.

In February 2018, the FASB issued ASU 2018-02, Income Statement-Reporting Comprehensive Income (Topic 220): Reclassification of Certain Tax Effects from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income, which allows companies to reclassify stranded income tax effects resulting from the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act from accumulated other comprehensive income to retained earnings in their consolidated financial statements. The Company adopted the guidance on September 1, 2019 and recorded an increase to retained earnings with an offsetting increase in accumulated other comprehensive loss of $3.7 million on the adoption date.

New Accounting Pronouncements or Change in Accounting Principle [Line Items]

Operating Lease, Right-of-Use Asset

$ 50,911

Retained earnings

918,623

$ 915,466

Accounting Standards Update 2014-09 [Member]

New Accounting Pronouncements or Change in Accounting Principle [Line Items]

Operating Lease, Right-of-Use Asset

60,800

Revision of Prior Period, Accounting Standards Update, Adjustment [Member]

New Accounting Pronouncements or Change in Accounting Principle [Line Items]

Retained earnings

206

$ 75

Revision of Prior Period, Accounting Standards Update, Adjustment [Member] | Accounting Standards Update 2014-09 [Member]

New Accounting Pronouncements or Change in Accounting Principle [Line Items]

Retained earnings

200

Revision of Prior Period, Accounting Standards Update, Adjustment [Member] | Accounting Standards Update 2018-02 [Member]

New Accounting Pronouncements or Change in Accounting Principle [Line Items]

Retained earnings

$ 3,700

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Basis of Presentation Basis of Presentation (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	May 31, 2020	Feb. 29, 2020	Aug. 31, 2019	May 31, 2019	Feb. 28, 2019	Aug. 31, 2018
Condensed Statement of Income Captions [Line Items]
Foreign currency translation adjustments	$ 100,654		$ 151,115
Pension and other postretirement benefit plans, net of tax	23,396		20,557
Total shareholders’ equity	(336,282)	$ (354,365)	(301,179)	$ (607,424)	$ (585,630)	$ (558,712)
AOCI Attributable to Parent [Member]
Condensed Statement of Income Captions [Line Items]
Total shareholders’ equity	$ 124,050	$ 117,464	$ 171,672	$ 153,552	$ 139,752	$ 174,245

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Basis of Presentation Schedule of Property, Plant and Equipment (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	May 31, 2020	Aug. 31, 2019
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Land, buildings and improvements	$ 32,128	$ 29,661
Machinery and equipment	137,097	140,083
Gross Property, Plant and Equipment	169,225	169,744
Less: Accumulated Depreciation	(108,554)	(113,015)
Property, Plant and Equipment, Net	$ 60,671	$ 56,729

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Revenue Recognition Disaggregation of Revenue (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	May 31, 2020	May 31, 2019	May 31, 2020	May 31, 2019
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenues	$ 101,879	$ 178,095	$ 381,939	$ 496,435
Revenue Recognized at a Point in Time [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenues	73,412	117,175	275,413	335,314
Transferred over Time [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenues	$ 28,467	$ 60,920	$ 106,526	$ 161,121

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Revenue Recognition Contract with Customer, Asset and Liability (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	May 31, 2020	Aug. 31, 2019
Revenue from Contract with Customer [Abstract]
Accounts receivable, net	$ 93,796	$ 125,883
Contract assets	4,563	3,747
Contract liabilities	2,233	$ 3,707
Revenue, remaining performance obligation, within next twelve months	$ 2,200

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Restructuring Charges (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	May 31, 2020	May 31, 2019	May 31, 2020	May 31, 2019
Restructuring Cost and Reserve [Line Items]
Document Period End Date			May 31, 2020
Restructuring Reserve [Roll Forward]
Restructuring Charges	$ 2,448	$ 1,115	$ 6,348	$ 1,132
Restructuring Charges, including recorded in Cost of Goods Sold			7,200
Restructuring costs recorded in cost of products sold			800
Industrial Tools & Services [Member] [Domain]
Restructuring Reserve [Roll Forward]
Beginning Balance			2,912	1,687
Restructuring Charges			4,019	1,136
Cash payments			(4,265)	(1,379)
Other non-cash uses of reserve			(556)	(18)
Impact of changes in foreign currency rates			(23)	(28)
Ending Balance	2,087	1,398	2,087	1,398
General Corporate
Restructuring Reserve [Roll Forward]
Beginning Balance			0	46
Restructuring Charges			1,590	0
Cash payments			(871)	(46)
Other non-cash uses of reserve			(484)	0
Impact of changes in foreign currency rates			0	0
Ending Balance	235	0	235	$ 0
Reportable Segments [Member]
Restructuring Reserve [Roll Forward]
Restructuring Charges	2,500	$ 1,100	5,600
Other Operating Segment [Member]
Restructuring Reserve [Roll Forward]
Beginning Balance			900
Restructuring Charges	800		1,600
Ending Balance	$ 600		$ 600

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Acquisitions (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands		3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Jan. 07, 2020	May 31, 2020	May 31, 2019	May 31, 2020	May 31, 2019
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Cash paid for business acquisitions, net of cash acquired				$ 33,434	$ 0
Goodwill, Acquired During Period				10,087
Aggregate Reduction		$ (100)
Net Sales		101,879	$ 178,095	381,939	$ 496,435
HTL Group [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business Acquisition, Date of Acquisition Agreement	Jan. 07, 2020
Cash paid for business acquisitions, net of cash acquired	$ 33,400	33,300
Purchase Price Reduction		(100)
Goodwill, Acquired During Period	10,100
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Intangible Assets, Other than Goodwill	17,500
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Property, Plant, and Equipment	6,700
Net Sales		$ 1,900		$ 3,900
Tradenames | HTL Group [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Intangible Assets, Other than Goodwill	3,700
Customer relationships | HTL Group [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Intangible Assets, Other than Goodwill	13,100
Patents | HTL Group [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Intangible Assets, Other than Goodwill	$ 700

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Discontinued Operations & Other Divestiture Charges Discontinued Operations & Divestiture Activities (Details) - USD ($)

3 Months Ended

9 Months Ended

Dec. 02, 2019

Oct. 31, 2019

Oct. 22, 2019

Sep. 20, 2019

Dec. 31, 2018

Dec. 19, 2018

May 31, 2020

Feb. 29, 2020

Nov. 30, 2019

May 31, 2019

Feb. 28, 2019

May 31, 2020

May 31, 2019

Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]

Proceeds from sale of business/product line

$ 10,226,000

$ 0

Impairment & divestiture (benefits) charges

$ (1,443,000)

$ (12,988,000)

(3,567,000)

14,031,000

Other Divestiture Charges

2,400,000

4,900,000

Impairment & Divestiture Benefit

$ 800,000

Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations, Disclosure [Text Block]

Note 5. Discontinued Operations and Other Divestiture Activities

Discontinued Operations

On October 31, 2019, as part of our overall strategy to become a pure-play industrial tools and services company, the Company completed the previously announced sale of the businesses comprising its former Engineered Components & Systems ("EC&S") segment to wholly owned subsidiaries of BRWS Parent LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and affiliate of One Rock Capital Partners II, LP, for a purchase price of approximately $214.5 million (which included approximately $3.0 million to be paid in four equal quarterly installments after closing, of which $0.7 million was received in the nine months ended May 31, 2020). In connection with the completion of the sale in the three months ended November 30, 2019, the Company recorded a net loss of $4.2 million comprised of a loss of $22.4 million representing the excess of the net assets (exclusive of deferred tax assets and liabilities associated with subsidiaries of the Company whose stock was sold as part of the transaction) as compared to the purchase price less costs to sell and the recognition in earnings of the cumulative effect of foreign currency exchange gains and losses during the quarter largely offset by an income tax benefit of $18.2 million associated with the write off of the net deferred tax liability on subsidiaries of the EC&S segment for which the stock was divested. The Company also recognized an additional $3.3 million of impairment & divestiture costs in the three months ended November 30, 2019 associated with the accelerated vesting of restricted stock awards associated with employees terminated as part of the transaction and $2.7 million of additional divestiture charges which were necessary to complete the transaction. In the three months ended February 29, 2020, the Company incurred approximately $0.3 million of additional miscellaneous divestiture related costs. In the three months ended ended May 31, 2020, the Company finalized the customary negotiation of final working capital amounts and received an additional $1.3 million of proceeds in June 2020. For the three months ended May 31, 2020, the Company recognized a negligible impairment & divestiture benefit associated with the transaction which was comprised of $0.4 million from the finalization of the working capital amounts offset by miscellaneous transaction related costs including finalization of termination costs for employees in certain foreign jurisdictions.

During the first quarter of fiscal 2019, the Company determined that the Precision Hayes business was a non-core asset, did not align with the strategic objectives of the Company and, as a result, the Company committed to a plan to sell this business. The Company completed the sale of the Precision Hayes business on December 31, 2018 for $23.6 million cash net of final transaction costs, working capital adjustments, accelerated vesting of equity compensation, retention bonuses and other adjustments which were recognized within the second quarter of fiscal 2019. The Company recorded $9.5 million of impairment & divestiture charges during the nine months ended May 31, 2019, of which the charges represented the excess of the net book value of the net assets held for sale less the anticipated proceeds, less costs to sell.

The Company completed the sale of the Cortland Fibron business on December 19, 2018 for $12.5 million in cash. During the three and nine months ended May 31, 2019, the Company recognized $0.0 million and $4.3 million of impairment & divestiture charges associated with the divestiture of the Cortland Fibron business.

In addition to the above disclosed matters, the Company also incurred $2.4 million and $4.9 million of divestiture related costs during the three and nine months ended May 31, 2019, respectively.

As the aforementioned divestitures were a part of our strategic shift to become a pure-play industrial tools and services company, the results of their operations (including the stated impairment & divestiture charges) are recorded as a component of "Loss from discontinued operations" in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations for all periods presented.

The following represents the detail of "(Loss) earnings from discontinued operations, net of income taxes" within the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended May 31,					Nine Months Ended May 31,
	2020			2019		2020*			2019
Net sales	$	—		$	117,171	$	67,010		$	363,270
Cost of products sold	—			87,224		49,749			272,456
Gross profit	—			29,947		17,261			90,814
Selling, administrative and engineering expenses	116			16,801		11,567			54,184
Amortization of intangible assets	—			1,573		—			5,142
Restructuring (benefit) charges	—			—		(11		)	446
Impairment & divestiture (benefit) charges	(31		)	2,392		28,699			18,711
Operating (loss) earnings	(85		)	9,181		(22,994		)	12,331
Financing costs, net	—			109		14			102
Other expense (income), net	—			1,165		(104		)	1,712
(Loss) earnings before income tax (benefit) expense	(85		)	7,907		(22,904		)	10,517
Income tax (benefit) expense	(16		)	2,347		(16,828		)	3,999
Net (loss) earnings from discontinued operations	$	(69	)	$	5,560	$	(6,076	)	$	6,518

* "(Loss) earnings from discontinued operations, net of income taxes" for the periods presented in fiscal 2020 include the results of the EC&S segment for the two months ended October 31, 2019 (the divestiture date) as well as the ancillary impacts from certain retained liabilities subsequent to the divestiture. As a result of the classification of the segment as assets and liabilities held for sale for the two months ended October 31, 2019, the Company did not record amortization or depreciation expense in the results of operations in accordance with U.S. GAAP. Furthermore, the Company excluded EC&S segment employees from the fiscal 2020 bonus compensation plan, hence there are no expenses associated with the plan for that period.

Other Divestiture Activities

On September 20, 2019, the Company completed the sale of the UNI-LIFT product line, a component of our Milwaukee Cylinder business (IT&S segment) for initial net cash proceeds of $6.0 million, which resulted in an impairment & divestiture benefit of $4.6 million in the three months ended November 30, 2019. In the three months ended February 28, 2020, the Company recorded an additional benefit of $0.1 million related to agreement with the buyer on final working capital amounts and various other benefits. In March 2020, the buyer of the UNI-LIFT product line extended a long-term supply agreement with a significant customer. Pursuant to the sales agreement, this action triggered the requirement for the buyer to pay $1.5 million of contingent proceeds which was received by the Company in the three months ended May 31, 2020 and recorded as an "Impairment & divestiture benefit" within the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations.

After the sale of the UNI-LIFT product line, the Company determined that the remaining Milwaukee Cylinder business was a non-core asset, did not align with the strategic objectives of the Company and, as a result, the Company committed to a plan to sell this business. The Company recorded impairment & divestiture charges of $4.6 million in the three months ended November 30, 2019 comprised of impairment charges of $2.5 million representing the excess of net assets held for sale compared to the anticipated proceeds less costs to sell, $1.9 million associated with our requirement to withdraw from the multi-employer pension plan associated with that business and $0.2 million of other divestiture related charges. The Company completed the divestiture of the Milwaukee Cylinder business on December 2, 2019 for a negligible amount. In the three months ended May 31, 2020, the Company recorded inconsequential amounts of impairment & divestiture charges associated with changes in estimate on retained liabilities.

The historical results of the Milwaukee Cylinder business, inclusive of the UNI-LIFT product line, (which had net sales of $4.3 million in the three months ended May 31, 2019 and $2.9 million and $7.1 million in the nine months ended May 31, 2020 and May 31, 2019, respectively) are not material to the condensed consolidated financial results.

On October 22, 2019, the Company completed the sale of the Connectors product line (IT&S segment) for net cash proceeds of $2.7 million, which resulted in an impairment & divestiture benefit of $1.3 million in the three months ended November 30, 2019. During the three months ended February 28, 2020, the Company recorded $0.1 million of impairment & divestiture charges related to working capital adjustment. The historical results of the Connectors product line (which had net sales of $1.0 million in the three months ended May 31, 2019 and $0.2 million and $2.5 million in the nine months ended May 31, 2020 and May 31, 2019, respectively) are not material to the condensed consolidated financial results.

As of February 28, 2020, the Company determined that it was no longer probable that a loss would occur related to an outstanding legal matter associated with a previously divested business, as such, recorded an impairment & divestiture benefit of $0.8 million in the nine months ended May 31, 2020.

In the three months ended May 31, 2019, the Company recognized an impairment & divestiture benefit of $13.0 million related to the Cortland U.S. business representing the restoration of the cumulative effect of foreign currency rate changes since acquisition that had been recorded as impairment & divestiture charges in previous periods in fiscal 2019. As a result of triggering events identified as of November 30, 2018 and February 28, 2019, the Company recorded impairment & divestiture charges of $13.7 million for the nine months ended May 31, 2019, associated with Goodwill impairments in the Cortland U.S. business.

Engineered Components & Systems [Member]

Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]

Disposal Date

Oct. 31, 2019

Proceeds from sale of business/product line

$ 214,500,000

1,300,000

Quarterly Installment Payments

$ 3,000,000.0

700,000

Discontinued Operation, Income (Loss) from Discontinued Operation, before Income Tax

$ (4,200,000)

Asset Impairment Charges

(22,400,000)

Income Tax Benefit Related to Write Down of Assets

18,200,000

Impairment & divestiture (benefits) charges

$ 300,000

3,300,000

Additional loss through final working capital

400,000

Other Divestiture Charges

2,700,000

Precision-Hayes International [Member]

Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]

Disposal Date

Dec. 31, 2018

Proceeds from sale of business/product line

$ 23,600,000

Impairment & divestiture (benefits) charges

9,500,000

Cortland Fibron [Domain]

Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]

Disposal Date

Dec. 19, 2018

Proceeds from sale of business/product line

$ 12,500,000

Impairment & divestiture (benefits) charges

0.0

4,300,000

UNI-LIFT Product Line [Domain]

Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]

Disposal Date

Sep. 20, 2019

Proceeds from sale of business/product line

$ 6,000,000.0

Impairment & divestiture (benefits) charges

$ 4,600,000

$ (100,000)

Contingent Proceeds

$ 1,500,000

Milwaukee Cylinder (excluding UNI-LIFT) [Member]

Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]

Disposal Date

Dec. 02, 2019

Impairment & divestiture (benefits) charges

4,600,000

Other Divestiture Charges

200,000

Goodwill, Impairment Loss

2,500,000

Charges Associated with Withdrawl of Pension Plan

1,900,000

Milwaukee Cylinder (including UNI-LIFT) [Member]

Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]

Disposal Group, Not Discontinued Operation, annual revenue

4,300,000

$ 2,900,000

7,100,000

Connectors Product Line [Member]

Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]

Disposal Date

Oct. 22, 2019

Proceeds from sale of business/product line

$ 2,700,000

Impairment & divestiture (benefits) charges

$ 1,300,000

$ 100,000

Disposal Group, Not Discontinued Operation, annual revenue

1,000,000.0

$ 200,000

2,500,000

Other Operating Segment [Member]

Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]

Goodwill, Impairment Loss

$ 13,700,000

Impairment & Divestiture Benefit

$ (13,000,000.0)

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Discontinued Operations & Other Divestiture Charges Divestitures Activities Discontinued Operations - Loss From Discontinued Operations (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands		3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Oct. 31, 2019	May 31, 2020	May 31, 2019	May 31, 2020	May 31, 2019
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Proceeds from sale of business/product line				$ 10,226	$ 0
Net (Loss) Earnings from Discontinued Operations		$ (69)	$ 5,560	(6,076)	6,518
Engineered Components & Systems [Member]
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Proceeds from sale of business/product line	$ 214,500	1,300
Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operation, Revenue		0	117,171	67,010	363,270
Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operation, Costs of Goods Sold		0	87,224	49,749	272,456
Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operation, Gross Profit (Loss)		0	29,947	17,261	90,814
Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operation, Selling, Administrative and Engineering Expenses		116	16,801	11,567	54,184
Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operation, Amortization of Intangible Assets		0	1,573	0	5,142
Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operation, Restructuring (Benefit) Charges		0	0	(11)	446
Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operation, Impairment & Divestiture (Benefits) Charges		(31)	2,392	28,699	18,711
Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operation, Operating (Loss) Earnings		(85)	9,181	(22,994)	12,331
Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operation, Financing Costs (Benefits)		0	109	14	102
Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operation, Other Expense		0	1,165	104	1,712
Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operation, (Loss) Earnings Before Income Tax Benefit		(85)	7,907	(22,904)	10,517
Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operation, Income Tax (Benefit) Expense		(16)	2,347	(16,828)	3,999
Net (Loss) Earnings from Discontinued Operations		$ (69)	$ 5,560	$ (6,076)	$ 6,518

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Changes in Carrying Value of Goodwill (Details) $ in Thousands	9 Months Ended
	May 31, 2020 USD ($)
Goodwill [Roll Forward]
Balance as of August 31, 2019	$ 260,415
Goodwill, Acquired During Period	10,087
Impact of changes in foreign currency rates	667
Balance as of May 31, 2020	271,169
Industrial Tools & Services [Member] [Domain]
Goodwill [Roll Forward]
Balance as of August 31, 2019	242,873
Goodwill, Acquired During Period	10,087
Impact of changes in foreign currency rates	658
Balance as of May 31, 2020	253,618
Other Operating Segment [Member]
Goodwill [Roll Forward]
Balance as of August 31, 2019	17,542
Goodwill, Acquired During Period	0
Impact of changes in foreign currency rates	9
Balance as of May 31, 2020	$ 17,551

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Gross Carrying Amount and Accumulated Amortization of Other Intangible Assets (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	May 31, 2020	Aug. 31, 2019
Indefinite And Finite Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Accumulated Amortization	$ 117,183	$ 112,014
Gross Carrying Value	180,016	164,389
Net Book Value	62,833	52,375
Tradenames
Indefinite And Finite Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Accumulated Amortization	0	0
Indefinite-lived Intangible Assets (Excluding Goodwill)	$ 24,192	20,420
Customer relationships
Indefinite And Finite Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Weighted Average Amortization Period (Years)	14 years
Gross Carrying Value	$ 138,749	126,229
Accumulated Amortization	102,344	96,817
Net Book Value	$ 36,405	29,412
Patents
Indefinite And Finite Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Weighted Average Amortization Period (Years)	12 years
Gross Carrying Value	$ 13,922	13,227
Accumulated Amortization	12,769	12,276
Net Book Value	$ 1,153	951
Trademarks and tradenames
Indefinite And Finite Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Weighted Average Amortization Period (Years)	12 years
Gross Carrying Value	$ 3,153	4,513
Accumulated Amortization	2,070	2,921
Net Book Value	$ 1,083	$ 1,592

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Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets - Additional Information (Details) $ in Millions	May 31, 2020 USD ($)
Impaired Assets [Line Items]
Future Amortization Expense, Remainder of 2020	$ 2.2
Future Amortization Expense, 2021	8.0
Future Amortization Expense, 2022	7.2
Future Amortization Expense, 2023	5.7
Future Amortization Expense, 2024	4.0
Future Amortization Expense, 2025	3.3
Future Amortization Expense, Thereafter	$ 8.3

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Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets Summary of Asset Impairment Charges (Details) $ in Millions	9 Months Ended
	May 31, 2019 USD ($)
Other Operating Segment [Member]
Impaired Assets [Line Items]
Goodwill, Impairment Loss	$ 13.7

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Rollforward of Accrued Product Warranty Reserve (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	9 Months Ended
	May 31, 2020	May 31, 2019
Movement in Standard Product Warranty Accrual [Roll Forward]
Beginning balance	$ 1,145	$ 931
Provision for warranties	354	1,099
Warranty Payments and costs incurred	(735)	(806)
Standard and Extended Product Warranty Accrual, Activity for Divested Businesses	(27)	0
Impact of changes in foreign currency rates	1	(22)
Ending balance	$ 738	$ 1,202

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Long-Term Indebtedness (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	9 Months Ended
	May 31, 2020	Aug. 31, 2019
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Document Period End Date	May 31, 2020
Total Senior Indebtedness	$ 287,559	$ 462,559
Less: Current maturities of long-term debt	0	(7,500)
Deferred Finance Costs, Own-share Lending Arrangement, Issuance Costs, Net	(1,062)	(2,114)
Long-term debt, net	286,497	452,945
Line of Credit
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Total Senior Indebtedness	0	175,000
Line of Credit | Senior Credit Facility - Revolver
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Total Senior Indebtedness	0	0
Line of Credit | Senior Credit Facility - Term Loan
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Total Senior Indebtedness	0	175,000
Senior Notes | 5.625% Senior Notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Senior Notes, Noncurrent	$ 287,559	$ 287,559

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Debt - Additional Information (Details) $ in Millions			3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
	Jun. 15, 2020 USD ($)	Apr. 16, 2012 USD ($)	May 31, 2020 USD ($)	May 31, 2020 USD ($)	Feb. 28, 2019 USD ($)
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Document Period End Date				May 31, 2020
Debt Issuance Costs, Noncurrent, Net			$ 0.6	$ 0.6
Revolving Credit Facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line of Credit Facility, Maximum Borrowing Capacity			400.0	400.0	$ 300.0
Senior Credit Facility - Term Loan
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line of Credit Facility, Maximum Borrowing Capacity			200.0	200.0
Line of Credit | Senior Credit Facility - Revolver
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Unused credit line Available for Borrowing, Amount			$ 394.9	$ 394.9
Senior Notes | 5.625% Senior Notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Face Amount		$ 300.0
Debt instrument, interest rate		5.625%
Debt Instrument, Maturity Date			Jun. 15, 2022
Minimum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line of Credit Facility, Unused Capacity, Commitment Fee Percentage			0.15%
Interest coverage ratio			3.0	3.0
Minimum | London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR)
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Basis Spread on Variable Rate			1.125%
Minimum | Base Rate
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Basis Spread on Variable Rate			1.00%
Minimum | Senior Notes | 5.625% Senior Notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Redemption Price, Percentage		100.00%
Maximum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line of Credit Facility, Unused Capacity, Commitment Fee Percentage			0.30%
Leverage ratio			3.75	3.75
Maximum | London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR)
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Basis Spread on Variable Rate			2.00%
Maximum | Base Rate
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Basis Spread on Variable Rate			1.25%
Maximum | Senior Notes | 5.625% Senior Notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Redemption Price, Percentage		100.90%
Accordion [Domain]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Senior credit facility expansion option, available			$ 300.0	$ 300.0
Incremental Term Loan [Domain]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Senior credit facility expansion option, available			$ 200.0	$ 200.0
Subsequent Event [Member] | Line of Credit | Senior Credit Facility - Revolver
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Proceeds from Lines of Credit	$ 295.0

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Fair Value Measurement - Additional Information (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	May 31, 2020	Aug. 31, 2019
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Foreign Currency Contract, Liability/Asset, Fair Value Disclosure	$ 0.1	$ 0.1
Senior Notes | 5.625% Senior Notes
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Fair value of long-term debt	$ 287.9	$ 291.5

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Derivatives Narrative (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	May 31, 2020	May 31, 2019	May 31, 2020	May 31, 2019	Aug. 31, 2019
Derivative [Line Items]
Foreign Currency Contract, Liability/Asset, Fair Value Disclosure	$ (100)		$ (100)		$ (100)
Loss on Foreign Currency Fair Value Hedge Derivatives and Not Designated as Hedging Instruments at Fair Value	(842)	$ (114)	(1,393)	$ (115)
Gain on Derivative Used in Net Investment Hedge, after Tax	800		500
Fair Value Hedging [Member]
Derivative [Line Items]
Derivative, Fair Value, Net	33,200		33,200		$ 13,300
Net Investment Hedging [Member]
Derivative [Line Items]
Derivative, Fair Value, Net	$ 31,600		$ 31,600

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Earnings per Share and Shareholders' Equity Share Repurchase (Details) - USD ($)	3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
	May 31, 2020	May 31, 2020	May 31, 2019	Aug. 31, 2019
Equity [Abstract]
Treasury Stock, Shares	22,799,230	22,799,230		21,455,568
Stock Repurchase Program, Authorized Amount	$ 667,700,000	$ 667,700,000
Stock Repurchase Program, Remaining Number of Shares Authorized to be Repurchased	5,200,770	5,200,770
Stock Repurchased During Period, Shares	503,873	1,343,662
Stock Repurchases	$ (9,700,000)	$ (27,520,000)	$ 0

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Capital Stock (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, shares in Thousands, $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	May 31, 2020	May 31, 2019	May 31, 2020	May 31, 2019
Earnings Per Share [Abstract]
Net (Loss) Earnings from Continuing Operations	$ (4,930)	$ 26,858	$ 5,360	$ 11,201
Net (Loss) Earnings from Discontinued Operations	(69)	5,560	(6,076)	6,518
Net (loss) earnings	$ (4,999)	$ 32,418	$ (716)	$ 17,719
Weighted average common shares outstanding - basic	59,826	61,422	60,012	61,232
Incremental Common Shares Attributable to Dilutive Effect of Share-based Payment Arrangements	0	418	346	469
Weighted Average Common Shares outstanding - diluted	59,826	61,840	60,358	61,701
(Loss) Earnings per share from Continuing Operations, Per Basic Share	$ (0.08)	$ 0.44	$ 0.09	$ 0.18
(Loss) Earnings per share from Continuing Operations, Per Diluted Share	(0.08)	0.43	0.09	0.18
(Loss) Earnings per share from Discontinued Operations, Per Basic Shares	0	0.09	(0.10)	0.11
(Loss) Earnings per share from Discontinued Operations, Per Diluted Share	0	0.09	(0.10)	0.11
Earnings Per Share, Basic	(0.08)	0.53	(0.01)	0.29
(Loss) Earnings Per Share, Diluted	$ (0.08)	$ 0.52	$ (0.01)	$ 0.29
Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share [Line Items]
Anti-dilutive securities from stock based compensation plans (excluded from earnings per share calculation)	2,479	987	1,435	1,164

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Earnings per Share and Shareholders' Equity Shareholders' Equity (Details) - USD ($) shares in Thousands	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	May 31, 2020	May 31, 2019	May 31, 2020	May 31, 2019	Feb. 29, 2020	Aug. 31, 2019	Feb. 28, 2019	Aug. 31, 2018
Stockholders' Equity, Including Portion Attributable to Noncontrolling Interest	$ 336,282,000	$ 607,424,000	$ 336,282,000	$ 607,424,000	$ 354,365,000	$ 301,179,000	$ 585,630,000	$ 558,712,000
Net (loss) earnings	(4,999,000)	32,418,000	(716,000)	17,719,000
Other Comprehensive (Loss) Income, Net of Tax	(6,586,000)	(13,800,000)	51,289,000	20,693,000
Stock Issued During Period, Value, Employee Benefit Plan	97,000	115,000	354,000	359,000
Stock Issued During Period, Value, Restricted Stock Award, Gross	0	0	0	0
Stock Repurchased During Period, Value	9,715,000
Payments for Repurchase of Common Stock	9,700,000		27,520,000	0
APIC, Share-based Payment Arrangement, Increase for Cost Recognition	3,184,000	3,091,000	12,814,000	10,253,000
Stock Issued During Period, Value, Stock Options Exercised	0	206,000	2,631,000	993,000
Adjustments to Additional Paid in Capital, Income Tax Benefit from Share-based Compensation	(147,000)	(322,000)	(4,210,000)	(1,811,000)
Stock Value Issued to Acquired For and Distributed From Rabbi Trust	83,000	86,000	255,000	431,000
Adoption of Accounting Standards	918,623,000		918,623,000			$ 915,466,000
Revision of Prior Period, Accounting Standards Update, Adjustment [Member]
Adoption of Accounting Standards	$ 206,000	$ 75,000	$ 206,000	$ 75,000
Common Stock [Member]
Stock Issued During Period, Shares, New Issues	82,563	81,880	82,563	81,880	82,540	81,919	81,832	81,424
Stockholders' Equity, Including Portion Attributable to Noncontrolling Interest	$ 16,513,000	$ 16,374,000	$ 16,513,000	$ 16,374,000	$ 16,508,000	$ 16,384,000	$ 16,364,000	$ 16,285,000
Stock Issued During Period, Shares, Employee Benefit Plan	6	5	17	15
Stock Issued During Period, Value, Employee Benefit Plan	$ 1,000	$ 1,000	$ 3,000	$ 3,000
Stock Issued During Period, Shares, Restricted Stock Award, Gross	13	28	462	366
Stock Issued During Period, Value, Restricted Stock Award, Gross	$ 3,000	$ 6,000	$ 93,000	$ 71,000
Shares Issued, Shares, Share-based Payment Arrangement, after Forfeiture	0	10	145	45
Stock Issued During Period, Value, Stock Options Exercised	$ 0	$ 2,000	$ 29,000	$ 9,000
Stock Issued To Acquired For And Distributed From Rabbi Trust	4	5	20	30
Stock Value Issued to Acquired For and Distributed From Rabbi Trust	$ 1,000	$ 1,000	$ 4,000	$ 6,000
Additional Paid-in Capital [Member]
Stockholders' Equity, Including Portion Attributable to Noncontrolling Interest	192,928,000	177,584,000	192,928,000	177,584,000	189,716,000	181,213,000	174,418,000	167,448,000
Stock Issued During Period, Value, Employee Benefit Plan	96,000	114,000	351,000	356,000
Stock Issued During Period, Value, Restricted Stock Award, Gross	(3,000)	(6,000)	(93,000)	(71,000)
APIC, Share-based Payment Arrangement, Increase for Cost Recognition	3,184,000	3,091,000	12,814,000	10,253,000
Stock Issued During Period, Value, Stock Options Exercised	0	204,000	2,602,000	984,000
Adjustments to Additional Paid in Capital, Income Tax Benefit from Share-based Compensation	(147,000)	(322,000)	(4,210,000)	(1,811,000)
Stock Value Issued to Acquired For and Distributed From Rabbi Trust	82,000	85,000	251,000	425,000
Treasury Stock [Member]
Stockholders' Equity, Including Portion Attributable to Noncontrolling Interest	(667,732,000)	(617,731,000)	(667,732,000)	(617,731,000)	(658,017,000)	(640,212,000)	(617,731,000)	(617,731,000)
Stock Repurchased During Period, Value	9,715,000		27,520,000
Retained Earnings [Member]
Stockholders' Equity, Including Portion Attributable to Noncontrolling Interest	918,623,000	1,184,749,000	918,623,000	1,184,749,000	923,622,000	915,466,000	1,152,331,000	1,166,955,000
Net (loss) earnings	(4,999,000)	32,418,000	(716,000)	17,719,000
Retained Earnings [Member] | Revision of Prior Period, Accounting Standards Update, Adjustment [Member]
Adoption of Accounting Standards	3,873,000	75,000	3,873,000	75,000
AOCI Attributable to Parent [Member]
Stockholders' Equity, Including Portion Attributable to Noncontrolling Interest	(124,050,000)	(153,552,000)	(124,050,000)	(153,552,000)	(117,464,000)	(171,672,000)	(139,752,000)	(174,245,000)
Other Comprehensive (Loss) Income, Net of Tax	(6,586,000)	(13,800,000)	51,289,000	20,693,000
AOCI Attributable to Parent [Member] | Revision of Prior Period, Accounting Standards Update, Adjustment [Member]
Adoption of Accounting Standards	(3,667,000)		(3,667,000)
Stock held in trust [member] [Member]
Stockholders' Equity, Including Portion Attributable to Noncontrolling Interest	(2,517,000)	(3,075,000)	(2,517,000)	(3,075,000)	(2,434,000)	(3,070,000)	(2,989,000)	(2,450,000)
Stock Value Issued to Acquired For and Distributed From Rabbi Trust	(83,000)	(86,000)	553,000	(625,000)
Deferred Compensation, Share-based Payments [Member]
Stockholders' Equity, Including Portion Attributable to Noncontrolling Interest	2,517,000	3,075,000	2,517,000	3,075,000	$ 2,434,000	$ 3,070,000	$ 2,989,000	$ 2,450,000
Stock Value Issued to Acquired For and Distributed From Rabbi Trust	$ 83,000	$ 86,000	$ (553,000)	$ 625,000

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Income Taxes - Additional Information (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	May 31, 2020	May 31, 2019	May 31, 2020	May 31, 2019
Income Tax Disclosure Additional Details [Table] [Line Items]
(Loss) earnings from continuing operations before income tax (benefit) expense	$ (5,337)	$ 31,820	$ 6,709	$ 20,231
Income tax (benefit) expense	$ (407)	$ 4,962	$ 1,349	$ 9,030
Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation, Percent	7.60%	15.60%	20.10%	44.60%
Earnings from Foreign Jurisdictions, Percent			70.00%
Federal Statutory Income Tax Rate, Percent			21.00%
One-time Charges (Benefits)	$ (1,200)	$ (13,000)	$ (2,500)	$ 14,000
One-time charges (benefits), net of tax	$ (800)	$ (13,000)	$ (1,800)	$ 14,000
Effective Income Tax Rate, Percent, Excluding Impairment & Divestiture Charges	12.80%	26.10%	14.50%	26.20%

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Summary of Financial Information by Reportable Segment and Product Line (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	May 31, 2020	May 31, 2019	May 31, 2020	May 31, 2019	Aug. 31, 2019
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net Sales	$ 101,879	$ 178,095	$ 381,939	$ 496,435
Operating Profit (Loss)	(1,998)	38,179	20,938	42,066
Assets	851,535		851,535		$ 1,124,274
Assets of continuing operations	851,535		851,535		838,696
Industrial Tools & Services [Member] [Domain]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net Sales	92,865	166,732	351,819	464,908
Operating Profit (Loss)	7,639	34,877	54,263	87,797
Assets	622,113		622,113		553,615
Products [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net Sales	67,957	115,067	257,685	323,420
Service & Rental [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net Sales	24,908	51,665	94,134	141,488
Other Operating Segment [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net Sales	9,014	11,363	30,120	31,527
Operating Profit (Loss)	(790)	13,072	(2,017)	(13,336)
Assets	62,105		62,105		54,484
General Corporate
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Operating Profit (Loss)	(8,847)	$ (9,770)	(31,308)	$ (32,395)
Assets	$ 167,317		$ 167,317		$ 230,597

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Contingencies and Litigation - Additional Information (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	May 31, 2020	Aug. 31, 2019
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]
Outstanding letters of credit	$ 11.9	$ 18.2
Contractual Obligation, Future Minimum Payments Due, Remainder of Lease Payments	$ 7.3

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Leases Components of Lease Expense (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
	May 31, 2020	May 31, 2020
Components of Lease Expense [Abstract]
Operating Lease, Cost	$ 3,818	$ 11,966
Short-term Lease, Cost	343	1,108
Variable Lease, Cost	$ 447	$ 1,480

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Leases Supplemental Cash Flow Information Related to Leases (Details) $ in Thousands	9 Months Ended
	May 31, 2020 USD ($)
Supplemental Cash Flow Information Related to Leases [Abstract]
Operating Lease, Payments	$ 11,908
Right-of-Use Asset Obtained in Exchange for Operating Lease Liability	$ 4,773

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Leases Supplemental Balance Sheet Information Related to Leases (Details) $ in Thousands	May 31, 2020 USD ($)
Supplemental Balance Sheet Information Related to Leases [Abstract]
Operating Lease, Right-of-Use Asset	$ 50,911
Operating Lease, Liability, Current	12,203
Operating Lease, Liability, Noncurrent	39,939
Operating Lease, Liability	$ 52,142
Operating Lease, Weighted Average Remaining Lease Term	7 years 7 months 6 days
Operating Lease, Weighted Average Discount Rate, Percent	4.36%

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Leases Leases (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	May 31, 2020	Aug. 31, 2019
Leases [Abstract]
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, Payments, Due Fiscal 2020	$ 3,910	$ 15,792
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, Payments, Due Fiscal 2021	13,268	12,266
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, Payments, Due Fiscal 2022	9,454	10,111
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, Payments, Due Fiscal 2023	7,480	6,865
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, Payments, Due Fiscal 2024	5,955	5,177
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, Payments, Due Thereafter	21,862	21,620
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, to be Paid	61,928	$ 71,831
Finance Lease, Liability, Undiscounted Excess Amount	(9,786)
Operating Lease, Liability	$ 52,142