Share-Based Compensation	6 Months Ended
Share-Based Compensation	Feb. 28, 2015
Share-based Compensation [Abstract]
Share-Based Compensation	Share-Based Compensation In the first quarter of fiscal 2015, as part of the annual awards under the Company’s Long-Term Incentive Plan, the Compensation Committee of the Company's Board of Directors granted 268,988 restricted stock units (“RSUs”) and 268,988 performance share awards to the Company's key employees and officers under the Company’s 1993 Amended and Restated Stock Incentive Plan. The RSUs have a five-year term and vest 20% per year commencing October 31, 2015. The fair value of the RSUs granted was based on the market closing price of the underlying Class A common stock on the grant date and totaled $6 million. The compensation expense associated with the RSUs is recognized over the requisite service period of the awards, net of forfeitures. The performance-based awards have a two-year performance period consisting of the Company’s fiscal 2015 and fiscal 2016. The performance targets are based on the Company's EBITDA (weighted at 50%) and return on equity (weighted at 50%) for the two years of the performance period, with award payouts ranging from a threshold of 50% to a maximum of 200% for each portion of the awards. Awards will be paid in Class A common stock as soon as practicable after October 31 following the end of the performance period. The estimated fair value of the performance-based awards at the date of grant was $6 million. In the second quarter of fiscal 2015, the Company granted deferred stock units ("DSU") to each of its non-employee directors under the Company's 1993 Stock Incentive Plan. John Carter, the Company's Chairman, and Tamara Lundgren, President and Chief Executive Officer, receive compensation pursuant to their employment agreements and do not receive DSUs. Each DSU gives the director the right to receive one share of Class A common stock at a future date. The grant included an aggregate of 43,347 shares that will vest on the day before the Company's 2016 annual meeting, subject to continued Board service. The total value of these awards is not material.

The entire disclosure for compensation-related costs for equity-based compensation, which may include disclosure of policies, compensation plan details, allocation of equity compensation, incentive distributions, equity-based arrangements to obtain goods and services, deferred compensation arrangements, employee stock ownership plan details and employee stock purchase plan details.

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