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Financial Instruments (Tables)
6 Months Ended
Feb. 28, 2015
Financial Instruments [Abstract]  
Financial instruments
The following summarizes our cash and cash equivalents, restricted cash and cash equivalents and marketable securities by significant financial instrument category as of the respective periods:
 
February 28, 2015
($ in thousands)
Amortized
Cost
 
Unrealized
Gains
 
Unrealized
Losses
 
Fair
Value
 
Cash and Cash
Equivalents(1)
 
Current
Marketable
Securities
 
Noncurrent
Marketable
Securities
Cash
$
657,122

 
$

 
$

 
$
657,122

 
$
657,122

 
$

 
$

Level 1:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Money market funds
108,666

 

 

 
108,666

 
108,666

 

 

Level 2:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Corporate bonds
128,979

 
62

 
(180
)
 
128,861

 

 
80,069

 
48,792

Tax-exempt municipal bonds
76,244

 
79

 
(199
)
 
76,124

 
202

 
63,479

 
12,443

Time deposits
50,180

 

 

 
50,180

 
25,075

 
25,105

 

Other
39,001

 
8

 
(56
)
 
38,953

 

 
25,092

 
13,861

Total
$
1,060,192

 
$
149

 
$
(435
)
 
$
1,059,906

 
$
791,065

 
$
193,745

 
$
75,096


 
August 31, 2014
($ in thousands)
Amortized
Cost
 
Unrealized
Gains
 
Unrealized
Losses
 
Fair
Value
 
Cash and Cash
Equivalents(1)
 
Current
Marketable
Securities
 
Noncurrent
Marketable
Securities
Cash
$
1,295,395

 
$

 
$

 
$
1,295,395

 
$
1,295,395

 
$

 
$

Level 1:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Money market funds
132,508

 

 

 
132,508

 
132,508

 

 

Level 2:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Tax-exempt municipal bonds
106,543

 
155

 
(11
)
 
106,687

 

 
78,443

 
28,244

Corporate bonds
106,575

 
123

 
(52
)
 
106,646

 

 
56,837

 
49,809

Time deposits
50,100

 

 

 
50,100

 
25,041

 
25,059

 

Commercial paper
11,793

 
1

 

 
11,794

 

 
11,794

 

Other
19,155

 
1

 
(1
)
 
19,155

 
4

 
15,339

 
3,812

Level 3:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Auction-rate securities(2)
6,850

 

 
(904
)
 
5,946

 

 

 
5,946

Total
$
1,728,919

 
$
280

 
$
(968
)
 
$
1,728,231

 
$
1,452,948

 
$
187,472

 
$
87,811

(1) Cash and cash equivalents includes restricted cash and cash equivalents.
(2) Auction-rate securities were redeemed at par value during the second quarter of fiscal year 2015.