Commitments and Contingencies (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Aug. 31, 2011

Commitments And Contingencies (Tables) [Abstract]

Operating lease commitments

The following is a schedule of future minimum commitments for capital and operating leases as of August 31, 2011:

($ in thousands)	Capital Leases			Operating Leases(1)
2012	$	9,395		$	162,217
2013	8,922			158,200
2014	7,937			146,295
2015	7,248			134,242
2016	5,199			112,674
Thereafter	2,467			464,969
Total future minimum lease obligation(2), (3)	$	41,168		$	1,178,597
Less: imputed interest on capital leases	(4,656		)
Net present value of lease obligations	$	36,512

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⁽¹⁾  The total future minimum lease obligation associated with operating leases includes lease payments for a lease agreement executed in fiscal year 2009 for a building for which we do not have the right to control the use of the property under the lease at August 31, 2011. The future minimum lease payments associated with this lease are approximately $87 million and we began using the property in the first quarter of fiscal year 2012.

⁽²⁾  The total future minimum lease obligation excludes non-cancelable sublease rental income of $1.2 million.

⁽³⁾  During the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2011, we initiated a plan to rationalize our real estate portfolio in Phoenix, Arizona through space consolidation and reorganization. The total future minimum operating lease obligation includes $43.8 million of future contractual lease payments associated with a facility for which we no longer expect to receive a future economic benefit as of August 31, 2011. The total future minimum operating lease obligation also includes $34.7 million of future contractual lease payments associated with three facilities that we expect to abandon in fiscal year 2012. See Note 4, Restructuring and Other Charges, for further discussion.

Capital lease commitments

The following is a schedule of future minimum commitments for capital and operating leases as of August 31, 2011:

($ in thousands)	Capital Leases			Operating Leases(1)
2012	$	9,395		$	162,217
2013	8,922			158,200
2014	7,937			146,295
2015	7,248			134,242
2016	5,199			112,674
Thereafter	2,467			464,969
Total future minimum lease obligation(2), (3)	$	41,168		$	1,178,597
Less: imputed interest on capital leases	(4,656		)
Net present value of lease obligations	$	36,512

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⁽¹⁾  The total future minimum lease obligation associated with operating leases includes lease payments for a lease agreement executed in fiscal year 2009 for a building for which we do not have the right to control the use of the property under the lease at August 31, 2011. The future minimum lease payments associated with this lease are approximately $87 million and we began using the property in the first quarter of fiscal year 2012.

⁽²⁾  The total future minimum lease obligation excludes non-cancelable sublease rental income of $1.2 million.

⁽³⁾  During the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2011, we initiated a plan to rationalize our real estate portfolio in Phoenix, Arizona through space consolidation and reorganization. The total future minimum operating lease obligation includes $43.8 million of future contractual lease payments associated with a facility for which we no longer expect to receive a future economic benefit as of August 31, 2011. The total future minimum operating lease obligation also includes $34.7 million of future contractual lease payments associated with three facilities that we expect to abandon in fiscal year 2012. See Note 4, Restructuring and Other Charges, for further discussion.