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6 Months Ended
Feb. 28, 2023
Debt Disclosure [Abstract]  
Debt
Note 8. Debt
The following is a summary of the Company’s long-term indebtedness (in thousands):
February 28, 2023 August 31, 2022
Previous Senior Credit Facility
Short-term debt $ —  $ 4,000 
Revolver —  200,000 
New Senior Credit Facility
Revolver 10,000  — 
Term Loan 200,000  — 
Total Senior Indebtedness 210,000  204,000 
Less: Current maturities of long-term debt (2,500) — 
Short-term debt —  (4,000)
Debt issuance costs (746) — 
Total long-term debt, less current maturities $ 206,754  $ 200,000 

Senior Credit Facility
Prior to refinancing the Company's senior credit facility on September 9, 2022, the Company's previous senior credit facility matured in March 2024, and provided a $400 million revolving line of credit, a $200 million term loan and a $300 million accordion. Borrowings bore interest at a variable rate based on LIBOR or a base rate, ranging from 1.125% to 2.00% in the case of loans bearing interest at LIBOR and from 0.125% to 1.00% in the case of loans bearing interest at the base rate. In addition, a non-use fee was 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. The previous senior credit facility contained two financial covenants, which were a maximum leverage ratio of 3.75:1 and a minimum interest coverage ratio of 3.5:1. Certain transactions resulted in adjustments to the underlying ratios, including an increase to the leverage ratio from 3.75 to 4.25 during the four fiscal quarters after a significant acquisition.
On September 9, 2022, the Company refinanced its previous senior credit facility with a new $600 million senior credit facility, comprised of a $400 million revolving line of credit and a $200 million term loan, which will mature in September 2027. The Company has the option to request up to $300 million of additional revolving commitments and/or term loans under the new facility, subject to customary conditions, including the commitment of the participating lenders. The new facility replaces LIBOR with adjusted term SOFR as the interest rate benchmark and provides for interest rate margins above adjusted term SOFR ranging from 1.125% to 1.875% per annum depending on the Company’s net leverage ratio. Borrowings under the new facility initially bear interest at adjusted term SOFR plus 1.125% per annum.
In addition, the new facility contains financial covenants requiring the Company to not permit (i) the net leverage ratio, determined as of the end of each of its fiscal quarters, to exceed 3.75 to 1.00 (or, at the Company’s election and subject to certain conditions, 4.25 to 1.00 for the covenants period during which certain material acquisitions occur and the next succeeding four testing periods) or (ii) the interest coverage ratio, determined as of the end of each of its fiscal quarters, to be less than 3.00 to 1.00. Borrowings under the new facility are secured by substantially all personal property assets of the Company and its domestic subsidiary guarantors (other than certain specified excluded assets) and certain of the equity interests of certain subsidiaries of the Company. The Company was in compliance with all financial covenants under the new facility at February 28, 2023.
At February 28, 2023, there were $10.0 million of borrowings under the revolving line of credit and $386.4 million available under the revolving line of credit facility after reduction for $3.6 million of outstanding letters of credit issued under the new facility.