Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Employee Benefit Plans

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Employee Benefit Plans
 9 Months Ended
May 31, 2011
Employee Benefit Plans  
Employee Benefit Plans

Note 9. Employee Benefit Plans

The Company provides pension benefits to certain employees of acquired domestic businesses, who were entitled to those benefits prior to acquisition, as well as certain employees of foreign businesses. Most of the U.S. defined benefit pension plans are frozen, and as a result, the majority of the plan participants no longer earn additional benefits, while participants in most non-U.S. defined benefit plans continue to earn benefits. For the three and nine months ended May 31, 2011, the Company recognized a net periodic pension benefit cost of $0.2 million and $0.7 million, respectively, compared to $0.1 million and $0.4 million, respectively, in the same prior year periods.