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2411403 - Disclosure - SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION - Restricted Share Unit Activity (Details)
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Reporting Entity [Axis]0001467373 (http://www.sec.gov/CIK)
Disclosure of Compensation Related Costs, Share-based Payments [Abstract]Period [Axis]
2011-09-01 - 2012-08-31
2010-09-01 - 2011-08-31
2009-09-01 - 2010-08-31
Disclosure of Compensation Related Costs, Share-based Payments [Abstract]
 
 
 
Number of Restricted Share Units
 
 
 
Nonvested balance as of August 31, 2011 (in shares)
35,724,040  
 
 
Granted (in shares)
12,621,036 1
 
 
Vested (in shares)
(12,077,818)2
 
 
Forfeited (in shares)
(1,812,943) 
 
 
Nonvested balance as of August 31, 2012 (in shares)
34,454,315  
 
35,724,040  
 
 
 
Weighted Average Grant-Date Fair Value
 
 
 
Nonvested balance as of August 31, 2011 (in dollars per share)
39.37  
 
 
Granted (in dollars per share)
53.98 1
47.87  
40.32  
Vested (in dollars per share)
40.41 2
 
 
Forfeited (in dollars per share)
40.80  
 
 
Nonvested balance as of August 31, 2012 (in dollars per share)
44.27  
 
39.37  
 
 
 
Vested, grant-date fair value
488,085,000  
592,482,000  
361,291,000  
1: The weighted average grant-date fair value for restricted share units granted for fiscal 2012, 2011 and 2010 was $53.98, $47.87 and $40.32, respectively.
2: The total grant-date fair value of restricted share units vested for fiscal 2012, 2011 and 2010 was $488,085, $592,482 and $361,291, respectively.