Condensed Consolidated Statements of Shareholders' Equity and Redeemable Noncontrolling Interests - USD ($)
shares in Thousands, $ in Thousands
Total
Redeemable noncontrolling interests [Member]
Apollo Class A nonvoting common stock [Member]
Apollo Class B voting common stock [Member]
Permanent Equity [Member]
Common stock [Member]
Apollo Class A nonvoting common stock [Member]
Common stock [Member]
Apollo Class B voting common stock [Member]
Additional paid-in capital [Member]
Apollo Class A treasury stock [Member]
Retained earnings [Member]
Accumulated other comprehensive loss [Member]
Total Apollo shareholders' equity [Member]
Noncontrolling interests [Member]
Balance at Aug. 31, 2014 $ 1,180,802         $ 103 $ 1 $ 0 $ (3,936,607) $ 5,143,949 $ (27,320) $ 1,180,126 $ 676
Shares at Aug. 31, 2014     188,007 475                  
Redeemable noncontrolling interests at Aug. 31, 2014   $ 64,527                      
Treasury stock outstanding (in shares) at Aug. 31, 2014                 79,585        
Share repurchases (in shares)     0 0         1,549        
Share repurchases (40,700) 0 $ 0 $ 0       0 $ (40,700) 0 0 (40,700) 0
Share reissuances (in shares)     0 0         (352)        
Share reissuances 995 0 $ 0 $ 0       27,593 $ 14,590 13,998 0 995 0
Net tax effect for stock incentive plans (3,839) 0 0 0       (3,839) 0 0 0 (3,839) 0
Share-based compensation 29,768 0 0 0       29,768 0 0 0 29,768 0
Currency translation adjustment (44,923) (11,975) 0 0 $ (32,948)     0 0 0 (32,893) (32,893) (55)
Available-for-sale securities adjustment, net of tax 290 [1] 0 0 0       0 0 0 290 290 0
Acquisitions 0 3,437 0 0       0 0 0 0 0 0
Redemption value adjustments   (4,948) 0 0 (4,948)     0 0 (4,948) 0 (4,948) 0
Net (loss) income 48,363   0 0       0 0 48,239 0 48,239 124
Net (loss) income   (4,592)                      
Other 1,664 0 $ 0 $ 0       1,664 $ 0 0 0 1,664 0
Treasury stock outstanding (in shares) at May. 31, 2015                 80,782        
Balance at May. 31, 2015 1,179,447         103 1 0 $ (3,962,717) 5,201,238 (59,923) 1,178,702 745
Redeemable noncontrolling interests at May. 31, 2015   56,345                      
Shares at May. 31, 2015     188,007 475                  
Balance at Aug. 31, 2015 1,145,058         103 1 0 $ (3,928,419) 5,153,452 (80,579) 1,144,558 500
Shares at Aug. 31, 2015     188,007 475                  
Redeemable noncontrolling interests at Aug. 31, 2015 11,915 11,915                      
Treasury stock outstanding (in shares) at Aug. 31, 2015                 80,082        
Share repurchases (in shares)     0 0         91        
Share repurchases (732) 0 $ 0 $ 0       0 $ (732) 0 0 (732) 0
Share reissuances (in shares)     0 0         (359)        
Share reissuances 638 0 $ 0 $ 0       23,219 $ 13,872 9,985 0 638 0
Net tax effect for stock incentive plans (4,099) 0 0 0       (4,099) 0 0 0 (4,099) 0
Share-based compensation 27,318 0 0 0       27,318 0 0 0 27,318 0
Currency translation adjustment (2,794) (949) 0 0 (1,845)     0 0 0 (1,796) (1,796) (49)
Available-for-sale securities adjustment, net of tax 89 [1] 0 0 0       0 0 0 89 89 0
Redemption value adjustments   (1,389) 0 0 $ (1,389)     0 0 (1,389) 0 (1,389) 0
Net (loss) income (100,313)   $ 0 $ 0       0 $ 0 (100,417) 0 (100,417) 104
Net (loss) income   (5,151)                      
Treasury stock outstanding (in shares) at May. 31, 2016                 79,814        
Balance at May. 31, 2016 1,064,725         $ 103 $ 1 $ 0 $ (3,915,279) $ 5,061,631 $ (82,286) $ 1,064,170 $ 555
Redeemable noncontrolling interests at May. 31, 2016 $ 7,204 $ 7,204                      
Shares at May. 31, 2016     188,007 475                  
[1] The tax effect during the three and nine months ended May 31, 2016 and 2015, respectively, was not significant.