Strategic alternatives, restructuring and other includes the following during the respective periods:


	Three Months Ended May 31,				Nine Months Ended May 31,
($ in thousands)	2026		2025		2026		2025
Strategic alternatives	$	856	$	2,402	$	6,133	$	7,401
Cybersecurity incident		267		—		5,096		—
Lease restructuring expense		4,029		2,121		7,634		3,837
Litigation charges and regulatory expense(1)		4,977		1,203		7,383		3,609
Other		1,808		1,111		5,427		3,039
Strategic alternatives, restructuring and other	$	11,937	$	6,837	$	31,673	$	17,886

(1)

Beginning in the third quarter of fiscal year 2026, we began separately presenting Litigation charges and regulatory expense in the table above, which were previously included in Other. We have reclassified prior periods to conform to our current period presentation.

Strategic alternatives represents costs associated with our IPO, other capital market transactions, and the evaluation of other strategic alternatives (see Note 1. Nature of Operations and Significant Accounting Policies). See Note 14. Commitments and Contingencies for information on the cybersecurity incident and Note 8. Other Liabilities for information on lease restructuring.