Stockholders' Equity (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Feb. 28, 2021

Equity [Abstract]

Shares of common stock outstanding

Shares of common stock outstanding were as follows:

	Six Months Ended
	February 28,	February 29,
(in thousands)	2021	2020
Balance, beginning of year at September 1, 2020 and 2019, respectively	38,030	38,118
Common stock issued for employee stock plans	176	348
Repurchase of common stock from employees(1)	(7)	(6)
Repurchase of common stock under the share repurchase program	(354)	(611)
Balance at February 28, 2021 and February 29, 2020, respectively	37,845	37,849

(1)For the six months ended February 28, 2021 and February 29, 2020, the Company repurchased 7,447 and 6,252 shares, or $2.4 million and $1.6 million of common stock, respectively, primarily to satisfy withholding tax obligations due upon the vesting of stock-based awards.

Schedule of dividends declared

The Company’s Board of Directors declared the following dividends in the six months of fiscal 2021 and 2020 respectively:

Year Ended	Dividends per Share of Common Stock		Record Date	Total $ Amount (in thousands)		Payment Date
Fiscal 2021
First Quarter	$	0.77	November 30, 2020	$	29,266	December 17, 2020
Second Quarter	$	0.77	February 26, 2021	$	29,141	March 18, 2021
Fiscal 2020
First Quarter	$	0.72	November 29, 2019	$	27,291	December 19, 2019
Second Quarter	$	0.72	February 28, 2020	$	27,251	March 19, 2020

Components of AOCL

The components of AOCL are as follows:

(in thousands)	February 28, 2021		August 31, 2020
Accumulated unrealized losses on cash flow hedges	$	(404)	$	(1,591)
Accumulated foreign currency translation adjustments	(28,092)		(37,702)
Total AOCL	$	(28,496)	$	(39,293)