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STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
 6 Months Ended
Feb. 29, 2024
Equity [Abstract]  
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Dividends
The following table summarizes the dividends declared and paid during fiscal year 2024 and 2023 (amounts are per share):
First PaymentSecond Payment
DeclaredAmountRecord
Date		Date
Paid		Date
Payable		AmountRecord
Date		Date
Paid		Date
Payable		Amount
2/1/2024$1.16 2/15/20242/29/2024N/A$0.58 8/15/2024N/A8/30/2024$0.58 
2/3/2023$0.92 2/16/20232/28/2023N/A$0.46 8/15/20238/31/2023N/A$0.46 
The Company anticipates the ongoing payment of semi-annual dividends in subsequent periods, although the actual declaration of future dividends, if any, the amount of such dividends, and the establishment of record and payment dates is subject to final determination by the Board of Directors at its discretion after its review of the Company’s financial performance and anticipated capital requirements, taking into account the uncertain macroeconomic conditions on our results of operations and cash flows.
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) and Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss
The following tables disclose the effects on accumulated other comprehensive loss of each component of other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax (in thousands):
Amount
Beginning balance, September 1, 2023$(163,992)
Foreign currency translation adjustments10,233 
Defined benefit pension plans (1)
211 
Derivative instruments (2)
(1,741)
Ending balance, February 29, 2024$(155,289)
Amount
Beginning balance, September 1, 2022$(195,586)
Foreign currency translation adjustments11,314 
Defined benefit pension plans (1)
15 
Derivative instruments (2)
554 
Ending balance, February 28, 2023$(183,703)
Amount
Beginning balance, September 1, 2022$(195,586)
Foreign currency translation adjustments33,708 
Defined benefit pension plans (1)
(1,819)
Derivative instruments (2)
(443)
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive loss148 
Ending balance, August 31, 2023$(163,992)
(1)Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) related to the minimum pension liability are included in warehouse club and other operations in the Company's consolidated statements of income.
(2)Refer to "Note 8 - Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities."
Retained Earnings Not Available for Distribution
The following table summarizes retained earnings designated as legal reserves of various subsidiaries which cannot be distributed as dividends to PriceSmart, Inc. according to applicable statutory regulations (in thousands):
February 29,
2024		August 31,
2023
Retained earnings not available for distribution
$9,401 $9,110 
Share Repurchase Program
In July 2023 we announced a program authorized by our Board of Directors to repurchase up to $75 million of our common stock. We successfully completed the program in the first quarter of fiscal year 2024. We purchased a total of approximately 1,007,000 shares of our common stock under the program. The repurchases were made on the open market pursuant to a trading plan established pursuant to Rule 10b5-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, which permitted us to repurchase common stock at times when we might otherwise have been precluded from doing so under insider trading laws or self-imposed trading restrictions. We have no plans to continue repurchases or adopt a new repurchase plan at this time. However, the Board of Directors could choose to commence another program in the future at its discretion after its review of the Company’s financial performance and anticipated capital requirements.
Share repurchase activity under the Company’s repurchase programs for the periods indicated was as follows (total cost in thousands):
Three Months EndedSix Months Ended
February 29,
2024		February 28,
2023		February 29,
2024		February 28,
2023
Number of common shares acquired
——935,663—
Average price per common share acquired$—$—$74.13$—
Total cost of common shares acquired$—$—$69,362$—