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STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
9 Months Ended
May 31, 2025
Equity [Abstract]  
STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
Dividends
The following table summarizes the dividends declared and paid during fiscal years 2025 and 2024 (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 8/15/20248/30/2024N/A$0.58 
4/3/2024$1.00 4/19/20244/30/2024N/A$1.00 N/AN/AN/AN/A
2/6/2025$1.26 2/18/20252/28/2025N/A$0.63 8/15/2025N/A8/29/2025$0.63 
On February 6, 2025 the Company’s Board of Directors declared an annual cash dividend in the total amount of $1.26 per share, with $0.63 per share paid on February 28, 2025 to stockholders of record as of February 18, 2025 and $0.63 per share payable on August 29, 2025 to stockholders of record as of August 15, 2025. The declaration of future dividends (ongoing or otherwise), if any, the amount of such dividends, and the establishment of record and payment dates is subject to final determination by the Board of Directors at its discretion after its review of the Company’s financial performance and anticipated capital requirements, taking into account the uncertain macroeconomic conditions on our results of operations and cash flows.
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) and Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss
The following tables disclose the effects on accumulated other comprehensive loss of each component of other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax (in thousands):
Amount
Beginning balance, March 1, 2025$(160,640)
Foreign currency translation adjustments2,048 
Defined benefit pension plans (1)
49 
Derivative instruments (2)
(327)
Ending balance, May 31, 2025$(158,870)
Amount
Beginning balance, March 1, 2024$(155,289)
Foreign currency translation adjustments(5,181)
Defined benefit pension plans (1)
91 
Derivative instruments (2)
299 
Ending balance, May 31, 2024$(160,080)
Amount
Beginning balance, September 1, 2024$(164,590)
Foreign currency translation adjustments6,540 
Defined benefit pension plans (1)
176 
Derivative instruments (2)
(996)
Ending balance, May 31, 2025$(158,870)
Amount
Beginning balance, September 1, 2023$(163,992)
Foreign currency translation adjustments5,053 
Defined benefit pension plans (1)
302 
Derivative instruments (2)
(1,443)
Ending balance, May 31, 2024$(160,080)
Amount
Beginning balance, September 1, 2023$(163,992)
Foreign currency translation adjustments693 
Defined benefit pension plans (1)
501 
Derivative instruments (2)
(2,189)
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive loss397 
Ending balance, August 31, 2024$(164,590)
(1)Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive 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):
May 31,
2025
August 31,
2024
Retained earnings not available for distribution
$9,806 $9,615 
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 began repurchases in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2023 and 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 EndedNine Months Ended
May 31,
2025
May 31,
2024
May 31,
2025
May 31,
2024
Number of common shares acquired
935,663
Average price per common share acquired$$$$74.13
Total cost of common shares acquired$$$$69,362