10-Q

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q

(Mark One)

☑ QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the quarterly period ended February 28, 2018

☐ TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from to

Commission File Number: 000-06936

WD-40 COMPANY

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware	95-1797918
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
9715 Businesspark Avenue, San Diego, California	92131
(Address of principal executive offices)	(Zip code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (619) 275-1400

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports) and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.

Yes  ☑    No  ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).    Yes  ☑     No  ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer”, “smaller reporting company”, and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

Large accelerated filer  ☑        Accelerated filer  ☐  Non-accelerated filer  ☐       Smaller reporting company  ☐

Emerging growth company  ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).

Yes  ☐    No  ☑

The number of outstanding shares of the registrant’s common stock, par value $0.001 per share, as of April 2, 2018 was13,911,566.

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WD-40 COMPANY

QUARTERLY REPORT ON FORM 10-Q

For the Quarter Ended February 28, 2018

TABLE OF CONTENTS

PART I — FINANCIAL INFORMATION
		Page
Item 1.	Financial Statements (Unaudited)
	Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets	3
	Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations	4
	Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income	5
	Condensed Consolidated Statement of Shareholders’ Equity	6
	Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows	7
	Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements	8
Item 2.	Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations	24
Item 3.	Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk	46
Item 4.	Controls and Procedures	46
PART II —  OTHER INFORMATION
Item 1.	Legal Proceedings	47
Item 1A.	Risk Factors	47
Item 2.	Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds	47
Item 6.	Exhibits	48

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PART 1 - FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Item 1. Financial Statements
WD-40 COMPANY
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(Unaudited and in thousands, except share and per share amounts)
	February 28,		August 31,
	2018		2017
Assets
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$	36,500	$	37,082
Short-term investments		86,914		80,166
Trade accounts receivable, less allowance for doubtful
accounts of $262 and $240 at February 28, 2018
and August 31, 2017, respectively		73,332		64,259
Inventories		39,973		35,340
Other current assets		5,689		8,007
Total current assets		242,408		224,854
Property and equipment, net		36,849		29,439
Goodwill		95,947		95,597
Other intangible assets, net		15,221		16,244
Deferred tax assets, net		501		495
Other assets		3,074		3,088
Total assets	$	394,000	$	369,717
Liabilities and Shareholders' Equity
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable	$	21,213	$	20,898
Accrued liabilities		19,267		18,997
Accrued payroll and related expenses		10,270		14,222
Short-term borrowings		14,020		20,000
Income taxes payable		1,738		1,306
Total current liabilities		66,508		75,423
Long-term borrowings		153,200		134,000
Deferred tax liabilities, net		11,761		18,949
Other long-term liabilities and income taxes payable		8,189		1,958
Total liabilities		239,658		230,330
Commitments and Contingencies (Note 11)
Shareholders' equity:
Common stock ― authorized 36,000,000 shares, $0.001 par value;
19,729,392 and 19,688,238 shares issued at February 28, 2018 and
August 31, 2017, respectively; and 13,928,937 and 13,984,183 shares
outstanding at February 28, 2018 and August 31, 2017, respectively		20		20
Additional paid-in capital		152,536		150,692
Retained earnings		328,598		315,764
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)		(16,421)		(28,075)
Common stock held in treasury, at cost ― 5,800,455 and 5,704,055
shares at February 28, 2018 and August 31, 2017, respectively		(310,391)		(299,014)
Total shareholders' equity		154,342		139,387
Total liabilities and shareholders' equity	$	394,000	$	369,717
See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

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WD-40 COMPANY
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(Unaudited and in thousands, except per share amounts)
	Three Months Ended February 28,				Six Months Ended February 28,
		2018		2017		2018		2017
Net sales	$	101,256	$	96,519	$	198,853	$	185,767
Cost of products sold		45,498		42,057		88,898		80,265
Gross profit		55,758		54,462		109,955		105,502
Operating expenses:
Selling, general and administrative		30,437		29,842		61,654		58,833
Advertising and sales promotion		5,212		5,041		10,327		9,853
Amortization of definite-lived intangible assets		741		717		1,470		1,438
Total operating expenses		36,390		35,600		73,451		70,124
Income from operations		19,368		18,862		36,504		35,378
Other income (expense):
Interest income		131		133		264		280
Interest expense		(1,002)		(598)		(1,843)		(1,129)
Other (expense) income, net		(281)		9		(153)		273
Income before income taxes		18,216		18,406		34,772		34,802
Provision for income taxes		3,398		6,046		7,324		10,684
Net income	$	14,818	$	12,360	$	27,448	$	24,118
Earnings per common share:
Basic	$	1.05	$	0.87	$	1.95	$	1.69
Diluted	$	1.05	$	0.87	$	1.95	$	1.69
Shares used in per share calculations:
Basic		13,967		14,111		13,972		14,146
Diluted		13,995		14,143		14,003		14,182
Dividends declared per common share	$	0.54	$	0.49	$	1.03	$	0.91
See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

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WD-40 COMPANY
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
(Unaudited and in thousands)
	Three Months Ended February 28,				Six Months Ended February 28,
		2018		2017		2018		2017
Net income	$	14,818	$	12,360	$	27,448	$	24,118
Other comprehensive income (loss):
Foreign currency translation adjustment		7,827		284		11,654		(5,830)
Total comprehensive income	$	22,645	$	12,644	$	39,102	$	18,288
See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

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WD-40 COMPANY
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY
(Unaudited and in thousands, except share and per share amounts)
								Accumulated
				Additional				Other					Total
	Common Stock			Paid-in		Retained		Comprehensive		Treasury Stock			Shareholders'
	Shares	Amount		Capital		Earnings		Income (Loss)		Shares	Amount		Equity
Balance at August 31, 2017	19,688,238	$	20	$	150,692	$	315,764	$	(28,075)	5,704,055	$	(299,014)	$	139,387
Issuance of common stock under share-based
compensation plan, net of shares withheld for taxes	41,154		-		(1,583)									(1,583)
Stock-based compensation					3,238									3,238
Cash dividends ($1.03 per share)							(14,486)							(14,486)
Acquisition of treasury stock										96,400		(11,377)		(11,377)
Foreign currency translation adjustment									11,654					11,654
Cumulative effect of change in accounting principle					189		(128)							61
Net income							27,448							27,448
Balance at February 28, 2018	19,729,392	$	20	$	152,536	$	328,598	$	(16,421)	5,800,455	$	(310,391)	$	154,342
See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

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WD-40 COMPANY
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(Unaudited and in thousands)
	Six Months Ended February 28,
	2018		2017
Operating activities:
Net income	$	27,448	$	24,118
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by
operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization		3,886		3,298
Net gains on sales and disposals of property and equipment		(96)		(101)
Deferred income taxes		(7,184)		155
Stock-based compensation		3,238		2,959
Unrealized foreign currency exchange losses		284		1,153
Provision for bad debts		28		(102)
Changes in assets and liabilities:
Trade accounts receivable		(7,147)		(4,088)
Inventories		(3,752)		(6,582)
Other assets		2,539		(1,459)
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities		(260)		4,793
Accrued payroll and related expenses		(4,329)		(10,035)
Other long-term liabilities and income taxes payable		6,499		2,266
Net cash provided by operating activities		21,154		16,375
Investing activities:
Purchases of property and equipment		(9,247)		(12,896)
Proceeds from sales of property and equipment		246		271
Purchase of intangible assets		(175)		-
Purchases of short-term investments		(84,181)		(17,212)
Maturities of short-term investments		83,967		4,517
Net cash used in investing activities		(9,390)		(25,320)
Financing activities:
Treasury stock purchases		(11,377)		(18,718)
Dividends paid		(14,486)		(12,963)
Proceeds from issuance of common stock		215		359
Proceeds from issuance of long-term senior notes		20,000		-
Net (repayments) proceeds from revolving credit facility		(6,780)		26,233
Shares withheld to cover taxes upon conversions of equity awards		(1,797)		(1,692)
Net cash used in financing activities		(14,225)		(6,781)
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents		1,879		(1,593)
Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents		(582)		(17,319)
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period		37,082		50,891
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period	$	36,500	$	33,572
See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

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WD-40 COMPANY

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Unaudited)

Note 1.  The Company

WD-40 Company (“the Company”), based in San Diego, California, is a global marketing organization dedicated to creating positive lasting memories by developing and selling products that solve problems in workshops, factories and homes around the world. The Company markets its maintenance products and its homecare and cleaning products under the following well-known brands: WD-40®, 3-IN-ONE®, GT85®, X-14®, 2000 Flushes®, Carpet Fresh®, no vac®, Spot Shot®, 1001®, Lava® and Solvol®.  Currently included in the WD-40 brand are the WD-40 Multi-Use Product and the WD-40 Specialist® and WD-40 BIKE® product lines. 

The Company’s brands are sold in various locations around the world. Maintenance products are sold worldwide in markets throughout North, Central and South America, Asia, Australia, Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Homecare and cleaning products are sold primarily in North America, the United Kingdom (“U.K.”) and Australia. The Company’s products are sold primarily through mass retail and home center stores, warehouse club stores, grocery stores, hardware stores, automotive parts outlets, sports retailers, independent bike dealers, online retailers and industrial distributors and suppliers.

Note 2.  Basis of Presentation and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

Basis of Consolidation

The condensed consolidated financial statements included herein have been prepared by the Company, without audit, according to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). Certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”) have been condensed or omitted pursuant to such rules and regulations. The August 31, 2017 year-end condensed consolidated balance sheet data was derived from audited financial statements, but does not include all disclosures required by U.S. GAAP.

In the opinion of management, the unaudited financial information for the interim periods shown reflects all adjustments necessary for a fair statement thereof and such adjustments are of a normal recurring nature. These condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended August 31, 2017, which was filed with the SEC on October 23, 2017.

The condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and its wholly-owned subsidiaries. All intercompany transactions and balances have been eliminated in consolidation.

Use of Estimates

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses and the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting periods. Actual results could differ from those estimates. Operating results for interim periods are not necessarily indicative of operating results for an entire fiscal year.

Foreign Currency Forward Contracts

In the normal course of business, the Company employs established policies and procedures to manage its exposure to fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates. The Company’s U.K. subsidiary, whose functional currency is Pound Sterling, utilizes foreign currency forward contracts to limit its exposure to net asset balances held in non-functional currencies, specifically the Euro. The Company regularly monitors its foreign currency exchange rate exposures to ensure the overall effectiveness of its foreign currency hedge positions. While the Company engages in foreign currency hedging activity to reduce its risk, for accounting purposes, none of its foreign currency forward contracts are designated as hedges.  

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Foreign currency forward contracts are carried at fair value, with net realized and unrealized gains and losses recognized currently in other income (expense) in the Company’s consolidated statements of operations. Cash flows from settlements of foreign currency forward contracts are included in operating activities in the consolidated statements of cash flows. Foreign currency forward contracts in an asset position at the end of the reporting period are included in other current assets, while foreign currency forward contracts in a liability position at the end of the reporting period are included in accrued liabilities in the Company’s consolidated balance sheets. At February 28, 2018,  the Company had a notional amount of $17.9 million outstanding in foreign currency forward contracts, which mature in July 2018. Unrealized net gains and losses related to foreign currency forward contracts were not significant at February 28, 2018, while unrealized net losses related to foreign currency forward contracts were $0.6 million at August 31, 2017. Realized net gains related to foreign currency forward contracts were not significant for the three months endedFebruary 28, 2018 and were $0.4 million for the six months ended February 28, 2018, while realized net gains and losses related to foreign currency forward contracts were not significant for each of the three and six month periods ended February 28, 2017. Both unrealized and realized net gains and losses are recorded in other (expense)income, net on the Company’s consolidated statements of operations.

Fair Value Measurements

Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 820, “Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures”, defines fair value as the exchange price that would be received for an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. The Company categorizes its financial assets and liabilities measured at fair value into a hierarchy that categorizes fair value measurements into the following three levels based on the types of inputs used in measuring their fair value: 

Level 1:  Observable inputs such as quoted market prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities;

Level 2:  Observable market-based inputs or observable inputs that are corroborated by market data; and

Level 3:  Unobservable inputs reflecting the Company’s own assumptions.

Under fair value accounting, assets and liabilities are classified in their entirety based on the lowest level of input that is significant to the fair value measurement. As of February 28, 2018, the Company had no assets or liabilities that are measured at fair value in the financial statements on a recurring basis, with the exception of the foreign currency forward contracts which are classified as Level 2 within the fair value hierarchy. The carrying values of cash equivalents, short-term investments and short-term borrowings are recorded at cost, which approximates their fair values primarily due to their short-term maturities and are classified as Level 2 within the fair value hierarchy. In addition, the carrying value of borrowings held under the Company’s revolving credit facility approximates fair value due to the variable nature of underlying interest rates,which generally reflect market conditions and such borrowings are classified as Level 2 within the fair value hierarchy. The Company’s fixed rate long-term borrowings consist of senior notes which are also classified as Level 2 within the fair value hierarchy and are recorded at carrying value, which does not significantly differ from the fair value of the notes as of February 28, 2018. During the six months ended February 28, 2018, the Company did not record any significant nonrecurring fair value measurements for assets or liabilities in periods subsequent to their initial recognition.

Recently Adopted Accounting Standards

In March 2018, theFinancial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”)issued ASU No. 2018-05, “Amendments to SEC Paragraphs Pursuant to SEC Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 118”, to add various SEC paragraphs pursuant to the issuance of SEC Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 118 (“SAB 118”), to ASC 740 “Income Taxes”.  SAB 118 was issued by the SEC in December 2018 to provide immediate guidance for accounting implications of U.S. tax reform under the “Tax Cuts and Jobs Act” (the “Tax Act”), which became effective for the Company on January 1, 2018. The Company has evaluated the potential impacts of SAB 118 and has applied this guidance to its consolidated financial statements and related disclosures beginning in the second quarter of its fiscal year 2018.For additional information on SAB 118 and the impacts of the Tax Act on the Company’s consolidated financial statements and related disclosures, see Part I-Item 1, “Notes to Condensed Consolidated Statements” Note 12- Income Taxes, included in this report.

In January 2017, the FASB issued ASU No. 2017-04, “Simplifying the Test for Goodwill Impairment”. The amendments in this updated guidance simplify how an entity is required to test goodwill for impairment due to concerns that were raised about the cost and complexity of annual impairment tests under the existing standard. This updated guidance eliminates Step 2 of the previous two-step quantitative model for goodwill impairment tests. Step 2 required an entity to calculate an implied fair value, which includes a hypothetical purchase price allocation requirement, for reporting units that failed Step 1. Per this

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updated guidance, a goodwill impairment will instead be measured as the amount by which a reporting unit’s carrying value exceeds its fair value as identified in Step 1. Step 1 will be referred to simply as a “quantitative goodwill impairment test” subsequent to the Company’s adoption of this updated guidance, since Step 2 has been eliminated and “steps” are no longer referred to within the updated guidance. However, the updated guidance still permits the Company to first conduct a qualitative assessment to determine whether it is necessary to perform a quantitative goodwill impairment test. This guidance is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2019, including interim periods within that reporting period. Early adoption is permitted for interim or annual goodwill impairment tests performed on testing dates after January 1, 2017. The Company early adopted this guidance in its fiscal year 2018 during the second quarter, the period in which the Company performs its annual goodwill impairment test. The guidance was adopted on a prospective basis and is applicable to all of the Company’s future annual goodwill impairment tests. The Company’s reporting units have had no history of goodwill impairments and the Company also determined that no impairment of its goodwill existed as of February 28, 2018 as a result of its annual goodwill impairment test using a qualitative assessment. Therefore, the adoption of this guidance did not have an impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements and related disclosures. See Note 5 – Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets for additional information on the Company’s fiscal year 2018 annual goodwill impairment test. 

In March 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-09, “Improvements to Employee Share-Based Payment Accounting”.The amendments in this updatedguidanceincludechangesto simplify the Codification for several aspects of the accounting for share-based payment transactions, including those related to the income tax consequences, classification of awards as either equity or liabilities, accounting for forfeitures, minimum statutory withholding requirements and classification of certain items on the statement of cash flows. Certain of these changes are required to be applied retrospectively while other changes are required to be applied prospectively. This guidance is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2016, including interim periods within that reporting period. Early adoption was permitted. The Company did not adopt this updated guidance early and therefore this guidance became effective for the Company during the first quarter of its fiscal year 2018. The impacts of the adoption by the Company of ASU No. 2016-09 in fiscal year 2018 were as follows:

· The Company recorded excess tax benefits of $0.2 million and $0.8 million within the provision for income taxes for the three and six months ended February 28, 2018, respectively, from settlements of stock-based equity awards. Prior to the adoption of this new guidance, these amounts would have been recorded as an increase to additional paid-in capital. Although the Company recorded $0.2 million in excess tax benefits from settlements of stock-based equity awards that settled during the three months ended February 28, 2018, this amount was completely offset during the quarter by the remeasurement of the excess tax benefits previously recorded during the first quarter of fiscal year 2018 from $0.8 million to $0.6 million. These excess tax benefits recorded during the first quarter of fiscal year 2018 were remeasured and reduced as a result of a decrease in the Company’s U.S. federal corporate income tax rate due to U.S. tax reform under the “Tax Cuts and Jobs Act”, which became effective for the Company on January 1, 2018. 

· The Company elected to change its policy related to forfeitures of stock-based equity awards upon adoption of this new guidance such that it will now recognize the impacts of forfeitures as they occur rather than recognizing them based on an estimated forfeiture rate. As a result, the Company recorded a cumulative-effect adjustment to retained earnings. This adjustment to retained earnings and the impact of this change in policy for forfeitures on the Company’s consolidated financial statements were not material.

· The Company elected to apply the presentation requirements for the statement of cash flows related to excess tax benefits from settlements of stock-based equity awards retrospectively for all periods presented which resulted in an increase of $0.9 million to both net cash provided by operating activities and net cash used in financing activities for the six months ended February 28, 2017.

· The Company’s presentation in the statement of cash flows of employee taxes paid upon settlement of certain stock-based equity awards via shares withheld by the Company for tax-withholding purposes also changed as a result of the adoption of this new guidance since the Company previously reported such activity as an operating activity rather than a financing activity. As required, the Company applied this change in presentation for the statement of cash flows retrospectively for all periods presented which resulted in an increase of $1.7 million to both net cash provided by operating activities and net cash used in financing activities for the six months ended February 28, 2017.

· The Company excluded the excess tax benefits from the assumed proceeds available to repurchase shares in the computation of its diluted earnings per share for the three and six months ended February 28, 2018. The resulting increase in the Company’s diluted weighted average common shares outstanding was not material.

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Recently Issued Accounting Standards

In February 2018, the FASBissued ASU No. 2018-02, “Reclassification of Certain Tax Effects from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income”, to optionally allow entities to reclassify stranded tax effects, resulting from the Tax Act, from accumulated other comprehensive income to retained earnings. Since the amendments within this guidance only relate to the reclassification of the income tax effects associated with the Tax Act, the underlying guidance that requires that the effect of a change in tax laws or rates be included in income from continuing operations is not affected. This guidance is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018, including interim periods within that reporting period. Early adoption is permitted. The amendments in this updated guidance should be applied either in the period of adoption or retrospectively to each period in which the effect of the change in the U.S. corporate federal income tax rate in the Tax Act is recognized. The Company has evaluated the potential impacts of this updated guidance, and it does not expect the adoption of this guidance to have a material impact on its consolidated financial statements and related disclosures, as such stranded tax effects are immaterial.

In August 2017, the FASBissued ASU No. 2017-12, “Targeted Improvements to Accounting for Hedging Activities”, to better align risk management activities and financial reporting for hedging relationships through changes to both the designation and measurement guidance for qualifying hedging relationships and the presentation of hedge results. This updated guidance, among other things, expands component and fair value hedging, provides specific presentation guidance on the effects of hedging instruments, and eliminates the separate measurement and presentation of portions of hedges deemed to be ineffective. This guidance is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018, including interim periods within that reporting period. Early adoption is permitted. Currently, although the Company engages in foreign currency hedging activity to reduce its risk, none of its foreign currency forward contracts are designated as hedges for accounting purposes. As such, the adoption of this guidance will not have an impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements and related disclosures.

In October 2016, the FASBissued ASU No. 2016-16, “Intra-Entity Transfers of Assets Other Than Inventory”, which requires an entity to recognize the income tax consequences of an intra-entity transfer of an asset other than inventory when the transfer occurs. This guidance is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2017, including interim periods within that reporting period. Early adoption is permitted in the first interim period of an entity's annual financial statements. The Company has evaluated the potential impacts of this updated guidance, and it does not expect the adoption of this guidance to have a material impact on its consolidated financial statements and related disclosures.

In August 2016, theFASBissued ASU No. 2016-15, “Classification of Certain Cash Receipts and Cash Payments”. The amendments in this updated guidance address eight specific cash flow issues to reduce the existing diversity in practice in how certain cash receipts and cash payments are presented and classified in the statement of cash flows. This guidance is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2017, including interim periods within that reporting period. Early adoption is permitted and should be applied using a retrospective approach. The Company is in the process of evaluating the potential impacts of this new guidance on its consolidated financial statements.

In June 2016, theFASB issued ASU No. 2016-13, “Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments”, which requires entities to estimate all expected credit losses for certain types of financial instruments, including trade receivables, held at the reporting date based on historical experience, current conditions, and reasonable and supportable forecasts. The updated guidance also expands the disclosure requirements to enable users of financial statements to understand the entity’s assumptions, models and methods for estimating expected credit losses. This guidance is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2019, including interim periods within that reporting period. Early adoption is permitted. The Company is in the process of evaluating the potential impacts of this new guidance on its consolidated financial statements.

In February 2016, theFASB issued ASU No. 2016-02, “Leases”.The new standard establishes a right-of-use model that requires a lessee to record a right-of-use asset and a lease liability on the balance sheet for all leases with terms longer than twelve months. Leases will be classified as either financeor operating, with classification affecting the pattern of expense recognition in the income statement.This guidance is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018, including interim periods within that reporting period. Early adoption is permitted and should be applied using a modified retrospective approach. The Company is in the process of evaluating the impacts of this new guidance on its consolidated financial statements and related disclosures.

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In May 2014, theFASBissued ASU No. 2014-09, “Revenue from Contracts with Customers”, which supersedes the revenue recognition requirements in ASC 605, “Revenue Recognition”. The core principle of this updated guidance and related amendmentsis that an entity should recognize revenue to depict the transfer of promised goods or services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration to which the entity expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods or services. This new guidance requires an entity to recognize revenue for product sales at the point in time in which control of goods transfers to the Company’s customers which, as defined, could be different than the point in time in which revenue had been recognized by the Company under existing U.S. GAAP, which was based on when title and the risks and rewards of ownership were transferred to the customer. The new guidance also requires additional disclosureabout the nature, amount, timing and uncertainty of revenue and cash flows arising from customer contracts, including significant judgments and changes in judgments and assets recognized from costs incurred to obtain or fulfill a contract.  Although early adoption is permitted, the Company has concluded that it will not adopt this guidance early and it will become effective for the Company on September 1, 2018. The Company will adopt this new guidance following the modified retrospective approach and will recognize the cumulative effect of initially applying the guidance as an adjustment to the opening balance of retained earnings on September 1, 2018. Management performed a detailed review of the Company’s customer contracts which was focused principally on, but not limited to, identifying the point in time at which the control of goods transfers to customers. Although management has not completed this review and is still in the process of completing a quantitative analysis, it does not expect the adoption of this guidance to have a material impact on net sales for the Company.  In addition, management is still in the process of determining other impacts that this new guidance will have on the Company's consolidated financial statements and related disclosures.

Note 3.  Inventories

Inventories consist primarily of raw materials and components, finished goods, and product held at third-party contract manufacturers. Inventories are stated at the lower of cost or market and cost is determined based on a first-in, first-out method or, for a portion of raw materials inventory, the average cost method. Inventories consisted of the following (in thousands):

	February 28,		August 31,
	2018		2017
Product held at third-party contract manufacturers	$	3,399	$	3,021
Raw materials and components		3,414		3,021
Work-in-process		363		215
Finished goods		32,797		29,083
Total	$	39,973	$	35,340

Note 4.  Property and Equipment

Property and equipment, net, consisted of the following (in thousands):

	February 28,		August 31,
	2018		2017
Machinery, equipment and vehicles	$	17,783	$	17,491
Buildings and improvements		17,172		16,953
Computer and office equipment		5,356		4,552
Software		9,398		7,947
Furniture and fixtures		1,727		1,608
Capital in progress		7,597		861
Land		3,465		3,453
Subtotal		62,498		52,865
Less: accumulated depreciation and amortization		(25,649)		(23,426)
Total	$	36,849	$	29,439

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At February 28, 2018, capital in progress on the balance sheet included $7.4 million associated with capital costs related to the purchase of the Company’s new office building and related land in Milton Keynes, England, which will house employees of the Company’s EMEA segment that are based in the United Kingdom. The Company expects to incur additional capital costs related to the buildout of the acquired building and for the purchase of new furniture, fixtures and equipment. Upon completion of the buildout, the Company will place these assets into service and reclassify the amounts recorded in capital in progress to the respective fixed asset categories, which includes amounts attributable to the land. For further information, see the Liquidity and Capital Resources section in Part I—Item 2, “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations”.

Note 5.  Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets

Acquisitions

During the first quarter of fiscal year 2018, the Company entered into a confidential settlement agreement with FirstPower Group, LLC (“FirstPower”) for dismissal of FirstPower’s trademark infringement complaint against the Company relating to use of the words, “EZ-REACH” for the Company’s WD-40 EZ-REACH Flexible Straw product.  The settlement agreement provided for the Company’s acquisition of FirstPower’s trademark rights associated with the words “EZ REACH” for lubricating oil products for a purchase consideration of $0.2 million. The Company has used the words “EZ-REACH” since the introduction of the WD-40 EZ-REACH Flexible Straw product in fiscal year 2015.

The entire purchase consideration of $0.2 million was paid in cash upon execution of the settlement agreement and was allocated to the trade name-related intangible assets category. The Company began to amortize this definite-lived intangible asset on a straight-line basis over an estimated useful life of five years in the first quarter of fiscal year 2018. This acquisition did not have a material impact on the Company’s condensed consolidated financial statements.

Goodwill

The following table summarizes the changes in the carrying amounts of goodwill by segment (in thousands):

	Americas		EMEA		Asia-Pacific		Total
Balance as of August 31, 2017	$	85,448	$	8,939	$	1,210	$	95,597
Translation adjustments		37		313		-		350
Balance as of February 28, 2018	$	85,485	$	9,252	$	1,210	$	95,947

During the second quarter of fiscal year 2018, the Company performed its annual goodwill impairment test. The annual goodwill impairment test was performed at the reporting unit level as required by the authoritative guidanceas of the Company’s most recent goodwill impairment testing date, November 30, 2017.In accordance withASC350-20, “Goodwill”, companies are permitted to first assess qualitative factors to determine whether it is necessary to perform a quantitative goodwill impairment test. In addition, the Company early adopted ASU 2017-04 “Simplifying the Test for Goodwill Impairment”  in the second quarter of fiscal year 2018. The amendments in this updated guidance simplify how an entity is required to test goodwill for impairment if a quantitative approach is used during the annual goodwill impairment test. The adoption of this guidance did not have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements and related disclosures. See “Recently Adopted Accounting Standards” within Note 2 – Basis of Presentation and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, included in this report, for additional information on ASU 2017-04. During the fiscal year 2018 annual goodwill impairment test, the Company performed a qualitative assessment ofeach reporting unitto determinewhether itwas more likely than not that the fair value of a reporting unitwas less than its carrying amount. In performing this qualitative assessment, the Company assessed relevant events and circumstances that may impact the fair value and the carrying amount of each of its reporting units. Factors that were considered included, but werenot limited to, the following: (1) macroeconomic conditions; (2) industry and market conditions; (3) historical financial performance and expected financial performance, including the anticipated impacts of the “Tax Cuts and Jobs Act”, which was signed into law on December 22, 2017and became effective beginning January 1, 2018; (4) other entity specific events, such as changes in management or key personnel; and (5) events affecting the Company’s reporting units, such as a change in the composition of net assets or any expected dispositions. Based on the results of this qualitative assessment, the Company determined that

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it is more likely than not that the carrying value of each of its reporting units is less than its fair value as of the goodwill impairment testing date and, thus, a  quantitative analysis was not required. As a result, the Company concluded that no impairment of its goodwill existed as of February 28, 2018.

Definite-lived Intangible Assets

The Company’s definite-lived intangible assets,which include the 2000 Flushes, Spot Shot, Carpet Fresh, 1001, EZ REACH and GT85 trade names, the Belgium customer list, the GT85 customer relationships and the GT85 technologyare included in other intangible assets, net in the Company’s condensed consolidated balance sheets.The following table summarizes the definite-lived intangible assets and the related accumulated amortization and impairment (in thousands):

	February 28,		August 31,
	2018		2017
Gross carrying amount	$	36,826	$	35,891
Accumulated amortization		(21,605)		(19,647)
Net carrying amount	$	15,221	$	16,244

Therehas been no impairment charge for the six months ended February 28, 2018 and there were no indicators of impairment identifiedas a result of the Company’s review of events and circumstances related to its existing definite-lived intangible assets.

Changes in the carrying amounts of definite-lived intangible assets by segment for the six months ended February 28, 2018 are summarized below (in thousands):

	Americas		EMEA		Asia-Pacific		Total
Balance as of August 31, 2017	$	12,706	$	3,538	$	-	$	16,244
Amortization expense		(1,116)		(354)		-		(1,470)
EZ REACH trade name		175		-		-		175
Translation adjustments		-		272		-		272
Balance as of February 28, 2018	$	11,765	$	3,456	$	-	$	15,221

The estimated amortization expense for the Company’s definite-lived intangible assets in future fiscal years is as follows (in thousands):

	Trade Names		Customer-Based		Technology
Remainder of fiscal year 2018	$	1,238	$	241	$	18
Fiscal year 2019		2,466		280		-
Fiscal year 2020		2,071		178		-
Fiscal year 2021		1,281		179		-
Fiscal year 2022		1,281		179		-
Thereafter		5,809		-		-
Total	$	14,146	$	1,057	$	18

Included in the total estimated future amortization expense is the amortization expense for the 1001 trade name and the GT85 intangible assets, which are based on current foreign currency exchange rates, and as a result amounts in future periods may differ from those presented due to fluctuations in those rates.

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Note 6. Accrued and Other Liabilities

Accrued liabilities consisted of the following (in thousands):

	February 28,		August 31,
	2018		2017
Accrued advertising and sales promotion expenses	$	11,355	$	10,889
Accrued professional services fees		1,386		1,456
Accrued sales taxes and other taxes		1,212		1,701
Other		5,314		4,951
Total	$	19,267	$	18,997

Accrued payroll and related expenses consisted of the following (in thousands):

	February 28,		August 31,
	2018		2017
Accrued incentive compensation	$	3,763	$	6,554
Accrued payroll		3,736		3,338
Accrued profit sharing		838		2,257
Accrued payroll taxes		1,351		1,503
Other		582		570
Total	$	10,270	$	14,222

Note 7. Debt

As of February 28, 2018, the Company held borrowings under two separate agreements as detailed below.

Note Purchase and Private Shelf Agreement

On November 15, 2017, the Company entered into the Note Purchase and Private Shelf Agreement (the “Note Agreement”) by and among the Company, PGIM, Inc. (“Prudential”), and certain affiliates and managed accounts of Prudential (the “Note Purchasers”), pursuant to which the Company agreed to sell $20.0 million aggregate principal amount of senior notes (the “Series A Notes”) to certain of the Note Purchasers. The Series A Notes will bear interest at 3.39% per annum and will mature on November 15, 2032, unless earlier paid by the Company. Principal payments are required semi-annually beginning on May 15, 2018 in equal installments of $0.4 million through May 15, 2032, and the remaining outstanding principal in the amount of $8.4 million will become due on November 15, 2032. Interest is also payable semi-annually beginning on May 15, 2018. The Company used the proceeds to pay down $20.0 million of short-term borrowings under the Company’s existing $175.0 million unsecured Credit Agreement during the six months ended February 28, 2018.On February 23, 2018, this Note Agreement was amended (the “Note Amendment”) in connection with the purchase of the Company’s new office building and related land located in Milton Keynes, England, (the “Property”). The Note Amendment amends the Note Agreement to permit the Company to spend an aggregate amount not to exceed $15.0 million for the acquisition and improvement costs for the Property through the end of the Company’s fiscal year 2019.

Pursuant to the Note Agreement, the Company may from time to time offer for sale, in one or a series of transactions, additional senior notes of the Company (the “Shelf Notes”) in an aggregate principal amount of up to $105.0 million. The Shelf Notes will have a maturity date of no more than 15½ years after the date of original issuance and may be issued no later than November 15, 2020. The Shelf Notes, if issued, would bear interest at a rate per annum and would have such other particular terms, as would be set forth in a confirmation of acceptance executed by the purchasing parties prior to the closing of each purchase and sale transaction. To date, the Company has issued no Shelf Notes. Pursuant to the Note Agreement, the Series A Notes and any Shelf Notes (collectively, the "Notes") can be prepaid at the Company’s sole discretion, in whole at any time or in part from time to time, at 100% of the principal amount of the Notes being prepaid, together with accrued and unpaid interest thereon as well as an additional make-whole payment with respect to such Notes.

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Credit Agreement

On June 17, 2011, the Company entered into an unsecured Credit Agreement (the “Credit Agreement”) with Bank of America, N.A. (“Bank of America”). Since June 17, 2011, this unsecured credit agreement has been amended six times, most recentlyon November 15, 2017, (the “Fifth Amendment”) and on February 23, 2018, (the “Sixth Amendment”). The Fifth Amendment amended certain provisions and covenants in the Credit Agreement to generally conform them to the corresponding provisions and covenants contained in the Note Agreement and permits the Company to incur indebtedness arising under the Note Agreement in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed the $20.0 million, the amount of the Series A Notes sold pursuant to the Note Agreement in November 2017. The Sixth Amendment amended the Credit Agreement to permit the Company to spend an aggregate amount not to exceed $15.0 million for the acquisition and improvement costs for the Company’s new office building and related land in Milton Keynes, England, through the end of the Company’s fiscal year 2019. The Sixth Amendment also permits the Company to incur an additional $15.0 million of indebtedness under the Note Agreement by issuance and sale of Shelf Notes pursuant to the Note Agreement

Per the terms of the amended agreement, the revolving commitment may not exceed $175.0 million and the aggregate amount of the Company’s capital stock that it may repurchase may not exceed $150.0 million during the period from November 16, 2015 to the maturity date of the agreement so long as no default exists immediately prior and after giving effect thereto. This revolving credit facilitymatures on May 13, 2020.  In addition, as allowed per the terms of the Credit Agreement, the Company and Bank of America entered into an autoborrow agreement providing for the automatic advance of revolving loans in U.S. Dollars to the Company’s designated account at Bank of America. This agreement was entered into during the second quarter of fiscal year 2016 and this agreement has been in effect since that time. Since the autoborrow feature provides for borrowings to be made and repaid by the Company on a daily basis, any such borrowings made under an active autoborrow agreement are classified as short-term on the Company’s consolidated balance sheets. The Company had$8.2 million in net borrowings outstanding under the autoborrow agreement as of February 28, 2018.

The Company assesses its ability and intent to refinance the outstanding draws on the line of credit at the end of each reporting period in order to determine the proper balance sheet classification for amounts outstanding on the line of credit. Outstanding draws on the line of credit which the Company intends to repay in less than twelve months are classified as short-term. Outstanding draws for which management has the ability and intent to refinance with successive short-term borrowings for a period of at least twelve months are classified as long-term. During the six months ended February 28, 2018, the Company repaid $20.0 million in short-term borrowings outstanding under the line of credit by utilizing the proceeds from the $20.0 million in Series A Notes issued in November 2017. Subsequently, the Company borrowed $5.0 million under the revolving credit facility during the second quarter of fiscal year 2018, which it intends to repay in less than twelve months.

Short-term and long-term borrowings consisted of the following (in thousands): 

	February 28,		August 31,
	2018		2017
Short-term borrowings:
Revolving credit facility, short-term	$	5,000	$	20,000
Revolving credit facility, autoborrow feature		8,220		-
Series A Notes, current portion of long-term debt		800		-
Total short-term borrowings		14,020		20,000
Long-term borrowings:
Revolving credit facility		134,000		134,000
Series A Notes		19,200		-
Total long-term borrowings		153,200		134,000
Total borrowings	$	167,220	$	154,000

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Both the Note Agreement and Credit Agreement contain representations, warranties, events of default and remedies, as well as affirmative, negative and other financial covenants customary for these types of agreements. These covenants include, among other things, certain limitations on the ability of the Company and its subsidiaries to incur indebtedness, create liens, dispose of assets, make investments, repurchase shares of the Company’s capital stock and enter into certain merger or consolidation transactions. Each agreement also includes a most favored lender provision which requires that any time any other lender has the benefit of one or more financial or operational covenants that is different than, or similar to, but more restrictive than those contained in its own agreement, those covenants shall be immediately and automatically incorporated by reference in the other lender’s agreement.

Both the Note Agreement and the Credit Agreement require the Company to adhere to the same financial covenants. For the financial covenants, the definition of consolidated EBITDA includes the add back of non-cash stock-based compensation to consolidated net income when arriving at consolidated EBITDA. The terms of the financial covenants are as follows:

· The consolidated leverage ratio cannot be greater than three to one. The consolidated leverage ratio means, as of any date of determination, the ratio of (a) consolidated funded indebtedness as of such date to (b) consolidated EBITDA for the most recently completed four fiscal quarters.

· The consolidated interest coverage ratio cannot be less than three to one. The consolidated interest coverage ratio means, as of any date of determination, the ratio of (a) consolidated EBITDA for the most recently completed four fiscal quarters to (b) consolidated interest charges for the most recently completed four fiscal quarters

As of February 28, 2018 the Company was in compliance with all debt covenants under both the Note Agreement and the Credit Agreement.

Note 8. Share Repurchase Plan 

On June 21, 2016, the Company’s Board of Directors approved a share buy-back plan. Under the plan, which became effective on September 1, 2016, the Company is authorized to acquire up to $75.0 million of its outstanding shares through August 31, 2018.The timing and amount of repurchases are based on terms and conditions as may be acceptable to the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer and in compliance with all laws and regulations applicable thereto. During the period from September 1, 2016 through February 28, 2018, the Company repurchased 386,973 shares at a total cost of $42.5 million under this $75.0 million plan. During the six months ended February 28, 2018, the Company repurchased 96,400 shares at an average price of $118.01 per share, for a total cost of $11.4 million.

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Note 9.  Earnings per Common Share

The table below reconciles net income to net income available to common shareholders (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended February 28,				Six Months Ended February 28,
	2018		2017		2018		2017
Net income	$	14,818	$	12,360	$	27,448	$	24,118
Less: Net income allocated to
participating securities		(96)		(75)		(178)		(152)
Net income available to common shareholders	$	14,722	$	12,285	$	27,270	$	23,966

The table below summarizes the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding included in the calculation of basic and diluted EPS (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended February 28,				Six Months Ended February 28,
	2018		2017		2018		2017
Weighted-average common
shares outstanding, basic		13,967		14,111		13,972		14,146
Weighted-average dilutive securities		28		32		31		36
Weighted-average common
shares outstanding, diluted		13,995		14,143		14,003		14,182

There were no anti-dilutive stock-based equity awards outstanding  for the three and six months ended February 28, 2018 and 2017, respectively.

Note 10.  Related Parties

On October 11, 2011, the Company’s Board of Directors elected Mr. Gregory A. Sandfort as a director of WD-40 Company. Mr. Sandfort is the Chief Executive Officer of Tractor Supply Company (“Tractor Supply”), which is a WD-40 Company customer that acquires products from the Company in the ordinary course of business.

The condensed consolidated financial statements include sales to Tractor Supply of $0.2 million for both the three months ended February 28, 2018 and 2017, and $0.5 million for both the six months ended February 28, 2018 and 2017.  Accounts receivable from Tractor Supply were not material as of February 28, 2018and August 31, 2017.

Note 11.  Commitments and Contingencies

Purchase Commitments

The Company has ongoing relationships with various suppliers (contract manufacturers) who manufacture the Company’s products.  The contract manufacturers maintain title and control of certain raw materials and components, materials utilized in finished products, and of the finished products themselves until shipment to the Company’s customers or third-party distribution centers in accordance with agreed upon shipment terms.  Although the Company typically does not have definitive minimum purchase obligations included in the contract terms with its contract manufacturers, when such obligations have been included, they have been immaterial. In the ordinary course of business, supply needs are communicated by the Company to its contract manufacturers based on orders and short-term projections, ranging from two to five months. The Company is committed to purchase the products produced by the contract manufacturers based on the projections provided.

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Upon the termination of contracts with contract manufacturers, the Company obtains certain inventory control rights and is obligated to work with the contract manufacturer to sell through all product held by or manufactured by the contract manufacturer on behalf of the Company during the termination notification period. If any inventory remains at the contract manufacturer at the termination date, the Company is obligated to purchase such inventory which may include raw materials, components and finished goods. The amounts for inventory purchased under termination commitments have been immaterial.  

In addition to the commitments to purchase products from contract manufacturers described above, the Company may also enter into commitments with other manufacturers to purchase finished goods and components to support innovationand renovationinitiatives and/or supply chain initiatives. As of February 28, 2018,  no such commitments were outstanding.

Litigation

From time to time, the Company is subject to various claims, lawsuits, investigations and proceedings arising in the ordinary course of business, including but not limited to, product liability litigation and other claims and proceedings with respect to intellectual property, breach of contract, labor and employment, tax and other matters.  As of February 28, 2018, there is no current proceeding or litigation involving the Company that management believes could have a material adverse impact on its business, financial condition and results of operations. For further information on the risks the Company faces from existing and future claims, suits, investigations and proceedings, see the Company’s risk factors disclosed in Part I―Item 1A, “Risk Factors,” in its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended August 31, 2017, which was filed with the SEC on October 23, 2017.   

Indemnifications

Aspermitted under Delaware law, the Company has agreements whereby it indemnifies senior officers and directors for certain events or occurrences while the officer or director is, or was, serving at the Company’s request in such capacity. The maximum potential amount of future payments the Company could be required to make under these indemnification agreements is unlimited; however, the Company maintains Director and Officer insurance coverage that mitigates the Company’s exposure with respect to such obligations. As a result of the Company’s insurance coverage, management believes that the estimated fair value of these indemnification agreements is minimal. Thus, no liabilities have been recorded for these agreements as of February 28, 2018.

Fromtime to time,the Company enters into indemnification agreements with certain contractual parties in the ordinary course of business, including agreements with lenders, lessors, contract manufacturers, marketing distributors, customers and certain vendors. All such indemnification agreements are entered into in the context of the particular agreements and are provided in an attempt to properly allocate risk of loss in connection with the consummation of the underlying contractual arrangements. Although the maximum amount of future payments that the Company could be required to make under these indemnification agreements is unlimited, management believes that the Company maintains adequate levels of insurance coverage to protect the Company with respect to most potential claims arising from such agreements and that such agreements do not otherwise have value separate and apart from the liabilities incurred in the ordinary course of the Company’s business. Thus, no liabilities have been recorded with respect to such indemnification agreements as of February 28, 2018.

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Note 12.  Income Taxes

The Company uses an estimated annual effective tax rate, which is based on expected annual income, statutory tax rates and tax planning opportunities available in the various jurisdictions in which the Company operates, to determine its quarterly provision for income taxes. Certain significant or unusual items are separately recognized in the quarter in which they occur and can be a source of variability in the effective tax rates from quarter to quarter.  

On December 20, 2017 the United States House of Representatives and the Senate passed the “Tax Cuts and Jobs Act” (the “Tax Act”), which was signed into law on December 22, 2017 and became effective beginning January 1, 2018.Due to the complexity of the Tax Act, the SEC issued guidance in SAB 118 which clarifies the accounting for income taxes under ASC 740 if information is not yet available, prepared or analyzed in reasonable detail to complete the accounting for income tax effects of the Tax Act. SAB 118 provides for a measurement period of up to one year after the enactment of the Tax Act, during which time the required analyses and accounting must be completed. During the measurement period, (i) income tax effects of the Tax Act must be reported if the accounting has been completed; (ii) provisional amounts must be reported for income tax effects of the Tax Act for which the accounting is incomplete but a reasonable estimate can be determined; and (iii) provisional amounts are not required to be reported for income tax effects of the Tax Act for which a reasonable estimate cannot be determined. During the second quarter of fiscal year 2018, the Company recorded provisional amounts for the income tax effects of the changes in tax law and tax rates, as reasonable estimates were determined by management during this period. These estimates include the remeasurement of the deferred income tax balance on the Company’s consolidated balance sheets due to the reduction in the corporate federal statutory tax rate from 35% to 21%, as well as the application of a mandatory one-time “toll tax” on unremitted foreign earnings.  

The remeasurement of the Company’s net deferred income tax liability was recorded as a provisional amount during the second quarter of fiscal year 2018 and resulted in a reduction of the liability of $6.9 million.  The reduction is a non-cash benefit to the Company’s provision for income taxes which resulted in a one-time benefit to earnings.  This benefit was almost entirely offset by the estimated toll tax to be applied to unremitted foreign earnings, mandated by the Tax Act. The Company has paid taxes on earnings outside the United States at tax rates which have been on average below the historical U.S. corporate federal statutory rate of 35%. As a result, the Company’s estimate of the deemed toll tax created a significant tax impact on the Company’s provision for income taxes of $6.8 million, also recorded as a provisional amount during the second quarter of fiscal year 2018.  The Company recorded both of these provisional amounts as discrete items in the second quarter of fiscal year 2018. Since the Tax Act allows companies to pay the toll tax over an eight year period with the larger payments coming due in the latter years, the Company recorded $6.3 million of the $6.8 million in other long-term liabilities and income taxes payable on its consolidated balance sheets.The determination of the impact of the income tax effects of the items reflected as provisional amounts may change, possibly materially, following review of historical records, refinement of calculations, modifications of assumptions and further interpretation of the Tax Act based on U.S. Treasury regulations and guidance from the Internal Revenue Service and state tax authorities. The Company will report revised provisional amounts in accordance with SAB 118 when additional information and guidance has become available.

Management will continue to review the Tax Act and is still in the process of determining the full impacts of the Tax Act on the Company.  Management expects that the Company will lose the benefit from the Qualified Production Deduction in fiscal year 2019 but also expects to acquire certain benefits from the Foreign Derived Intangible Income section of the Tax Act.  Other significant sections of the new tax law, including the Global Intangible Low Tax Income (“GILTI”) and the Base Erosion Anti-Abuse Tax (“BEAT”) do not apply to the Company’s fiscal year 2018.  In addition the Company will continue to monitor for any significant impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements in future periods with respect to GILTI and BEAT.

The provision for income taxes was 18.7% and 32.8% of income before income taxes for the three months ended February 28, 2018 and 2017, respectively.The decrease in the effective income tax rate from period to period was primarily due to the favorable impact of the reduced tax rate resulting from the Tax Act. In addition, the effective income tax rate was higher in the second quarter of last fiscal year due to the unfavorable impact of a non-reoccurring immaterial out-of-period correction that the Company recorded during the quarter associated with the tax impacts from certain unrealized foreign currency exchange losses. The Tax Act became effective on January 1, 2018, during the second quarter of the Company’s fiscal year, thus impacting the Company’s fiscal year 2018 effective tax rate.  Since the Company has a fiscal year which ends on August 31st, the Company is subject to a “blended” corporate federal statutory rate in its fiscal year 2018 which is calculated based on the applicable tax rates before and after passage of the Tax Act and the number of days in the fiscal year.  As a result of

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this calculation, the Company’s blended federal statutory tax rate for fiscal year 2018 is 25.7% which is more than 9 percentage points lower than the statutory rate of 35% in the prior fiscal year.

The provision for income taxes was 21.1% and 30.7% of income before income taxes for the sixmonths ended February 28, 2018 and 2017, respectively.The decrease in the effective income tax rate from period to period was primarily due to the favorable impact of the reduced tax rate resulting from the Tax Act, which became effective on January 1, 2018. In addition, the effective income tax rate in the first half of fiscal year 2017 was higher due to the unfavorable impact of a non-reoccurring immaterial out-of-period correction that the Company recorded in the second quarter associated with the tax impacts from certain unrealized foreign currency exchange losses.  The decrease in the effective income tax rate from period to period was also driven in part by the adoption of ASU 2016-09, “Improvements to Employee Share-Based Payment Accounting”, in the first quarter of the Company’s fiscal year 2018 which resulted in excess tax benefits from settlements of stock-based equity awards being recognized in the provision for income taxes, whereas such benefits were recognized as an increase to additional paid-in capital in prior periods. This resulted in a decrease to the Company’s provision for income taxes of $0.8 million for the six months ended February 28, 2018.

The Company is subject to taxation in the U.S. and in various state and foreign jurisdictions. Due to expired statutes and prior audit examinations, the Company’s federal income tax returns for years prior to fiscal year 2016 are not subject to examination by the U.S. Internal Revenue Service. The Company is also currently under audit in various international jurisdictions for fiscal years 2014through 2015.Generally, for the majority of state and foreign jurisdictions where the Company does business, periods prior to fiscal year 2014 are no longer subject to examination. The Company has estimated that up to $0.2 million of unrecognized tax benefits related to income tax positions may be affected by the resolution of tax examinations or expiring statutesof limitation within the next twelve months. Audit outcomes and the timing of settlements are subject to significant uncertainty.

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Note 13.  Business Segments and Foreign Operations

The Company evaluates the performance of its segments and allocates resources to them based on sales and operating income. The Company is organized on the basis of geographical area into the following three segments:the Americas; EMEA; and Asia-Pacific. Segment data does not include inter-segment revenues. Unallocated corporate expenses are general corporate overhead expenses not directly attributable to the operating segments and are reported separate from the Company’s identified segments. The corporate overhead costs include expenses for the Company’s accounting and finance, information technology, human resources, research and development, quality control and executive management functions, as well as all direct costs associated with public company compliance matters including legal, audit and other professional services costs.

Summary information about reportable segments is as follows (in thousands):

							Unallocated
For the Three Months Ended	Americas		EMEA		Asia-Pacific		Corporate (1)		Total
February 28, 2018:
Net sales	$	44,967	$	39,632	$	16,657	$	-	$	101,256
Income from operations	$	10,336	$	10,532	$	5,181	$	(6,681)	$	19,368
Depreciation and
amortization expense	$	1,046	$	646	$	81	$	196	$	1,969
Interest income	$	-	$	118	$	13	$	-	$	131
Interest expense	$	999	$	-	$	3	$	-	$	1,002
February 28, 2017:
Net sales	$	45,078	$	36,205	$	15,236	$	-	$	96,519
Income from operations	$	10,710	$	10,327	$	4,585	$	(6,760)	$	18,862
Depreciation and
amortization expense	$	1,090	$	517	$	61	$	10	$	1,678
Interest income	$	2	$	109	$	22	$	-	$	133
Interest expense	$	595	$	-	$	3	$	-	$	598
For the Six Months Ended
February 28, 2018:
Net sales	$	91,130	$	74,660	$	33,063	$	-	$	198,853
Income from operations	$	21,366	$	18,368	$	9,801	$	(13,031)	$	36,504
Depreciation and
amortization expense	$	2,140	$	1,205	$	153	$	388	$	3,886
Interest income	$	1	$	237	$	26	$	-	$	264
Interest expense	$	1,838	$	-	$	5	$	-	$	1,843
February 28, 2017:
Net sales	$	87,918	$	66,462	$	31,387	$	-	$	185,767
Income from operations	$	21,459	$	17,505	$	9,571	$	(13,157)	$	35,378
Depreciation and
amortization expense	$	2,139	$	1,018	$	123	$	18	$	3,298
Interest income	$	4	$	189	$	87	$	-	$	280
Interest expense	$	1,122	$	-	$	7	$	-	$	1,129

⁽¹⁾ Unallocated corporate expenses are general corporate overhead expenses not directly attributable to any one of the operating segments. These expenses are reported separate from the Company’s identified segments and are included in Selling, General and Administrative expenses on the Company’s condensed consolidated statements of operations.

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The Company’s Chief Operating Decision Maker does not review assets by segment as part of the financial information provided and therefore, no asset information is provided in the above table.

Net sales by product group are as follows (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended February 28,				Six Months Ended February 28,
	2018		2017		2018		2017
Maintenance products	$	92,319	$	87,771	$	180,349	$	166,930
Homecare and cleaning products		8,937		8,748		18,504		18,837
Total	$	101,256	$	96,519	$	198,853	$	185,767

Note 14. Subsequent Events

On March 20, 2018, the Company’s Board of Directors declared a cash dividend of $0.54 per share payable on April 30, 2018 to shareholders of record on April 20, 2018.

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Item 2.  Management’s Discussion and Analysisof Financial Condition and Results of Operations

As used in this report, the terms “we,” “our,”“us” and “the Company” refer to WD-40 Company and its wholly-ownedsubsidiaries, unless the context suggests otherwise.Amounts and percentages in tables and discussions may not total due to rounding.

The following information is provided as a supplement to, and should be read in conjunction with, the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included in Part I―Item 1 of this Quarterly Report and the audited consolidated financial statements and notes thereto and Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended August 31, 2017, which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on October 23, 2017.

In order to show the impact of changes in foreign currency exchange rates on our results of operations, we have included constant currency disclosures, where necessary, in the Overview and Results of Operations sections which follow. Constant currency disclosures represent the translation of our current fiscal year revenues and expenses from the functional currencies of our subsidiaries to U.S. dollars using the exchange rates in effect for the corresponding period of the prior fiscal year. We use results on a constant currency basis as one of the measures to understand our operating results and evaluate our performance in comparison to prior periods. Results on a constant currency basis are not in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“non-GAAP”) and should be considered in addition to, not as a substitute for, results prepared in accordance with GAAP.

Forward-Looking Statements

The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 provides a “safe harbor” for certain forward-looking statements. This report contains forward-looking statements, which reflect the Company’s current views with respect to future events and financial performance.

These forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, discussions about future financial and operating results, including:  growth expectations for certain products; expected levels of promotional and advertising spending; plans for and success of product innovation, the impact of new product introductions on the growth of sales; anticipated results from product line extension sales; the impact of the “Tax Cuts and Jobs Act”; and forecasted foreign currency exchange rates and commodity prices.  These forward-looking statements are generally identified with words such as “believe,” “expect,” “intend,” “plan,” “could,” “may,” “aim,” “anticipate,” “estimate” and similar expressions. The Company undertakes no obligation to revise or update any forward looking statements.

Actual events or results may differ materially from those projected in forward-looking statements due to various factors, including, but not limited to, those identified in Part I―Item 1A, “Risk Factors,” in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended August 31, 2017, and in the Company’s Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, which may be updated from time to time.

Overview

The Company

WD-40 Company (“the Company”), based in San Diego, California, is a global marketing organization dedicated to creating positive lasting memories by developing and selling products that solve problems in workshops, factories and homes around the world. We market our maintenance products and our homecare and cleaning products under the following well-known brands: WD-40®, 3-IN-ONE®, GT85®, X-14®, 2000 Flushes®, Carpet Fresh®, no vac®, Spot Shot®, 1001®, Lava® and Solvol®.  Currently included in the WD-40 brand are the WD-40 Multi-Use Product and the WD-40 Specialist® and WD-40 BIKE® product lines. 

Our brands are sold in various locations around the world. Maintenance products are sold worldwide in markets throughout North, Central and South America, Asia, Australia, Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Homecare and cleaning products are sold primarily in North America, the United Kingdom (“U.K.”) and Australia. We sell our products primarily through mass retail and home center stores, warehouse club stores, grocery stores, hardware stores, automotive parts outlets, sports retailers, independent bike dealers, online retailers and industrial distributors and suppliers.

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Highlights

The following summarizes the financial and operational highlights for our business during the six months ended February 28, 2018:  

· Consolidated net sales increased $13.1 million for thesix months ended February 28, 2018 compared to the corresponding period of the prior fiscal year. Changes in foreign currency exchange rates had a favorable impact of $5.7 million on consolidated net sales for the six months ended February 28, 2018 compared to the corresponding period of the prior fiscal year. Thus, on a constant currency basis, net sales would have increased by $7.4 million from period to period. This favorable impact from changes in foreign currency exchange rates mainly came from our EMEA segment, which accounted for 37% of our consolidated sales for the six months ended February 28, 2018.

· Consolidated net sales for the WD-40 Specialist product line were $14.9 million, which is a 33% increase for the six months ended February 28, 2018 compared to the corresponding period of the prior fiscal year. Although the WD-40 Specialist product line is expected to provide the Company with long-term growth opportunities, we will see some volatility in sales levels from period to period due to the timing of promotional programs, the building of distribution, and various other factors that come with building a new product line.

· Gross profit as a percentage of net sales decreased to 55.3% for thesix months ended February 28, 2018compared to 56.8% for the corresponding period of the prior fiscal year.

· Consolidated net income increased $3.3 million to $27.4 million for thesix months ended February 28, 2018compared to the corresponding period of the prior fiscal year. Changes in foreign currency exchange rates had a favorable impact of $1.1 million on consolidated net income for the six months ended February 28, 2018 compared to the corresponding period of the prior fiscal year. Thus, on a constant currency basis, net income would have increased $2.2 million.

· Diluted earnings per common share for the six months ended February 28, 2018were $1.95 versus  $1.69 in the prior fiscal year period.

· Net income and diluted earnings per common share were favorably impacted for the six months ended February 28, 2018 due to the U.S. “Tax Cuts and Jobs Act” which became effective for the Company on January 1, 2018 and resulted in a lower effective income tax rate from period to period.

· Share repurchases continued to be executed under our current $75.0 million share buy-back plan, which was approved by the Company’s Board of Directors in June 2016 and became effective on September 1, 2016. During the period from September 1, 2017 through February 28, 2018, the Company repurchased 96,400 shares at an average price of $118.01 per share, for a total cost of $11.4 million.

Ourstrategic initiatives and the areas where we will continue to focus our time, talent and resources in future periods include:(i) maximizing WD-40 Multi-Use Product sales through geographic expansion, increased market penetration and the development of new and unique delivery systems; (ii) leveraging the WD-40 brand by growing the WD-40 Specialist product line; (iii) leveraging the strengths of the Company through broadened product and revenue base; (iv) attracting, developing and retaining talented people; and (v) operating with excellence.

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Results of Operations

Three Months Ended February 28, 2018 Compared to Three Months Ended February 28, 2017

Operating Items

The following table summarizes operating data for our consolidated operations (in thousands, except percentages and per share amounts):

	Three Months Ended February 28,
					Change from Prior Year
	2018		2017		Dollars		Percent
Net sales:
Maintenance products	$	92,319	$	87,771	$	4,548		5%
Homecare and cleaning products		8,937		8,748		189		2%
Total net sales		101,256		96,519		4,737		5%
Cost of products sold		45,498		42,057		3,441		8%
Gross profit		55,758		54,462		1,296		2%
Operating expenses		36,390		35,600		790		2%
Income from operations	$	19,368	$	18,862	$	506		3%
Net income	$	14,818	$	12,360	$	2,458		20%
Earnings per common share - diluted	$	1.05	$	0.87	$	0.18		21%
Shares used in per share calculations - diluted		13,995		14,143		(148)		(1)%

Net Sales by Segment

The following table summarizes net sales by segment (in thousands, except percentages):

	Three Months Ended February 28,
					Change from Prior Year
	2018		2017		Dollars		Percent
Americas	$	44,967	$	45,078	$	(111)		-
EMEA		39,632		36,205		3,427		9%
Asia-Pacific		16,657		15,236		1,421		9%
Total	$	101,256	$	96,519	$	4,737		5%

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Americas

The following table summarizes net sales by product line for the Americas segment (in thousands, except percentages):

	Three Months Ended February 28,
					Change from Prior Year
	2018		2017		Dollars		Percent
Maintenance products	$	39,522	$	39,215	$	307		1%
Homecare and cleaning products		5,445		5,863		(418)		(7)%
Total	$	44,967	$	45,078	$	(111)		-
% of consolidated net sales		44%		47%

Sales in the Americas segment, which includes the U.S., Canada and Latin America, decreased to $45.0 million, down $0.1 million, for the three months ended February 28, 2018 compared to the corresponding period of the prior fiscal year. Changes in foreign currency exchange rates did not have a material impact on sales for the three months ended February 28, 2018 compared to the corresponding period of the prior fiscal year.

Sales of maintenance products in the Americas segment increased $0.3 million, or 1%, for the three months ended February 28, 2018 compared to the corresponding period of the prior fiscal year. This sales increase was mainly driven by higher sales of maintenance products in the U.S., which were up 1%, or $0.3 million, period to period primarily due to higher sales of the WD-40 Specialist product line, which were up $0.5 million, or 22%, due to new distribution, particularly of certain new products within this product line that were launched early in fiscal year 2018. In addition, sales of maintenance products in Latin America were up 2% primarily due to increased sales of 3-IN-ONE and WD-40 Specialist products. These sales increases of maintenance products in the Americas were slightly offset by a 3% sales decrease in Canada due to the timing of promotional activities.

Sales of homecare and cleaning products in the Americas decreased $0.4 million, or 7%, for the three months ended February 28, 2018 compared to the corresponding period of the prior fiscal year. This sales decrease was driven primarily by a decrease in sales of the Carpet Fresh, X-14, and Spot Shot brand products in the U.S., which were down47%, 14% and 9%, respectively, from period to period.While each of our homecare and cleaning products continue to generate positive cash flows, we have continued to experience decreased or flat sales for many of these products primarily due to lost distribution, reduced product offerings, competition, category declines and the volatility of orders from promotional programs with certain of our customers, particularly those in the warehouse club and mass retail channels.

For the Americas segment, 80% of sales came from the U.S., and20%of sales came from Canada and Latin America combined for both the three months ended February 28, 2018 and 2017.

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EMEA

The following table summarizes net sales by product line for the EMEA segment (in thousands, except percentages):

	Three Months Ended February 28,
					Change from Prior Year
	2018		2017		Dollars		Percent
Maintenance products	$	38,021	$	35,014	$	3,007		9%
Homecare and cleaning products		1,611		1,191		420		35%
Total (1)	$	39,632	$	36,205	$	3,427		9%
% of consolidated net sales		39%		37%

(1) While the Company’s reporting currency is U.S. Dollar, the functional currency of our U.K. subsidiary, the entity in which the EMEA results are generated, is Pound Sterling.Although the functional currency of this subsidiary is Pound Sterling,approximately 50% ofits sales are generated in Euroand 20% aregenerated in U.S. Dollar. As a result, the Pound Sterling sales and earningsfor the EMEA segment can be negatively or positively impacted from period to periodupontranslationfrom these currenciesdepending on whether the Euro and U.S. Dollar are weakening or strengthening against the Pound Sterling.

Sales in the EMEA segment, which includes Europe, the Middle East, Africa and India, increased to $39.6 million, up $3.4 million, or 9%, for the three months ended February 28, 2018 compared to the corresponding period of the prior fiscal year. Changes in foreign currency exchange rates had a favorable impact on sales for the EMEA segment from period to period. Sales for the three months ended February 28, 2018 translated at the exchange rates in effect for the corresponding period of the prior fiscal year would have been $36.0 million in the EMEA segment. Thus, on a constant currency basis, sales would have decreased by $0.2 million, or 1%, from period to period.

The countries in Europe where we sell through a direct sales force include the U.K., Italy, France, Iberia (which includes Spain and Portugal) and the Germanics sales region (which includes Germany, Austria, Denmark, Switzerland, Belgium and the Netherlands). We experienced sales increases throughout the direct markets for the three months ended February 28, 2018 compared to the corresponding period of the prior fiscal year primarily due to a sales increase of $3.0 million, or 18%, of the WD-40 Multi-Use Product.  This increase was a result of the favorable impacts of changes in foreign currency exchange rates, specifically the strengthening of the Pound Sterling against the U.S. Dollar, and the timing of customer orders from period to period, as well as the continued growth of our base business. Also contributing to the overall sales increase in the direct markets was higher sales of the WD-40 Specialist product line, which were up $1.0 million, or 58%, from period to period due to new distribution as well as a higher level of promotional activities, particularly in the U.K. and France markets. In addition, sales in our Euro-based direct markets benefitted from the strengthening of the Euro against the Pound Sterling, thus resulting in higher Pound Sterling sales from period to period. Sales from direct markets accounted for 70% of the EMEA segment’s sales for the three months ended February 28, 2018compared to 64% of the EMEA segment’s sales for the corresponding period of the prior fiscal year.

The regions in the EMEA segment where we sell through local distributors include the Middle East, Africa, India, Eastern and Northern Europe. Sales in the distributor markets decreased $1.0 million, or 8%, for the three months ended February 28, 2018 compared to the corresponding period of the prior fiscal year, primarilydue to a decrease of $0.6 million, or 57%, in sales in Saudi Arabia as a result of timing of customer orders from period to period.The distributor markets accounted for 30% of the EMEA segment’s total sales for the three months ended February 28, 2018, compared to 36% for the corresponding period of the prior fiscal year.

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Asia-Pacific

The following table summarizes net sales by product line for the Asia-Pacific segment (in thousands, except percentages):

	Three Months Ended February 28,
					Change from Prior Year
	2018		2017		Dollars		Percent
Maintenance products	$	14,776	$	13,541	$	1,235		9%
Homecare and cleaning products		1,881		1,695		186		11%
Total	$	16,657	$	15,236	$	1,421		9%
% of consolidated net sales		17%		16%

Sales in the Asia-Pacific segment, which includes Australia, China and other countries in the Asia region, increased to $16.6 million, up $1.4 million, or 9%, for the three months ended February 28, 2018 compared to the corresponding period of the prior fiscal year. Changes in foreign currency exchange rates had a favorable impact on sales for the Asia-Pacific segment from period to period. Sales for the three months ended February 28, 2018 translated at the exchange rates in effect for the corresponding period of the prior fiscal year would have been $16.2 million in the Asia-Pacific segment. Thus, on a constant currency basis, sales would have increased by $1.0 million, or 6%, from period to period.

Sales in Asia, which represented 73% of the total sales in the Asia-Pacific segment, increased $0.9 million, or 8%, for the three months ended February 28, 2018 compared to the corresponding period of the prior fiscal year. Sales in the Asia distributor markets increased $0.3 million, or 3%, primarily attributable to a higher level of promotional activities from period to period, particularly in Taiwan and Thailand. Sales were also higher in the Asian distributor markets period over period due to certain customers buying product in advance of price increases, which took place in the first six months of fiscal year 2018. Sales in China increased$0.6 million, or 19%, for the three months ended February 28, 2018 compared to the corresponding period of the prior fiscal year primarily due to a special promotional program which was conducted during the second quarter of fiscal year 2018 and the timing of customer orders from period to period.  Changes in foreign currency exchange rates had a favorable impact on sales in China. On a constant currency basis, sales would have increased by $0.4 million, or  12%, from period to period.

Sales in Australia increased $0.5 million, or 13%, for the three months ended February 28, 2018compared to the corresponding period of the prior fiscal year primarily due to successful promotional activities and expanded distribution of the WD-40 Specialist product line. Changes in foreign currency exchange rates also had a favorable impact on sales in Australia. On a constant currency basis, sales would have increased by $0.3 million, or 7% from period to period.

Gross Profit

Gross profit increased to $55.8 million for the three months ended February 28, 2018 compared to $54.5 million for the corresponding period of the prior fiscal year. As a percentage of net sales, gross profit decreased to 55.1% for the three months ended February 28, 2018 compared to 56.4% for the corresponding period of the prior fiscal year.

Gross margin was negatively impacted by 1.2 percentage points from period to period due to unfavorable net changes in the costs of petroleum-based specialty chemicals and aerosol cans in all three segments. There is often a delay of one quarter or more before changes in raw material costs impact cost of products sold due to production and inventory life cycles. The average cost of crude oil which flowed through our cost of goods sold was higher in the second quarter of fiscal year 2018 compared to the corresponding period of the prior fiscal year, thus resulting in negative impacts to our gross margin from period to period. Due to the volatility of the price of crude oil, the level to which gross margin will be impacted by such costs in future periods is uncertain.  Also negatively impacting gross margin by 0.3 percentage points were the combined effects of unfavorable sales mix changes and increases in a variety of other miscellaneous costs in the Americas and EMEA segments, including increases in costs of goods unrelated to petroleum-based specialty chemicals or aerosol cans.  In addition, gross margin was negatively impacted by 0.2 percentage points from period to period due to higher warehousing and in-bound freight costs, primarily in the Americas segment. These unfavorable impacts to gross margin were partially offset by 0.4

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percentage points from period to period primarily due to sales price increases implemented in the EMEA and Asia-Pacific segmentslate in fiscal year 2017 and the first half in fiscal year 2018.

Note that our gross profit and gross margin may not be comparable to those of other consumer product companies, since some of these companies include all costs related to distribution of their products in cost of products sold, whereas we exclude the portion associated with amounts paid to third parties for shipment to our customers from our distribution centers and contract manufacturers and include these costs in selling, general and administrative expenses.These costs totaled $4.6 million and $4.1 million for the three months ended February 28, 2018 and 2017, respectively.

Selling, General and Administrative Expenses

Selling, general and administrative (“SG&A”) expenses for the three months ended February 28, 2018increased $0.6 million, or 2%, to $30.4 million from $29.8 million for the corresponding period of the prior fiscal year. As a percentage of net sales, SG&A expenses decreased to 30.1% for thethree months ended February 28, 2018 from 30.9% for the corresponding period of the prior fiscal year.The increase in SG&A expenses was primarily attributable to unfavorablechanges in foreign currency exchange rates of $1.0 million from period to period, as well as increased depreciation expense and general office overhead costs, increased freight costs, and increased professional services costs. Depreciation expense and general office overhead costs increased $0.4 million primarily due to the depreciation and expenses associated with the Company’s new San Diego, California office building, which was completed in August 2017. Freight costs associated with shipping products to our customers increased $0.3 million primarily due to increases in such costs in the EMEA segment from period to period. In addition, professional services costs increased $0.2 million due to increased use of such services from period to period, primarily in the EMEA segment. These increases were partially offset by lower employee-related costs,  lower new product development costs, and a decrease in other miscellaneous expenses.Employee-related costs, which include salaries, incentive compensation, profit sharing, stock-based compensation and other fringe benefits, decreased by $0.8 million primarily due to lower earned incentive compensation, which was partially offset by increased headcount and the impact of annual compensation increases from period to period. New product development costs decreased $0.3 million from period to period due to a decrease in such costs in the Americas segment. Other miscellaneous expenses, which primarily includes sales commissions and travel and meetings expense, decreased by $0.2 million period over period.

We continued our research and development investment, the majority of which is associated with our maintenance products, in support of our focus on innovation and renovation of our products. Research and development costs were $1.6 million and $2.2 million for the three months ended February 28, 2018 and 2017, respectively. Our research and development team engages in consumer research, product development, current product improvement and testing activities. This team leverages its development capabilities by partnering with a network of outside resources including our current and prospective suppliers. The level and types of expenses incurred within research and development can vary from period to period depending upon the types of activities being performed.

Advertising and Sales Promotion Expenses

Advertising and sales promotion expenses for the three months ended February 28, 2018 increased $0.2 million, or 3%, to $5.2 million from $5.0 million for the corresponding period of the prior fiscal year. As a percentage of net sales, these expenses decreased to 5.1% for the three months ended February 28, 2018 from 5.2% for the corresponding period of the prior fiscal year. Changes in foreign currency exchange rates had an unfavorable impact on such expenses of $0.2 million from period to period. Thus, on a constant currency basis, advertising and sales promotion expenses for the second quarter of fiscal year 2018 would have remained relatively constantcompared to the corresponding period of the prior fiscal year.  Investment in global advertising and sales promotion expenses for fiscal year 2018 is expected to be near 6% of net sales.

As a percentage of net sales, advertising and sales promotion expenses may fluctuate period to period based upon the type of marketing activities we employ and the period in which the costs are incurred. Total promotional costs recorded as a reduction to sales for the three months ended February 28, 2018 were $4.7 million compared to $4.1 million for the corresponding period of the prior fiscal year. Therefore, our total investment in advertising and sales promotion activities totaled $9.9 million and $9.1 million for the three months ended February 28, 2018 and 2017, respectively.

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Amortization of Definite-lived Intangible Assets Expense

Amortization of our definite-lived intangible assets remainedconstant at $0.7 million for both the three months ended February 28, 2018 and 2017.

Income from Operations by Segment

The following table summarizes income from operations by segment (in thousands, except percentages):

	Three Months Ended February 28,
					Change from Prior Year
	2018		2017		Dollars		Percent
Americas	$	10,336	$	10,710	$	(374)		(3)%
EMEA		10,532		10,327		205		2%
Asia-Pacific		5,181		4,585		596		13%
Unallocated corporate (1)		(6,681)		(6,760)		79		(1)%
	$	19,368	$	18,862	$	506		3%

⁽¹⁾ Unallocated corporate expenses are general corporate overhead expenses not directly attributable to any one of the operating segments. These expenses are reported separate from the Company’s identified segments and are included in Selling, General and Administrative expenses on the Company’s condensed consolidated statements of operations.

Americas

Income from operations for the Americas segmentdecreased to $10.3 million, down$0.4million, or3%, for the three months ended February 28, 2018 compared to the corresponding period of the prior fiscal year, primarily due to a lower gross margin and a $0.1 million decrease in sales,  both of which were partially offset by lower operating expenses. As a percentage of net sales, gross profit for the Americas segment decreased from 54.2% to 52.6% period over period. This decrease in the gross margin was primarily due tounfavorable sales mix changes and increased other miscellaneous costs and the combined negative impacts ofincreased costs of petroleum-based specialty chemicals and aerosol cans, as well as higher warehousing and in-bound freight costs from period to period.  These unfavorable impacts were partially offset by a lower level of advertising, promotional and other discounts that we gave to our customers from period to period.  Operating expenses decreased $0.4million period over period primarily due tolower research and development costs, a lower level of travel and meeting expenses and decreased advertising and sales promotion expenses from period to period.  These decreases in operating expenses were partially offset by increased headcount from period to period.  Operating income as a percentage of net sales decreased from23.8% to23.0% period over period.

EMEA

Income from operations for the EMEA segment increased to $10.5 million, up $0.2 million, or 2%, for the three months ended February 28, 2018 compared to the corresponding period of the prior fiscalyear, primarily due toa $3.4 million increase in sales, which wasmostlyoffset by a lower gross margin and higher operating expenses. As a percentage of net sales, gross profit for the EMEA segment decreased from 60.4% to 58.3% period over period primarily due to the combined negative impacts of increased costs of petroleum-based specialty chemicals and aerosol cans as well as unfavorable sales mix changes,which were partially offset by sales price increases from period to period. The higher sales in the EMEA segment were accompanied by a $1.1 million increase in total operating expenses period over period, primarily due toincreased headcount, increased freight costs associated with shipping products to our customers and increased advertising and sales promotion expenses, as well as the unfavorable impacts due to changes in foreign currency exchange rates. These increases in operating expenses were partially offset bylowerearned incentive compensation from period to period. Operating income as a percentage of net sales decreased from 28.5% to 26.6% period over period.

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Asia-Pacific

Income from operations for the Asia-Pacific segment increased to $5.2 million, up $0.6 million, or 13%, for the three months ended February 28, 2018 compared to the corresponding period of the prior fiscal year, primarily due to a $1.4 million increase in sales and a slightly higher gross margin, which wereboth partially offset by increased operating expenses.As a percentage of net sales, gross profit for the Asia-Pacific segment increased from 53.7% to 53.9% period over periodprimarily due to favorable sales mix changes and sales price increases from period to period, which were significantly offset by the combined negative impacts of increased costs of petroleum-based specialty chemicals and aerosol cans as well as ahigher level ofadvertising, promotional and other discounts that we gave to our customers from period to period. The higher sales in the Asia-Pacific segment were accompanied by a $0.2million increase in total operating expenses period over period primarily due to increased freight costs associated with shipping products to our customers.Operating income as a percentage of net sales increased from 30.1% to 31.1% period over period.

Non-Operating Items

The following table summarizes non-operating income and expenses for our consolidated operations (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended February 28,
	2018		2017		Change
Interest income	$	131	$	133	$	(2)
Interest expense	$	1,002	$	598	$	404
Other (expense) income, net	$	(281)	$	9	$	(290)
Provision for income taxes	$	3,398	$	6,046	$	(2,648)

Interest Income

Interest income remained relatively constant for thethree months ended February 28, 2018 compared to the corresponding period of the prior fiscal year.

Interest Expense

Interest expense increased $0.4 million for the three months ended February 28, 2018 compared to the corresponding period of the prior fiscal year primarily due to higherinterest rates on our revolving credit facility period over period. Interest expense also increased from period to period due to the interest associated with the $20.0 million Series A Notes which were issued in November 2017. See Note 7 – Debt for additional information on the Series A Notes.

Other (Expense) Income, Net

Other (expense)income, net changed by $0.3 million for the three months ended February 28, 2018 compared to the corresponding period of the prior fiscal year primarily due to $0.3 million in net foreign currency exchange losses which were recorded for the three months ended February 28, 2018 compared to insignificant net foreign currency exchange losseswhich were recorded in the same period of the prior fiscalyearas a result of fluctuations in the foreign currency exchange rates for both the Euro and the U.S. Dollar against the Pound Sterling.

Provision for Income Taxes

The provision for income taxes was 18.7% and 32.8% of income before income taxes for the three months ended February 28, 2018and 2017, respectively. The decrease in the effective income tax rate from period to period was primarily due to the favorable impact of the reduced tax rate resulting from the “Tax Cuts and Jobs Act” which was signed into law on December 22, 2017 (the “Tax Act”). In addition, the effective income tax rate was higher in the second quarter of last fiscal year due to the unfavorable impact of a non-reoccurring immaterial out-of-period correction that we recorded duringthe quarter associated with the tax impacts from certain unrealized foreign currency exchange losses.  The Tax Act became effective on January 1, 2018, during the second quarter of the Company’s fiscal year, thus impacting its fiscal year 2018 effective tax rate.  Since the Company has a fiscal year which ends on August 31st, the Company is subject to a “blended” corporate federal statutory rate in its fiscal year 2018 which is calculated based on the applicable tax rates before and after passage of the Tax

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Act and the number of daysin the fiscal year.  As a result of this calculation, the Company’s blended corporate federal statutory tax rate for fiscal year 2018 is 25.7%, which is more than 9 percentage points lower than the statutory rate of 35% in the prior fiscal year.  In addition, the Company estimated and recorded two discrete items, both of which were recorded as provisional amounts, during the second quarter of fiscal year 2018 related to the Tax Act. A one-time remeasurement of the Company’s deferred tax assets and liabilities created a $6.9 million benefit that was almost entirely offset by the unfavorable impact of a mandatory one-time “toll tax” on unremitted foreign earnings in the amount of $6.8 million, resulting in an insignificant net impact to the Company’s effective income tax rate in the second quarter of fiscal year 2018. Based on our analyses of the Tax Act through the second quarter of fiscal year 2018, we expect that our effective tax for the full fiscal year 2018 will be between 22% and 23%. However, this expectation is subject to changes inour provisional amounts,which may be revised, possibly materially, during a measurement period of up to one year after the enactment of the Tax Act.For additional information on the impacts of the Tax Act on the Company’s provision for income taxes and its consolidated financial statements, see Part I-Item 1, “Notes to Condensed Consolidated Statements” Note 12- Income Taxes, included in this report. 

Net Income

Net income was $14.8 million, or $1.05 per common share on a fully diluted basis for the three months ended February 28, 2018compared to $12.4million, or $0.87 per common share on a fully diluted basis for the corresponding period of the prior fiscal year. Changes in foreign currency exchange rates had a favorable impact of $0.9 million on net income for the three months ended February 28, 2018 compared to the corresponding period of the prior fiscal year. Thus, on a constant currency basis, net income would have increased by $1.5 million from period to period.

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Six Months Ended February 28, 2018 Compared to Six Months Ended February 28, 2017

Operating Items

The following table summarizes operating data for our consolidated operations (in thousands, except percentages and per share amounts):

	Six Months Ended February 28,
					Change from Prior Year
	2018		2017		Dollars		Percent
Net sales:
Maintenance products	$	180,349	$	166,930	$	13,419		8%
Homecare and cleaning products		18,504		18,837		(333)		(2)%
Total net sales		198,853		185,767		13,086		7%
Cost of products sold		88,898		80,265		8,633		11%
Gross profit		109,955		105,502		4,453		4%
Operating expenses		73,451		70,124		3,327		5%
Income from operations	$	36,504	$	35,378	$	1,126		3%
Net income	$	27,448	$	24,118	$	3,330		14%
Earnings per common share - diluted	$	1.95	$	1.69	$	0.26		15%
Shares used in per share calculations - diluted		14,003		14,182		(179)		(1)%

Net Sales by Segment

The following table summarizes net sales by segment (in thousands, except percentages):

	Six Months Ended February 28,
					Change from Prior Year
	2018		2017		Dollars		Percent
Americas	$	91,130	$	87,918	$	3,212		4%
EMEA		74,660		66,462		8,198		12%
Asia-Pacific		33,063		31,387		1,676		5%
Total	$	198,853	$	185,767	$	13,086		7%

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Americas

The following table summarizes net sales by product line for the Americas segment (in thousands, except percentages):

	Six Months Ended February 28,
					Change from Prior Year
	2018		2017		Dollars		Percent
Maintenance products	$	79,238	$	75,090	$	4,148		6%
Homecare and cleaning products		11,892		12,828		(936)		(7)%
Total	$	91,130	$	87,918	$	3,212		4%
% of consolidated net sales		46%		47%

Sales in the Americas segment, which includes the U.S., Canada and Latin America, increased to $91.1 million, up $3.2 million, or 4%, for the six months ended February 28, 2018 compared to the corresponding period of the prior fiscal year. Changes in foreign currency exchange rates had a favorable impact on sales for the Americas segment from period to period. Sales for the six months ended February 28, 2018 translated at the exchange rates in effect for the corresponding period of the prior fiscal year would have been $90.8 million in the Americas segment. Thus, on a constant currency basis, sales would have increased by $2.9 million, or 3%, from period to period.

Sales of maintenance products in the Americas segment increased $4.1 million, or 6%, for thesix months ended February 28, 2018 compared to the corresponding period of the prior fiscal year.This sales increase was mainly driven by higher sales of maintenance products in the U.S., which were up 5% from period to period, as well as higher sales in Latin America and Canada, whichwere up8% and 5%, respectively. The sales increase in the U.S. was primarilydue to the success of certain online promotional and advertising activities which were conducted in the first quarter of fiscal year 2018 as well as higher sales of WD-40 EZ-REACH Flexible Straw product, which was up 13% in the U.S. from period to period. The sales increase in Latin America from period to period was primarily due to the new distribution for the WD-40 Multi-Use Product in Central America and higher sales in Argentina due to price increases implemented early in the second quarter of fiscal year 2018, as well as higher sales in Mexico due to improved market and economic conditions and increased promotional activities as compared to corresponding period of the prior fiscal year. The sales increase in Canada was due to favorable impact from changes in foreign currency exchange rates from period to period. Also contributing to the overall sales increase of the maintenance products in the Americas segment from period to period were higher sales of the WD-40 Specialist product line, which were up $1.0 million, or 18%, from period to period due to new distribution, particularly of certain new products within this product line during the six months ended February 28, 2018.

Sales of homecare and cleaning products in the Americas decreased $0.9 million, or 7%, for thesix months ended February 28, 2018 compared to the corresponding period of the prior fiscal year. This sales decrease was driven primarily by a decrease in sales of the Carpet Fresh, X-14, and Spot Shot brand products in the U.S., which were down26%, 11% and 10%, respectively, from period to period.While each of our homecare and cleaning products continue to generate positive cash flows, we have continued to experience decreased or flat sales for many of these products primarily due to lost distribution, reduced product offerings, competition, category declines and the volatility of orders from promotional programs with certain of our customers, particularly those in the warehouse club and mass retail channels.

For the Americas segment, 80% of sales came from the U.S., and20%of sales came from Canada and Latin America combined for both thesix months ended February 28, 2018 and 2017.

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EMEA

The following table summarizes net sales by product line for the Europe segment (in thousands, except percentages):

	Six Months Ended February 28,
					Change from Prior Year
	2018		2017		Dollars		Percent
Maintenance products	$	71,765	$	63,952	$	7,813		12%
Homecare and cleaning products		2,895		2,510		385		15%
Total (1)	$	74,660	$	66,462	$	8,198		12%
% of consolidated net sales		37%		36%

Sales in the EMEA segment, which includes Europe, the Middle East, Africa and India, increased to $74.7 million, up $8.2 million, or 12%, for the six months ended February 28, 2018 compared to the corresponding period of the prior fiscal year. Changes in foreign currency exchange rates had a favorable impact on sales for the EMEA segment from period to period. Sales for the six months ended February 28, 2018 translated at the exchange rates in effect for the corresponding period of the prior fiscal year would have been $69.9 million in the EMEA segment. Thus, on a constant currency basis, sales would have increased by $3.4 million, or 5%, from period to period.

The countries in Europe where we sell through a direct sales force include the U.K., Italy, France, Iberia (which includes Spain and Portugal) and the Germanics sales region (which includes Germany, Austria, Denmark, Switzerland, Belgium and the Netherlands). We experienced sales increases throughout the direct markets for the six months ended February 28, 2018 compared to the corresponding period of the prior fiscal year primarily due to a sales increase of $4.4 million, or 14%, of the WD-40 Multi-Use Product.This increase was a result of the favorable impacts of changes in foreign currency exchange rates, specifically the Pound Sterling against the U.S. Dollar, as well as a higher level of promotional activities, particularly in the do-it-yourself (“DIY”) and retail channels. Also contributing to the overall sales increase in the direct markets was higher sales of the WD-40 Specialist product line, which were up $2.2 million, or 65%, from period to period due to new distribution and a higher level of promotional activities, particularly in the U.K. and France markets.  In addition, sales in our Euro-based direct markets benefitted from the strengthening of the Euro against the Pound Sterling, thus resulting in higher Pound Sterling sales from period to period. Sales from direct markets accounted for 67% of the EMEA segment’s sales for the six months ended February 28, 2018compared to 65% of the EMEA segment’s sales for the corresponding period of the prior fiscal year.

The regions in the EMEA segment where we sell through local distributors include the Middle East, Africa, India, Eastern and Northern Europe. Sales in the distributor markets increased $1.3 million, or 6%, for the six months ended February 28, 2018 compared to the corresponding period of the prior fiscal year, primarily due to higher sales of WD-40 Multi-Use Product in Northern Europe and the Middle East as a result of various successful promotional programs in those regions. The distributor markets accounted for 33% of the EMEA segment’s total sales for the six months ended February 28, 2018, compared to 35% for the corresponding period of the prior fiscal year.

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Asia-Pacific

The following table summarizes net sales by product line for the Asia-Pacific segment (in thousands, except percentages):

	Six Months Ended February 28,
					Change from Prior Year
	2018		2017		Dollars		Percent
Maintenance products	$	29,346	$	27,888	$	1,458		5%
Homecare and cleaning products		3,717		3,499		218		6%
Total	$	33,063	$	31,387	$	1,676		5%
% of consolidated net sales		17%		17%

Sales in the Asia-Pacific segment, which includes Australia, China and other countries in the Asia region, increased to $33.0 million, up $1.6 million, or 5%, for the six months ended February 28, 2018compared to the corresponding period of the prior fiscal year. Changes in foreign currency exchange rates had a favorable impact on sales for the Asia-Pacific segment from period to period. Sales for the six months ended February 28, 2018 translated at the exchange rates in effect for the corresponding period of the prior fiscal year would have been $32.4 million in the Asia-Pacific segment. Thus, on a constant currency basis, sales would have increased by $1.0 million, or 3%, from period to period.

Sales in Asia, which represented 73% of the total sales in the Asia-Pacific segment,  increased $1.1 million, or 5%, for the six months ended February 28, 2018compared to the corresponding period of the prior fiscal year. Sales in the Asia distributor markets increased $0.7 million, or 5%, primarily attributable to a higher level of promotional activities from period to period, particularly in Malaysia, Sri Lanka and Thailand. Sales were also higher in the Asian distributor markets period over period due to certain customers buying product in advance of price increases, which took place in the first six months of fiscal year 2018. Sales in China increased$0.4 million, or 6%, for the six months ended February 28, 2018 compared to the corresponding period of the prior fiscal year primarily due to favorable changes in foreign currency exchange rates as well as the timing of customer orders and promotional activities from period to period.On a constant currency basis, sales in China would have increased by $0.1 million, or 1%, from period to period.

Sales in Australia increased $0.5 million, or 7%, for the six months ended February 28, 2018compared to the corresponding period of the prior fiscal year. Changes in foreign currency exchange rates had a favorable impact on sales in Australia. On a constant currency basis, sales would have increased by 2% from period to period primarily due to higher sales levels resulting from successful promotional programs as well as continued growth of our base business.

Gross Profit

Gross profit increased to $110.0 million for the six months ended February 28, 2018 compared to $105.5 million for the corresponding period of the prior fiscal year. As a percentage of net sales, gross profit decreased to 55.3% for the six months ended February 28, 2018 compared to 56.8% for the corresponding period of the prior fiscal year.

Gross margin was negatively impacted by 1.3 percentage points from period to period due to unfavorable net changes in the costs of petroleum-based specialty chemicals and aerosol cans in all three segments. There is often a delay of one quarter or more before changes in raw material costs impact cost of products sold due to production and inventory life cycles. The average cost of crude oil which flowed through our cost of goods sold was higher in the first half of fiscal year 2018 compared to the corresponding period of the prior fiscal year, thus resulting in negative impacts to our gross margin from period to period. Due to the volatility of the price of crude oil, it is uncertain the level to which gross margin will be impacted by such costs in future periods. Gross margin was also negatively impacted by 0.3 percentage points from period to period due to higher warehousing and in-bound freight costs in all three segments. In addition, the combined effects of unfavorable sales mix changes and increases in a variety of other miscellaneous costs in the Americas and EMEA segment, including increases in costs of goods unrelated to petroleum-based specialty chemicals or aerosol cans,negatively impacted gross margin by 0.2 percentage points. These unfavorable impacts to gross margin were partially offset by 0.3 percentage points from period to period primarily due to sales price increases implemented in the EMEA and Asia-Pacific segmentslate in fiscal year 2017 and the first half in fiscal year 2018.

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Note that our gross profit and gross margin may not be comparable to those of other consumer product companies, since some of these companies include all costs related to distribution of their products in cost of products sold, whereas we exclude the portion associated with amounts paid to third parties for shipment to our customers from our distribution centers and contract manufacturers and include these costs in selling, general and administrative expenses. These costs totaled $8.9 million and $7.9 million for the six months ended February 28, 2018 and 2017, respectively.

Selling, General and Administrative Expenses

Selling, general and administrative expenses for the six months ended February 28, 2018increased $2.8 million, or 5%, to $61.6 million from $58.8 million for the corresponding period of the prior fiscal year. As a percentage of net sales, SG&A expenses decreased to 31.0% for the six months ended February 28, 2018 from 31.7% for the corresponding period of the prior fiscal year.The increase in SG&A expenses was primarily attributable to unfavorable changes in foreign currency exchange rates of $1.5 million from period to period, as well as increases in freight costs, depreciation expense and general office overhead costs, professional services costs, and employee-related costs from period to period. Freight costs associated with shipping products to our customers increased $0.8 million primarily due to higher sales volumes in the Americas and EMEA segments from period to period. Depreciation expense and general office overhead costs increased $0.6 million primarily due to the depreciation and expenses associated with the Company’s new San Diego, California office building, which was completed in August 2017.Professional services costs increased $0.3 million due to increased use of such services from period to period, primarily in the EMEA segment. In addition, employee-related costs, which include salaries, incentive compensation, profit sharing, stock-based compensation and other fringe benefits, increased by $0.2 million. This increase was primarily due to increased headcount, higher stock-based compensation, and annual compensation increases that take effect in the first quarter of the fiscal year, which were all partially offset bylower earned incentive compensation from period to period. These overall increases were slightly offset by a $0.6 million decrease in new product development costs from period to period in the Americas segment.

We continued our research and development investment, the majority of which is associated with our maintenance products, in support of our focus on innovation and renovation of our products. Research and development costs were $3.3 million and $4.3 million for the six months ended February 28, 2018 and 2017, respectively.

Advertising and Sales Promotion Expenses

Advertising and sales promotion expenses for the six months ended February 28, 2018 increased $0.4 million, or 5%, to $10.3 million from $9.9 million for the corresponding period of the prior fiscal year. As a percentage of net sales, these expenses decreased to 5.2% for the six months ended February 28, 2018 from 5.3% for the corresponding period of the prior fiscal year. Changes in foreign currency exchange rates had anunfavorable impact on such expenses of $0.3 million from period to period. Thus, on a constant currency basis, advertising and sales promotion expenses would have increased by 1% to $10.0 million, primarily due to a slightly higher level of promotional programs and marketing support in the EMEA and Asia-Pacific segments from period to period.

As a percentage of net sales, advertising and sales promotion expenses may fluctuate period to period based upon the type of marketing activities we employ and the period in which the costs are incurred. Total promotional costs recorded as a reduction to sales for the six months ended February 28, 2018 were $10.1 million compared to $8.1 million for the corresponding period of the prior fiscal year. Therefore, our total investment in advertising and sales promotion activities totaled $20.4 million and $18.0 million for the six months ended February 28, 2018 and 2017, respectively.

Amortization of Definite-lived Intangible Assets Expense

Amortization of our definite-lived intangible assets remained relatively constant at $1.5 million and $1.4 million for the six months ended February 28, 2018 and 2017, respectively.  

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Income from Operations by Segment

The following table summarizes income from operations by segment (in thousands, except percentages):

	Six Months Ended February 28,
					Change from Prior Year
	2018		2017		Dollars		Percent
Americas	$	21,366	$	21,459	$	(93)		-
EMEA		18,368		17,505		863		5%
Asia-Pacific		9,801		9,571		230		2%
Unallocated corporate (1)		(13,031)		(13,157)		126		(1)%
	$	36,504	$	35,378	$	1,126		3%

⁽¹⁾ Unallocated corporate expenses are general corporate overhead expenses not directly attributable to any one of the operating segments. These expenses are reported separate from the Company’s identified segments and are included in Selling, General and Administrative expenses on the Company’s condensed consolidated statements of operations.

Americas

Income from operations for the Americas segment decreased to $21.4 million, down $0.1 million, for the six months ended February 28, 2018 compared to the corresponding period of the prior fiscal year,  primarily due to a lower gross margin and higher operating expenses, which were almost completely offset by a $3.2 million increase in sales. As a percentage of net sales, gross profit for the Americas segment decreased from 55.0% to 53.3% period over period. This decrease in the gross margin was primarily due to unfavorable sales mix changes and increased other miscellaneous costs and the combined negative impacts of increased costs of petroleum-based specialty chemicals and aerosol cans, as well as higher warehousing and in-bound freight costs from period to period.  These unfavorable impacts were partially offset by a lower level of advertising, promotional and other discounts that we gave to our customers from period to period.  Operating expenses increased $0.3million period over period primarily due to higher employee-related expenses and increased freight costs associated with shipping products to our customers, both of which were partially offset by lower research and development costs from period to period. Operating income as a percentage of net sales decreased from 24.4% to 23.4% period over period.

EMEA

Income from operations for the EMEA segment increased to $18.4 million, up $0.9 million, or 5%, for the six months ended February 28, 2018compared to the corresponding period of the prior fiscal year, primarily due to an  $8.2 million increase in sales, which was partially offset by a lower gross margin and higher operating expenses. As a percentage of net sales, gross profit for the EMEA segment decreased from 60.4% to 58.4% period over period primarily due to the combined negative impacts of increased costs of petroleum-based specialty chemicals and aerosol cans as well as a higher level of advertising, promotional and other discounts that we gave to our customers from period to period. These unfavorable impacts were partially offset by sales price increases from period to period. The higher sales in the EMEA segment were accompanied by a $2.6million increase in total operating expenses period over period,  primarily due toincreased headcount,  increased freight costs associated with shipping products to our customers and increased advertising and sales promotion expenses. Operating expenses were also higher due to theunfavorable impacts of changes in foreign currency exchange rates from period to period.These increases in operating expenses were partially offset by lower earned incentive compensation from period to period.  Operating income as a percentage of net sales decreased from 26.3% to 24.6% period over period.

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Asia-Pacific

Income from operations for the Asia-Pacific segment increased to $9.8 million, up $0.2 million, or 2%, for the six months ended February 28, 2018compared to the corresponding period of the prior fiscal year, primarily due to a $1.4 million increase in sales, which was significantly offset by a lower gross margin and higher operating expenses. As a percentage of net sales, gross profit for the Asia-Pacific segment decreased from 54.3% to 53.8% period over period primarily due to the negative impact of increased costs of petroleum-based specialty chemicals, which was partially offset by favorable sales mix changes and sales price increases from period to period.The higher sales in the Asia-Pacific segment were accompanied by a $0.5million increase in total operating expenses period over period, primarily due to increased advertising and sales promotion expenses and increased freight costs associated with shipping products to our customers. Operating income as a percentage of net sales decreased from 30.5% to 29.6% period over period.

Non-Operating Items

The following table summarizes non-operating income and expenses for our consolidated operations (in thousands):

	Six Months Ended February 28,
	2018		2017		Change
Interest income	$	264	$	280	$	(16)
Interest expense	$	1,843	$	1,129	$	714
Other (expense) income, net	$	(153)	$	273	$	(426)
Provision for income taxes	$	7,324	$	10,684	$	(3,360)

Interest Income

Interest income remained relatively constant for the six months ended February 28, 2018 compared to the corresponding period of the prior fiscal year.

Interest Expense

Interest expense increased $0.7 million for the six months ended February 28, 2018 compared to the corresponding period of the prior fiscal year primarily due to higherinterest rates andanincreasedoutstanding balance on our revolving credit facility period over period. Interest expense also increased from period to period due to the interest associated with the $20.0 million Series A Notes which were issued in November 2017. See Note 7 – Debt for additional information on the Series A Notes.

Other (Expense) Income, Net

Other (expense) income, net changed by $0.4 million for the three months ended February 28, 2018 compared to the corresponding period of the prior fiscal year primarily due to net foreign currency exchange losses which were recorded for the six months ended February 28, 2018 compared to net foreign currency exchange gains which were recorded in the same period of the prior fiscalyear as a result of fluctuations in the foreign currency exchange rates for both the Euro and the U.S. Dollar against the Pound Sterling.

Provision for Income Taxes

The provision for income taxes was 21.1% and30.7% of income before income taxes for the six months ended February 28, 2018and 2017, respectively. The decrease in the effective income tax rate from period to period was primarily due to the favorable impact of the reduced tax rate resulting from the “Tax Cuts and Jobs Act” (the “Tax Act"),which became effective on January 1, 2018. In addition, the effective income tax rate in the first half of fiscal year 2017 was higher due to the unfavorable impact of a non-reoccurring immaterial out-of-period correction that we recorded in the second quarter associated with the tax impacts from certain unrealized foreign currency exchange losses.  The decrease in the effective income tax rate from period to period was also driven in part by the adoption of ASU 2016-09, “Improvements to Employee Share-Based Payment Accounting” in the first quarter of the Company’s fiscal year 2018 which resulted in excess tax benefits from settlements of stock-based equity awards being recognized in the provision for income taxes, whereas such benefits were recognized as an increase to additional paid-in capital in prior periods. This resulted in a decrease to the Company’s provision

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for income taxes of $0.8 million the six months ended February 28, 2018. In addition, the Company estimated and recorded two discrete items, both of which were recorded as provisional amounts, during the second quarter of fiscal year 2018 related to the Tax Act. A one-time remeasurement of the Company’s deferred tax assets and liabilities created a favorable $6.9 million benefit that was almost entirely offset by the unfavorable impacts of a mandatory one-time “toll tax” on unremitted foreign earnings in the amount of $6.8 million, resulting in an insignificant net impact to the Company’s effective income tax rate for the first half of fiscal year 2018. For additional information on the impacts on the Tax Act on the Company’s provision for income taxes and its consolidated financial statements, see Part I-Item 1, “Notes to Condensed Consolidated Statements” Note 12- Income Taxes, included in this report.

Net Income

Net income was $27.4 million, or $1.95 per common share on a fully diluted basis for the six months ended February 28, 2018 compared to $24.1 million, or $1.69 per common share on a fully diluted basis for the corresponding period of the prior fiscal year. Changes in foreign currency exchange rates had a favorable impact of $1.1 million on net income for the six months ended February 28, 2018 compared to the corresponding period of the prior fiscal year. Thus, on a constant currency basis, net income would have increased by $2.2 million from period to period.

Performance Measures and Non-GAAP Reconciliations

In managing our business operations and assessing our financial performance, we supplement the information provided by our financial statements with certain non-GAAP performance measures. These performance measures are part of our current 55/30/25 business model, which includes gross margin, cost of doing business, and earnings before interest, income taxes, depreciation and amortization (“EBITDA”), the latter two of which are non-GAAP performance measures. Cost of doing business is defined as total operating expenses less amortization of definite-lived intangible assets, impairment charges related to intangible assets and depreciation in operating departments, and EBITDA is defined as net income (loss) before interest, income taxes, depreciation and amortization. We target our grossmargin to be above 55% of net sales, our cost of doing business to be at 30% of net sales, and our EBITDA to be above 25% of net sales. Results for these performance measures may vary from period to period depending on various factors, including economic conditions and our level of investment in activities for the future such as those related toquality assurance, regulatory compliance, and intellectual property protection in order to safeguard our WD-40 brand.The targets for these performance measures are long-term in nature, particularly those for cost of doing business and EBITDA, and we expect to make progress towards achieving them over time as our revenues increase.

The following table summarizes the results of these performance measures for the periods presented:

	Three Months Ended February 28,				Six Months Ended February 28,
	2018		2017		2018		2017
Gross margin - GAAP		55%		56%		55%		57%
Cost of doing business as a percentage
of net sales - non-GAAP		34%		35%		35%		36%
EBITDA as a percentage of net sales - non-GAAP (1)		21%		21%		20%		21%

(1) Percentages may not aggregate to EBITDA percentage due to rounding and because amounts recorded in other income (expense), net on the Company’s consolidated statement of operations are not included as an adjustment to earnings in the EBITDA calculation.

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We use the performance measures above to establish financial goals and to gain an understanding of the comparative performance of the Company from period to period. We believe that these measures provide our shareholders with additional insights into the Company’s results of operations and how we run our business. The non-GAAP financial measures are supplemental in nature and should not be considered in isolation or as alternatives to net income, income from operations or other financial information prepared in accordance with GAAP as indicators of the Company’s performance or operations. The use of any non-GAAP measure may produce results that vary from the GAAP measure and may not be comparable to a similarly defined non-GAAP measure used by other companies. Reconciliations of these non-GAAP financial measures to our financial statements as prepared in accordance with GAAP are as follows:

Cost of Doing Business (in thousands, except percentages)

	Three Months Ended February 28,				Six Months Ended February 28,
	2018		2017		2018		2017
Total operating expenses - GAAP	$	36,390	$	35,600	$	73,451	$	70,124
Amortization of definite-lived intangible assets		(741)		(717)		(1,470)		(1,438)
Depreciation (in operating departments)		(935)		(700)		(1,800)		(1,379)
Cost of doing business	$	34,714	$	34,183	$	70,181	$	67,307
Net sales	$	101,256	$	96,519	$	198,853	$	185,767
Cost of doing business as a percentage
of net sales - non-GAAP		34%		35%		35%		36%

EBITDA (in thousands, except percentages)

	Three Months Ended February 28,				Six Months Ended February 28,
	2018		2017		2018		2017
Net income - GAAP	$	14,818	$	12,360	$	27,448	$	24,118
Provision for income taxes		3,398		6,046		7,324		10,684
Interest income		(131)		(133)		(264)		(280)
Interest expense		1,002		598		1,843		1,129
Amortization of definite-lived intangible assets		741		717		1,470		1,438
Depreciation		1,228		961		2,416		1,860
EBITDA	$	21,056	$	20,549	$	40,237	$	38,949
Net sales	$	101,256	$	96,519	$	198,853	$	185,767
EBITDA as a percentage of net sales - non-GAAP		21%		21%		20%		21%

Liquidity and Capital Resources

Overview

The Company’s financial condition and liquidity remain strong. Net cash provided by operations was $21.2 million for the six months ended February 28, 2018compared to $16.4 million for the corresponding period of the prior fiscal year. We believe we continue to be well positioned to weather any uncertainty in the capital markets and global economy due to our strong balance sheet and efficient business model, along with our growing and diversified global revenues. We continue to manage all aspects of our business including, but not limited to, monitoring the financial health of our customers, suppliers and other third-party relationships, implementing gross margin enhancement strategies and developing new opportunities for growth.

Our principal sources of liquidity are our existing cash and cash equivalents, short-term investments, cash generated from operations and cash currently available from our existing$175.0 millionunsecured Credit Agreement with Bank of America, which expires on May 13, 2020. To date, we have used the proceeds of the revolving credit facility for our stock repurchases and plan to continue using such proceeds for our general working capital needs and stockrepurchases underourboard

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approved share buy-back plan. In November 2017, the Company also entered into a Note Purchase and Private Shelf Agreement, pursuant to which the Company agreed to sell $20.0 million aggregate principal amount of Series A Notes to certain purchasers. See Note 7 – Debt for additional information on this note agreement. The Company used the proceeds from the Series A Notes to pay down $20.0 million of short-term borrowings held under the Credit Agreement during the six months ended February 28, 2018. The $20.0 million of short term borrowings under the Credit Agreement were drawn in fiscal year 2017 primarily to fund the purchase and build out of the Company’s new San Diego, California office building, purchased in September 2016 and completed for occupancy in August 2017. The new office building houses both corporate employees and employees in the Company’s Americas segment.

During six months ended February 28, 2018, we had net new borrowings of $13.2 millionU.S. dollarsas a result of $5.0 million borrowed under the revolving credit facility, as well as $8.2 million in net borrowings under the autoborrow agreement. We regularly convert the vast majority of our draws on our line of credit to new draws with new maturity dates and interest rates. As of February 28, 2018, we had a $147.2 million outstanding balance on the revolving credit facility, of which $134.0 million was classified as long-term and $13.2 million was classified as short-term. There were no other letters of credit outstanding or restrictions on the amount available on this line of credit or the Series A Notes. Per the terms of both the Note Agreement and the Credit Agreement, our consolidated leverage ratio cannot be greater than three to one and our consolidated interest coverage ratio cannot be less than three to one. See Note 7 – Debt for additional information on these financial covenants. At February 28, 2018, we were in compliance with all debt covenants and believe it is unlikely we will fail to comply with any of these covenants over the next twelve months. We would need to have a significant decrease in sales and/or a significant increase in expensesin order for us to not comply with the debt covenants

At February 28, 2018, we had a total of $123.4 million in cash and cash equivalents and short-term investments. Of this balance, $121.3 million was held in Europe, Australia and China in foreign currencies. It is our intention to indefinitely reinvest the cumulative unremitted earnings at these locations in order to ensure sufficient working capital, expand operations and fund foreign acquisitions in these locations.  We believe that our future cash from domestic operations, together with our access to funds available under our unsecured revolving credit facility will provide adequate resources to fund both short-term and long-term operating requirements, capital expenditures, share repurchases, dividend payments, acquisitions and new business development activities in the United States. Although we hold a significant amount of cash outside of the United States and the draws on the credit facility to date have been made by our entity in the United States, we do not foresee any ongoing issues with repaying or refinancing these loans with domestically generated funds since we closely monitor the use of this credit facility. The Company is in the process of reevaluating its position on certain unremitted foreign earnings as a result of “Tax Cuts and Jobs Act” (the “Tax Act”).For additional information on the Tax Act, seePart I—Item 1, “Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements” Note 12 — Income Taxes, included in this report.

We believe that our existing consolidated cash and cash equivalents at February 28, 2018, the liquidity provided by our $175.0 million revolving credit facility and our anticipated cash flows from operations will be sufficient to meet our projected consolidated operating and capital requirements for at least the next twelve months. We consider various factors when reviewing liquidity needs and plans for available cash on hand including: future debt, principal and interest payments, future capital expenditure requirements, future share repurchases, future dividend payments (which are determined on a quarterly basis by the Company’s Board of Directors), alternative investment opportunities, debt covenants and any other relevant considerations currently facing our business.

Cash Flows

The following table summarizes our cash flows by category for the periods presented (in thousands):

	Six Months Ended February 28,
	2018		2017		Change
Net cash provided by operating activities	$	21,154	$	16,375	$	4,779
Net cash used in investing activities		(9,390)		(25,320)		15,930
Net cash used in financing activities		(14,225)		(6,781)		(7,444)
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents		1,879		(1,593)		3,472
Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents	$	(582)	$	(17,319)	$	16,737

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Operating Activities

Net cash provided by operating activities increased $4.8 million to $21.2 million for the six months ended February 28, 2018 from $16.4 million for the corresponding period of the prior fiscal year. Cash flows from operating activities depend heavily on operating performance and changes in working capital. Our primary source of operating cash flows for the six months ended February 28, 2018 was net income of $27.4 million, which increased$3.3 millionfrom period to period. The changes in our working capital from period to period were primarily attributable to much higherincreases in the trade accounts receivable balance due to increased sales and the timing of payments received from customers from period to period. In the first half of fiscal year 2018, trade accounts receivable increased significantly whereas trade accounts receivable only slightlyincreased during the first half of fiscal year 2017.  In addition, the changes in our working capital were also attributable to changes in accounts payable and accrued liabilities from period to period. In the first half of fiscal year 2018, accounts payable and accrued liabilities remained relatively constant whereas accounts payable and accrued liabilities significantly increased in the first half of fiscal year 2017 due to planned increases in inventory levels as well as the timing of payments made tovendors from period to period. These changes in our working capital were partially offset by much lower decreases in accrued payroll and related expenses due to lower earned incentive payouts in the first quarter of fiscal year 2018 compared to the same period of the prior fiscal year.  

Investing Activities

Net cash used in investing activities decreased $15.9 million to $9.4 million for the six months ended February 28, 2018from $25.3 million for the corresponding period of the prior fiscal year. This decrease was primarily due to lower net purchases of short-term investments that were made primarily by our U.K subsidiary. Also contributing to the decrease in total cash outflows  was a decrease of $3.6 million in capital expenditures, primarily related to the $10.7 million purchase of the Company’s new San Diego office building which was completed during the first quarter of fiscal year 2017,  partially offset by the $7.4 million purchase of the Company’s new office building and related land located in Milton Keynes, England during the second quarter of fiscal year 2018. This overall decrease in cash outflows were slightly offset by $0.2 million in cash paid pursuant to the execution of a settlement agreement in October 2017 that provided for the Company’s acquisition of the EZ REACH trade name.  

Financing Activities

Net cash used in financing activities increased $7.4 million to $14.2 million for the six months ended February 28, 2018 from $6.8 million for the corresponding period of the prior fiscal year primarily due to a $13.0 million decrease in net proceeds from the Company’s borrowing agreements. Also contributing to the increase in total cash outflows was an increase of $1.5 million in dividends paid, a $0.1 million decrease in proceeds from the issuance of common stock upon the exercise of stock options and a $0.1 million increase in shares withheld to cover taxes upon conversions of equity awards from period to period.  These increases in cash outflows from financing activities were partially offset by a decrease of $7.3 million for treasury stock purchases from period to period.

Effect of Exchange Rate Changes

All of our foreign subsidiaries currently operate in currencies other than the U.S. dollar and a significant portion of our consolidated cash balance is denominated in these foreign functional currencies, particularly at our U.K. subsidiary which operates in Pound Sterling. As a result, our cash and cash equivalents balances are subject to the effects of the fluctuations in these functional currencies against the U.S. dollar at the end of each reporting period. The net effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents, when expressed in U.S. Dollar terms, was an increase in cash of $1.9 million for the six months ended February 28, 2018 as compared to a decrease in cash of $1.6 million for the six months ended February 28, 2017.  The change of $3.5 million was primarily due to fluctuations in the foreign currency exchange rates for the Pound Sterling against the U.S. Dollar from period to period.

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

We have no off-balance sheet arrangements as defined by Item 303(a)(4)(ii) of Regulation S-K.

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Commercial Commitments

Wehave ongoing relationships with various suppliers (contract manufacturers) who manufacture our products.  The contract manufacturers maintain title and control of certain raw materials and components, materials utilized in finished products, and of the finished products themselves until shipment to our customers or third-party distribution centers in accordance with agreed upon shipment terms. Although we typically do not have definitive minimum purchase obligations included in the contract terms with our contract manufacturers, when such obligations have been included, they have been immaterial. In the ordinary course of business, we communicate supply needs to our contract manufacturers based on orders and short-term projections, ranging from two to five months. We are committed to purchase the products produced by the contract manufacturers based on the projections provided.

Upon thetermination of contracts with contract manufacturers, we obtain certain inventory control rights and are obligated to work with the contract manufacturer to sell through all product held by or manufactured by the contract manufacturer on our behalf during the termination notification period. If any inventory remains at the contract manufacturer at the termination date, we are obligated to purchase such inventory which may include raw materials, components and finished goods. The amounts for inventory purchased under termination commitments have been immaterial.

In addition to the commitments to purchase products from contract manufacturers described above, we may also enter into commitments with other manufacturers to purchase finished goods and components to support innovation initiatives and/or supply chain initiatives. As of February 28, 2018, no such commitments were outstanding.

Share Repurchase Plan

The information required by this item is incorporated by reference to Part I—Item 1, “Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements” Note 8 — Share Repurchase Plan, included in this report.

Dividends

On March 20, 2018, the Company’s Board of Directors declared a cash dividend of $0.54 per share payable on April 30, 2018 to shareholders of record on April 20, 2018.Our abilityto pay dividends could be affected by future business performance, liquidity, capital needs, alternative investment opportunities and loan covenants.

Critical Accounting Policies

Our discussion and analysis of our operating results and financial condition is based upon our consolidated financial statements, which have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

Critical accounting policies are those that involve subjective or complex judgments, often as a result of the need to make estimates. The following areas all require the use of judgments and estimates: revenue recognition and sales incentives, accounting for income taxes, valuation of goodwill and impairment of definite-lived intangible assets. Estimates in each of these areas are based on historical experience and various judgments and assumptions that we believe are appropriate. Actual results may differ from these estimates.

There have been no material changes in our critical accounting policies from those disclosed in Part II―Item 7, “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations,” and Note 2 to our consolidated financial statements contained in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended August 31, 2017, which was filed with the SEC on October 23, 2017.

Recently Issued Accounting Standards

Information on Recently Issued Accounting Standards that could potentially impact the Company’s consolidated financial statements and related disclosures is incorporated by reference to Part I—Item 1, “Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements” Note 2 — Basis of Presentation and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, included in this report.

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Related Parties

The information required by this item is incorporated by reference to Part I—Item 1, “Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements” Note 10 — Related Parties, included in this report.

Item 3.  Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

Theinformation required by this item is incorporated by reference to Part II―Item 7A, “Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk,” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended August 31, 2017, which was filed with the SEC on October 23, 2017.

Item 4.  Controls and Procedures

The term “disclosure controls and procedures” is defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (“Exchange Act”). The term disclosure controls and procedures means controls and other procedures of a Company that are designed to ensure the information required to be disclosed by the Company in the reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms. Disclosure controls and procedures include, without limitation, controls and procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by a Company in the reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to the Company’s management, including its principal executive and principal financial officers, or persons performing similar functions, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosures. The Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer have evaluated the effectiveness of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures as of February 28, 2018, the end of the period covered by this report (the Evaluation Date), and they have concluded that, as of the Evaluation Date, such controls and procedures were effective at ensuring that required information will be disclosed on a timely basis in the Company’s reports filed under the Exchange Act. Although management believes the Company’s existing disclosure controls and procedures are adequate to enable the Company to comply with its disclosure obligations, management continues to review and update such controls and procedures. The Company has a disclosure committee, which consists of certain members of the Company’s senior management.

Therewere no changes to the Company’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the Company’s most recent fiscal quarter that materially affected, or would be reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.

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PART II — OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1.  Legal Proceedings

The information required by this item is incorporated by reference to the information set forth in Part I—Item 1, “Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements” Note 11 — Commitments and Contingencies, included in this report

Item 1A.  Risk Factors

There have been no material changes in our risk factors from those disclosed in Part I—Item 1A, “Risk Factors,” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended August 31, 2017, which was filed with the SEC on October 23, 2017.

Item 2.  Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

On June 21, 2016, the Company’s Board of Directors approved a share buy-back plan. Under the plan, which became effective on September 1, 2016, the Company is authorized to acquire up to $75.0 million of its outstanding shares through August 31, 2018. The timing and amount of repurchases are based on terms and conditions as may be acceptable to the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer and in compliance with all laws and regulations applicable thereto. During the period from September 1, 2016 through February 28, 2018, the Company repurchased386,973 shares at a total cost of$42.5million under this $75.0 million plan.

The following table provides information with respect to all purchases made by the Company during the three months ended February 28, 2018. All purchases listed below were made in the open market at prevailing market prices. Purchase transactions between December 1, 2017 and January 12, 2018 and between February 14, 2018 and February 28, 2018 were executed pursuant to trading plans adopted by the Company pursuant to Rule 10b5-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

					Total Number		Maximum
					of Shares		Dollar Value of
	Total				Purchased as Part		Shares that May
	Number of		Average		of Publicly		Yet Be Purchased
	Shares		Price Paid		Announced Plans		Under the Plans
	Purchased		Per Share		or Programs		or Programs
Period
December 1 - December 31		6,500	$	119.60		6,500	$	39,220,146
January 1 - January 31		16,050	$	125.43		16,050	$	37,206,613
February 1 - February 28		38,600	$	121.57		38,600	$	32,513,118
Total		61,150	$	122.38		61,150

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Item 6.  Exhibits

Exhibit No.	Description
3(a)	Certificate of Incorporation, incorporated by reference from the Registrant’s Form 10-K filed October 22, 2012, Exhibit 3(a) thereto.
3(b)	Amended and Restated Bylaws of WD-40 Company, incorporated by reference from the Registrant’s Form 8-K filed July 14, 2017, Exhibit 3.1 thereto.
10(a)	Note Purchase and Private Shelf Agreement dated November 15, 2017 by and between WD-40 Company and Prudential and the Note Purchasers, incorporated by reference from the Registrant’s Form 8-K filed November 17, 2017, Exhibit 10(a) thereto.
10(b)	First Amendment to Note Purchase Agreement dated February 23, 2018 by and between WD-40 Company and Prudential and the Note Purchasers, incorporated by reference from the Registrant’s Form 8-K filed February 27, 2018, Exhibit 10(b) thereto.
10(c)	Fifth Amendment to Credit Agreement dated November 15, 2017 by and between WD-40 Company and Bank of America, N.A., incorporated by reference from the Registrant’s Form 8-K filed November 17, 2018, Exhibit 10(b) thereto.
10(d)	Sixth Amendment to Credit Agreement dated February 23, 2018by and between WD-40 Company and Bank of America, N.A., incorporated by reference from the Registrant’s Form 8-K filed February 27, 2018, Exhibit 10(c) thereto.
10(e)	WD-40 Company 2017 Performance Incentive Compensation Plan, incorporated by reference from the Registrant’s Proxy Statement filed November 2, 2017, Appendix A thereto.
10(f)	Contract for the Sale of 252 Upper Third Street, Milton Keynes, MK9 1NP dated February 23, 2018 by and between WD-40 Company Limited and BCP (Milton Keynes) LLP, incorporated by reference from the Registrant’s Form 8-K filed February 27, 2018, Exhibit 10(a) thereto.
31(a)	Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
31(b)	Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
32(a)	Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
32(b)	Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
101. INS	XBRL Instance Document
101. SCH	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document
101. CAL	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document
101. DEF	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document
101. LAB	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Labels Linkbase Document
101. PRE	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

	WD-40 COMPANY Registrant
Date: April 6, 2018	By:	/s/ GARRY O. RIDGE
		Garry O. Ridge President and Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer)
	By:	/s/ JAY W. REMBOLT
		Jay W. Rembolt Vice President, Finance Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer

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EX-31.A

Exhibit 31(a)

CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
PURSUANT TO SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

I, Garry O. Ridge, certify that:

1. I have reviewed this report on Form 10-Q of WD-40 Company;

2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations, and cash flows of the Registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4. The Registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the Registrant and have:

a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the Registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the Registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

d) Disclosed in this report any change in the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the Registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the Registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

5. The Registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the Registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the Registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the Registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize, and report financial information; and

b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Date: April 6, 2018

/s/ GARRY O. RIDGE

Garry O. Ridge

President and Chief Executive Officer

EX-31.B

Exhibit 31(b)

CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
PURSUANT TO SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

I, Jay W. Rembolt, certify that:

1. I have reviewed this report on Form 10-Q of WD-40 Company;

2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations, and cash flows of the Registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4. The Registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the Registrant and have:

a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the Registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the Registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

d) Disclosed in this report any change in the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the Registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the Registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

5. The Registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the Registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the Registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the Registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize, and report financial information; and

b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Date: April 6, 2018

/s/ JAY W. REMBOLT

Jay W. Rembolt

Vice President, Finance, Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer

EX-32.A

Exhibit 32(a)

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO

18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,

AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO

SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

I, Garry O. Ridge, Chief Executive Officer of WD-40 Company (the “Company”), have reviewed the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of the Company for the quarter ended February 28, 2018 (the “Report”). For purposes of Section 1350 of Title 18, United States Code, I certify that to the best of my knowledge:

(1) the Report fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; and

(2) the information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

Date: April 6, 2018

/s/ GARRY O. RIDGE

Garry O. Ridge

President and Chief Executive Officer

EX-32.B

Exhibit 32(b)

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO

18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,

AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO

SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

I, Jay W. Rembolt, Chief Financial Officer of WD-40 Company (the “Company”), have reviewed the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of the Company for the quarter ended February 28, 2018 (the “Report”). For purposes of Section 1350 of Title 18, United States Code, I certify that to the best of my knowledge:

(1) the Report fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; and

(2) the information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

Date: April 6, 2018

/s/ JAY W. REMBOLT

Jay W. Rembolt

Vice President, Finance, Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer

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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Feb. 28, 2018	Aug. 31, 2017
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$ 36,500	$ 37,082
Short-term investments	86,914	80,166
Trade accounts receivable, less allowance for doubtful accounts of $262 and $240 at February 28, 2018 and August 31, 2017, respectively	73,332	64,259
Inventories	39,973	35,340
Other current assets	5,689	8,007
Total current assets	242,408	224,854
Property and equipment, net	36,849	29,439
Goodwill	95,947	95,597
Other intangible assets, net	15,221	16,244
Deferred tax assets, net	501	495
Other assets	3,074	3,088
Total assets	394,000	369,717
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable	21,213	20,898
Accrued liabilities	19,267	18,997
Accrued payroll and related expenses	10,270	14,222
Short-term borrowings	14,020	20,000
Income taxes payable	1,738	1,306
Total current liabilities	66,508	75,423
Long-term borrowings	153,200	134,000
Deferred tax liabilities, net	11,761	18,949
Other long-term liabilities and income taxes payable	8,189	1,958
Total liabilities	239,658	230,330
Commitments and Contingencies (Note 11)
Shareholders' equity:
Common stock - authorized 36,000,000 shares, $0.001 par value; 19,729,392 and 19,688,238 shares issued at February 28, 2018 and August 31, 2017, respectively; and 13,928,937 and 13,984,183 shares outstanding at February 28, 2018 and August 31, 2017, respectively	20	20
Additional paid-in capital	152,536	150,692
Retained earnings	328,598	315,764
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)	(16,421)	(28,075)
Common stock held in treasury, at cost - 5,800,455 and 5,704,055 shares at February 28, 2018 and August 31, 2017, respectively	(310,391)	(299,014)
Total shareholders' equity	154,342	139,387
Total liabilities and shareholders' equity	$ 394,000	$ 369,717

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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS - USD ($) shares in Thousands, $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Feb. 28, 2018	Feb. 28, 2017	Feb. 28, 2018	Feb. 28, 2017
Condensed Consolidated Statements Of Operations [Abstract]
Net sales	$ 101,256	$ 96,519	$ 198,853	$ 185,767
Cost of products sold	45,498	42,057	88,898	80,265
Gross profit	55,758	54,462	109,955	105,502
Operating expenses:
Selling, general and administrative	30,437	29,842	61,654	58,833
Advertising and sales promotion	5,212	5,041	10,327	9,853
Amortization of definite-lived intangible assets	741	717	1,470	1,438
Total operating expenses	36,390	35,600	73,451	70,124
Income from operations	19,368	18,862	36,504	35,378
Other income (expense):
Interest income	131	133	264	280
Interest expense	(1,002)	(598)	(1,843)	(1,129)
Other (expense) income, net	(281)	9	(153)	273
Income before income taxes	18,216	18,406	34,772	34,802
Provision for income taxes	3,398	6,046	7,324	10,684
Net income	$ 14,818	$ 12,360	$ 27,448	$ 24,118
Earnings per common share:
Basic	$ 1.05	$ 0.87	$ 1.95	$ 1.69
Diluted	$ 1.05	$ 0.87	$ 1.95	$ 1.69
Shares used in per share calculations:
Basic	13,967	14,111	13,972	14,146
Diluted	13,995	14,143	14,003	14,182
Dividends declared per common share	$ 0.54	$ 0.49	$ 1.03	$ 0.91

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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Feb. 28, 2018	Feb. 28, 2017	Feb. 28, 2018	Feb. 28, 2017
Condensed Consolidated Statements Of Comprehensive Income [Abstract]
Net income	$ 14,818	$ 12,360	$ 27,448	$ 24,118
Other comprehensive income (loss):
Foreign currency translation adjustment	7,827	284	11,654	(5,830)
Total comprehensive income	$ 22,645	$ 12,644	$ 39,102	$ 18,288

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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY - 6 months ended Feb. 28, 2018 - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Common Stock [Member]	Additional Paid-In Capital [Member]	Retained Earnings [Member]	Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) [Member]	Treasury Stock [Member]	Total
Beginning balance at Aug. 31, 2017	$ 20	$ 150,692	$ 315,764	$ (28,075)	$ (299,014)	$ 139,387
Beginning balance, shares at Aug. 31, 2017	19,688,238				5,704,055	13,984,183
Issuance of common stock under share-based compensation plan, net of shares withheld for taxes		(1,583)				$ (1,583)
Issuance of common stock under share-based compensation plan, net of shares withheld for taxes, shares	41,154
Stock-based compensation		3,238				3,238
Cash dividends ($1.03 per share)			(14,486)			(14,486)
Acquisition of treasury stock					$ (11,377)	(11,377)
Acquisition of treasury stock, shares					96,400
Foreign currency translation adjustment				11,654		11,654
Net income			27,448			27,448
Ending balance at Feb. 28, 2018	$ 20	152,536	328,598	$ (16,421)	$ (310,391)	$ 154,342
Ending balance, shares at Feb. 28, 2018	19,729,392				5,800,455	13,928,937
Cumulative effect of change in accounting principle		$ 189	$ (128)			$ 61

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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY (Parenthetical)	6 Months Ended
	Feb. 28, 2018 $ / shares
Condensed Consolidated Statement Of Shareholders' Equity [Abstract]
Cash dividends, per share	$ 1.03

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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS - USD ($) $ in Thousands	6 Months Ended
	Feb. 28, 2018	Feb. 28, 2017
Operating activities:
Net income	$ 27,448	$ 24,118
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization	3,886	3,298
Net gains on sales and disposals of property and equipment	(96)	(101)
Deferred income taxes	(7,184)	155
Stock-based compensation	3,238	2,959
Unrealized foreign currency exchange losses	284	1,153
Provision for bad debts	28	(102)
Changes in assets and liabilities:
Trade accounts receivable	(7,147)	(4,088)
Inventories	(3,752)	(6,582)
Other assets	2,539	(1,459)
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities	(260)	4,793
Accrued payroll and related expenses	(4,329)	(10,035)
Other long-term liabilities and income taxes payable	6,499	2,266
Net cash provided by operating activities	21,154	16,375
Investing activities:
Purchases of property and equipment	(9,247)	(12,896)
Proceeds from sales of property and equipment	246	271
Purchase of intangible assets	(175)
Purchases of short-term investments	(84,181)	(17,212)
Maturities of short-term investments	83,967	4,517
Net cash used in investing activities	(9,390)	(25,320)
Financing activities:
Treasury stock purchases	(11,377)	(18,718)
Dividends paid	(14,486)	(12,963)
Proceeds from issuance of common stock	215	359
Proceeds from issuance of long-term senior notes	20,000
Net (repayments) proceeds from revolving credit facility	(6,780)	26,233
Shares withheld to cover taxes upon conversions of equity awards	(1,797)	(1,692)
Net cash used in financing activities	(14,225)	(6,781)
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents	1,879	(1,593)
Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents	(582)	(17,319)
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period	37,082	50,891
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period	$ 36,500	$ 33,572

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The Company

6 Months Ended

Feb. 28, 2018

The Company [Abstract]

The Company

Note 1.  The Company

WD-40 Company (“the Company”), based in San Diego, California, is a global marketing organization dedicated to creating positive lasting memories by developing and selling products that solve problems in workshops, factories and homes around the world. The Company markets its maintenance products and its homecare and cleaning products under the following well-known brands: WD-40®, 3-IN-ONE®, GT85®, X-14®, 2000 Flushes®, Carpet Fresh®, no vac®, Spot Shot®, 1001®, Lava® and Solvol®.  Currently included in the WD-40 brand are the WD-40 Multi-Use Product and the WD-40 Specialist® and WD-40 BIKE® product lines. 

The Company’s brands are sold in various locations around the world. Maintenance products are sold worldwide in markets throughout North, Central and South America, Asia, Australia, Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Homecare and cleaning products are sold primarily in North America, the United Kingdom (“U.K.”) and Australia. The Company’s products are sold primarily through mass retail and home center stores, warehouse club stores, grocery stores, hardware stores, automotive parts outlets, sports retailers, independent bike dealers, online retailers and industrial distributors and suppliers.

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Basis Of Presentation And Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies

6 Months Ended

Feb. 28, 2018

Basis Of Presentation And Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Abstract]

Basis Of Presentation And Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies

Note 2.  Basis of Presentation and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

Basis of Consolidation

The condensed consolidated financial statements included herein have been prepared by the Company, without audit, according to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). Certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”) have been condensed or omitted pursuant to such rules and regulations. The August 31, 2017 year-end condensed consolidated balance sheet data was derived from audited financial statements, but does not include all disclosures required by U.S. GAAP.

In the opinion of management, the unaudited financial information for the interim periods shown reflects all adjustments necessary for a fair statement thereof and such adjustments are of a normal recurring nature. These condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended August 31, 2017, which was filed with the SEC on October 23, 2017.

The condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and its wholly-owned subsidiaries. All intercompany transactions and balances have been eliminated in consolidation.

Use of Estimates

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses and the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting periods. Actual results could differ from those estimates. Operating results for interim periods are not necessarily indicative of operating results for an entire fiscal year.

Foreign Currency Forward Contracts

In the normal course of business, the Company employs established policies and procedures to manage its exposure to fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates. The Company’s U.K. subsidiary, whose functional currency is Pound Sterling, utilizes foreign currency forward contracts to limit its exposure to net asset balances held in non-functional currencies, specifically the Euro. The Company regularly monitors its foreign currency exchange rate exposures to ensure the overall effectiveness of its foreign currency hedge positions. While the Company engages in foreign currency hedging activity to reduce its risk, for accounting purposes, none of its foreign currency forward contracts are designated as hedges.  

Foreign currency forward contracts are carried at fair value, with net realized and unrealized gains and losses recognized currently in other income (expense) in the Company’s consolidated statements of operations. Cash flows from settlements of foreign currency forward contracts are included in operating activities in the consolidated statements of cash flows. Foreign currency forward contracts in an asset position at the end of the reporting period are included in other current assets, while foreign currency forward contracts in a liability position at the end of the reporting period are included in accrued liabilities in the Company’s consolidated balance sheets. At February 28, 2018,  the Company had a notional amount of $17.9 million outstanding in foreign currency forward contracts, which mature in July 2018. Unrealized net gains and losses related to foreign currency forward contracts were not significant at February 28, 2018, while unrealized net losses related to foreign currency forward contracts were $0.6 million at August 31, 2017. Realized net gains related to foreign currency forward contracts were not significant for the three months endedFebruary 28, 2018 and were $0.4 million for the six months ended February 28, 2018, while realized net gains and losses related to foreign currency forward contracts were not significant for each of the three and six month periods ended February 28, 2017. Both unrealized and realized net gains and losses are recorded in other (expense)income, net on the Company’s consolidated statements of operations.

Fair Value Measurements

Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 820, “Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures”, defines fair value as the exchange price that would be received for an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. The Company categorizes its financial assets and liabilities measured at fair value into a hierarchy that categorizes fair value measurements into the following three levels based on the types of inputs used in measuring their fair value: 

Level 1:  Observable inputs such as quoted market prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities;

Level 2:  Observable market-based inputs or observable inputs that are corroborated by market data; and

Level 3:  Unobservable inputs reflecting the Company’s own assumptions.

Under fair value accounting, assets and liabilities are classified in their entirety based on the lowest level of input that is significant to the fair value measurement. As of February 28, 2018, the Company had no assets or liabilities that are measured at fair value in the financial statements on a recurring basis, with the exception of the foreign currency forward contracts which are classified as Level 2 within the fair value hierarchy. The carrying values of cash equivalents, short-term investments and short-term borrowings are recorded at cost, which approximates their fair values primarily due to their short-term maturities and are classified as Level 2 within the fair value hierarchy. In addition, the carrying value of borrowings held under the Company’s revolving credit facility approximates fair value due to the variable nature of underlying interest rates,which generally reflect market conditions and such borrowings are classified as Level 2 within the fair value hierarchy. The Company’s fixed rate long-term borrowings consist of senior notes which are also classified as Level 2 within the fair value hierarchy and are recorded at carrying value, which does not significantly differ from the fair value of the notes as of February 28, 2018. During the six months ended February 28, 2018, the Company did not record any significant nonrecurring fair value measurements for assets or liabilities in periods subsequent to their initial recognition.

Recently Adopted Accounting Standards

In March 2018, theFinancial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”)issued ASU No. 2018-05, “Amendments to SEC Paragraphs Pursuant to SEC Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 118”, to add various SEC paragraphs pursuant to the issuance of SEC Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 118 (“SAB 118”), to ASC 740 “Income Taxes”.  SAB 118 was issued by the SEC in December 2018 to provide immediate guidance for accounting implications of U.S. tax reform under the “Tax Cuts and Jobs Act” (the “Tax Act”), which became effective for the Company on January 1, 2018. The Company has evaluated the potential impacts of SAB 118 and has applied this guidance to its consolidated financial statements and related disclosures beginning in the second quarter of its fiscal year 2018.For additional information on SAB 118 and the impacts of the Tax Act on the Company’s consolidated financial statements and related disclosures, see Part I-Item 1, “Notes to Condensed Consolidated Statements” Note 12- Income Taxes, included in this report.

In January 2017, the FASB issued ASU No. 2017-04, “Simplifying the Test for Goodwill Impairment”. The amendments in this updated guidance simplify how an entity is required to test goodwill for impairment due to concerns that were raised about the cost and complexity of annual impairment tests under the existing standard. This updated guidance eliminates Step 2 of the previous two-step quantitative model for goodwill impairment tests. Step 2 required an entity to calculate an implied fair value, which includes a hypothetical purchase price allocation requirement, for reporting units that failed Step 1. Per this updated guidance, a goodwill impairment will instead be measured as the amount by which a reporting unit’s carrying value exceeds its fair value as identified in Step 1. Step 1 will be referred to simply as a “quantitative goodwill impairment test” subsequent to the Company’s adoption of this updated guidance, since Step 2 has been eliminated and “steps” are no longer referred to within the updated guidance. However, the updated guidance still permits the Company to first conduct a qualitative assessment to determine whether it is necessary to perform a quantitative goodwill impairment test. This guidance is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2019, including interim periods within that reporting period. Early adoption is permitted for interim or annual goodwill impairment tests performed on testing dates after January 1, 2017. The Company early adopted this guidance in its fiscal year 2018 during the second quarter, the period in which the Company performs its annual goodwill impairment test. The guidance was adopted on a prospective basis and is applicable to all of the Company’s future annual goodwill impairment tests. The Company’s reporting units have had no history of goodwill impairments and the Company also determined that no impairment of its goodwill existed as of February 28, 2018 as a result of its annual goodwill impairment test using a qualitative assessment. Therefore, the adoption of this guidance did not have an impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements and related disclosures. See Note 5 – Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets for additional information on the Company’s fiscal year 2018 annual goodwill impairment test. 

In March 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-09, “Improvements to Employee Share-Based Payment Accounting”.The amendments in this updatedguidanceincludechangesto simplify the Codification for several aspects of the accounting for share-based payment transactions, including those related to the income tax consequences, classification of awards as either equity or liabilities, accounting for forfeitures, minimum statutory withholding requirements and classification of certain items on the statement of cash flows. Certain of these changes are required to be applied retrospectively while other changes are required to be applied prospectively. This guidance is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2016, including interim periods within that reporting period. Early adoption was permitted. The Company did not adopt this updated guidance early and therefore this guidance became effective for the Company during the first quarter of its fiscal year 2018. The impacts of the adoption by the Company of ASU No. 2016-09 in fiscal year 2018 were as follows:

· The Company recorded excess tax benefits of $0.2 million and $0.8 million within the provision for income taxes for the three and six months ended February 28, 2018, respectively, from settlements of stock-based equity awards. Prior to the adoption of this new guidance, these amounts would have been recorded as an increase to additional paid-in capital. Although the Company recorded $0.2 million in excess tax benefits from settlements of stock-based equity awards that settled during the three months ended February 28, 2018, this amount was completely offset during the quarter by the remeasurement of the excess tax benefits previously recorded during the first quarter of fiscal year 2018 from $0.8 million to $0.6 million. These excess tax benefits recorded during the first quarter of fiscal year 2018 were remeasured and reduced as a result of a decrease in the Company’s U.S. federal corporate income tax rate due to U.S. tax reform under the “Tax Cuts and Jobs Act”, which became effective for the Company on January 1, 2018. 

· The Company elected to change its policy related to forfeitures of stock-based equity awards upon adoption of this new guidance such that it will now recognize the impacts of forfeitures as they occur rather than recognizing them based on an estimated forfeiture rate. As a result, the Company recorded a cumulative-effect adjustment to retained earnings. This adjustment to retained earnings and the impact of this change in policy for forfeitures on the Company’s consolidated financial statements were not material.

· The Company elected to apply the presentation requirements for the statement of cash flows related to excess tax benefits from settlements of stock-based equity awards retrospectively for all periods presented which resulted in an increase of $0.9 million to both net cash provided by operating activities and net cash used in financing activities for the six months ended February 28, 2017.

· The Company’s presentation in the statement of cash flows of employee taxes paid upon settlement of certain stock-based equity awards via shares withheld by the Company for tax-withholding purposes also changed as a result of the adoption of this new guidance since the Company previously reported such activity as an operating activity rather than a financing activity. As required, the Company applied this change in presentation for the statement of cash flows retrospectively for all periods presented which resulted in an increase of $1.7 million to both net cash provided by operating activities and net cash used in financing activities for the six months ended February 28, 2017.

· The Company excluded the excess tax benefits from the assumed proceeds available to repurchase shares in the computation of its diluted earnings per share for the three and six months ended February 28, 2018. The resulting increase in the Company’s diluted weighted average common shares outstanding was not material.

Recently Issued Accounting Standards

In February 2018, the FASBissued ASU No. 2018-02, “Reclassification of Certain Tax Effects from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income”, to optionally allow entities to reclassify stranded tax effects, resulting from the Tax Act, from accumulated other comprehensive income to retained earnings. Since the amendments within this guidance only relate to the reclassification of the income tax effects associated with the Tax Act, the underlying guidance that requires that the effect of a change in tax laws or rates be included in income from continuing operations is not affected. This guidance is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018, including interim periods within that reporting period. Early adoption is permitted. The amendments in this updated guidance should be applied either in the period of adoption or retrospectively to each period in which the effect of the change in the U.S. corporate federal income tax rate in the Tax Act is recognized. The Company has evaluated the potential impacts of this updated guidance, and it does not expect the adoption of this guidance to have a material impact on its consolidated financial statements and related disclosures, as such stranded tax effects are immaterial.

In August 2017, the FASBissued ASU No. 2017-12, “Targeted Improvements to Accounting for Hedging Activities”, to better align risk management activities and financial reporting for hedging relationships through changes to both the designation and measurement guidance for qualifying hedging relationships and the presentation of hedge results. This updated guidance, among other things, expands component and fair value hedging, provides specific presentation guidance on the effects of hedging instruments, and eliminates the separate measurement and presentation of portions of hedges deemed to be ineffective. This guidance is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018, including interim periods within that reporting period. Early adoption is permitted. Currently, although the Company engages in foreign currency hedging activity to reduce its risk, none of its foreign currency forward contracts are designated as hedges for accounting purposes. As such, the adoption of this guidance will not have an impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements and related disclosures.

In October 2016, the FASBissued ASU No. 2016-16, “Intra-Entity Transfers of Assets Other Than Inventory”, which requires an entity to recognize the income tax consequences of an intra-entity transfer of an asset other than inventory when the transfer occurs. This guidance is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2017, including interim periods within that reporting period. Early adoption is permitted in the first interim period of an entity's annual financial statements. The Company has evaluated the potential impacts of this updated guidance, and it does not expect the adoption of this guidance to have a material impact on its consolidated financial statements and related disclosures.

In August 2016, theFASBissued ASU No. 2016-15, “Classification of Certain Cash Receipts and Cash Payments”. The amendments in this updated guidance address eight specific cash flow issues to reduce the existing diversity in practice in how certain cash receipts and cash payments are presented and classified in the statement of cash flows. This guidance is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2017, including interim periods within that reporting period. Early adoption is permitted and should be applied using a retrospective approach. The Company is in the process of evaluating the potential impacts of this new guidance on its consolidated financial statements.

In June 2016, theFASB issued ASU No. 2016-13, “Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments”, which requires entities to estimate all expected credit losses for certain types of financial instruments, including trade receivables, held at the reporting date based on historical experience, current conditions, and reasonable and supportable forecasts. The updated guidance also expands the disclosure requirements to enable users of financial statements to understand the entity’s assumptions, models and methods for estimating expected credit losses. This guidance is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2019, including interim periods within that reporting period. Early adoption is permitted. The Company is in the process of evaluating the potential impacts of this new guidance on its consolidated financial statements.

In February 2016, theFASB issued ASU No. 2016-02, “Leases”.The new standard establishes a right-of-use model that requires a lessee to record a right-of-use asset and a lease liability on the balance sheet for all leases with terms longer than twelve months. Leases will be classified as either financeor operating, with classification affecting the pattern of expense recognition in the income statement.This guidance is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018, including interim periods within that reporting period. Early adoption is permitted and should be applied using a modified retrospective approach. The Company is in the process of evaluating the impacts of this new guidance on its consolidated financial statements and related disclosures.

In May 2014, theFASBissued ASU No. 2014-09, “Revenue from Contracts with Customers”, which supersedes the revenue recognition requirements in ASC 605, “Revenue Recognition”. The core principle of this updated guidance and related amendmentsis that an entity should recognize revenue to depict the transfer of promised goods or services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration to which the entity expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods or services. This new guidance requires an entity to recognize revenue for product sales at the point in time in which control of goods transfers to the Company’s customers which, as defined, could be different than the point in time in which revenue had been recognized by the Company under existing U.S. GAAP, which was based on when title and the risks and rewards of ownership were transferred to the customer. The new guidance also requires additional disclosureabout the nature, amount, timing and uncertainty of revenue and cash flows arising from customer contracts, including significant judgments and changes in judgments and assets recognized from costs incurred to obtain or fulfill a contract.  Although early adoption is permitted, the Company has concluded that it will not adopt this guidance early and it will become effective for the Company on September 1, 2018. The Company will adopt this new guidance following the modified retrospective approach and will recognize the cumulative effect of initially applying the guidance as an adjustment to the opening balance of retained earnings on September 1, 2018. Management performed a detailed review of the Company’s customer contracts which was focused principally on, but not limited to, identifying the point in time at which the control of goods transfers to customers. Although management has not completed this review and is still in the process of completing a quantitative analysis, it does not expect the adoption of this guidance to have a material impact on net sales for the Company.  In addition, management is still in the process of determining other impacts that this new guidance will have on the Company's consolidated financial statements and related disclosures.

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Inventories

6 Months Ended

Feb. 28, 2018

Inventories [Abstract]

Inventories

Note 3.  Inventories

Inventories consist primarily of raw materials and components, finished goods, and product held at third-party contract manufacturers. Inventories are stated at the lower of cost or market and cost is determined based on a first-in, first-out method or, for a portion of raw materials inventory, the average cost method. Inventories consisted of the following (in thousands):

	February 28,		August 31,
	2018		2017
Product held at third-party contract manufacturers	$	3,399	$	3,021
Raw materials and components		3,414		3,021
Work-in-process		363		215
Finished goods		32,797		29,083
Total	$	39,973	$	35,340

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Property And Equipment

6 Months Ended

Feb. 28, 2018

Property And Equipment [Abstract]

Property And Equipment

Note 4.  Property and Equipment

Property and equipment, net, consisted of the following (in thousands):

	February 28,		August 31,
	2018		2017
Machinery, equipment and vehicles	$	17,783	$	17,491
Buildings and improvements		17,172		16,953
Computer and office equipment		5,356		4,552
Software		9,398		7,947
Furniture and fixtures		1,727		1,608
Capital in progress		7,597		861
Land		3,465		3,453
Subtotal		62,498		52,865
Less: accumulated depreciation and amortization		(25,649)		(23,426)
Total	$	36,849	$	29,439

At February 28, 2018, capital in progress on the balance sheet included $7.4 million associated with capital costs related to the purchase of the Company’s new office building and related land in Milton Keynes, England, which will house employees of the Company’s EMEA segment that are based in the United Kingdom. The Company expects to incur additional capital costs related to the buildout of the acquired building and for the purchase of new furniture, fixtures and equipment. Upon completion of the buildout, the Company will place these assets into service and reclassify the amounts recorded in capital in progress to the respective fixed asset categories, which includes amounts attributable to the land. For further information, see the Liquidity and Capital Resources section in Part I—Item 2, “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations”.

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Goodwill And Other Intangible Assets

6 Months Ended

Feb. 28, 2018

Goodwill And Other Intangible Assets [Abstract]

Goodwill And Other Intangible Assets

Note 5.  Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets

Acquisitions

During the first quarter of fiscal year 2018, the Company entered into a confidential settlement agreement with FirstPower Group, LLC (“FirstPower”) for dismissal of FirstPower’s trademark infringement complaint against the Company relating to use of the words, “EZ-REACH” for the Company’s WD-40 EZ-REACH Flexible Straw product.  The settlement agreement provided for the Company’s acquisition of FirstPower’s trademark rights associated with the words “EZ REACH” for lubricating oil products for a purchase consideration of $0.2 million. The Company has used the words “EZ-REACH” since the introduction of the WD-40 EZ-REACH Flexible Straw product in fiscal year 2015.

The entire purchase consideration of $0.2 million was paid in cash upon execution of the settlement agreement and was allocated to the trade name-related intangible assets category. The Company began to amortize this definite-lived intangible asset on a straight-line basis over an estimated useful life of five years in the first quarter of fiscal year 2018. This acquisition did not have a material impact on the Company’s condensed consolidated financial statements.

Goodwill

The following table summarizes the changes in the carrying amounts of goodwill by segment (in thousands):

	Americas		EMEA		Asia-Pacific		Total
Balance as of August 31, 2017	$	85,448	$	8,939	$	1,210	$	95,597
Translation adjustments		37		313		-		350
Balance as of February 28, 2018	$	85,485	$	9,252	$	1,210	$	95,947

During the second quarter of fiscal year 2018, the Company performed its annual goodwill impairment test. The annual goodwill impairment test was performed at the reporting unit level as required by the authoritative guidance as of the Company’s most recent goodwill impairment testing date, November 30, 2017.In accordance withASC350-20, “Goodwill”, companies are permitted to first assess qualitative factors to determine whether it is necessary to perform a quantitative goodwill impairment test. In addition, the Company early adopted ASU 2017-04 “Simplifying the Test for Goodwill Impairment”  in the second quarter of fiscal year 2018. The amendments in this updated guidance simplify how an entity is required to test goodwill for impairment if a quantitative approach is used during the annual goodwill impairment test. The adoption of this guidance did not have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements and related disclosures. See “Recently Adopted Accounting Standards” within Note 2 – Basis of Presentation and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, included in this report, for additional information on ASU 2017-04. During the fiscal year 2018 annual goodwill impairment test, the Company performed a qualitative assessment ofeach reporting unitto determinewhether itwas more likely than not that the fair value of a reporting unitwas less than its carrying amount. In performing this qualitative assessment, the Company assessed relevant events and circumstances that may impact the fair value and the carrying amount of each of its reporting units. Factors that were considered included, but werenot limited to, the following: (1) macroeconomic conditions; (2) industry and market conditions; (3) historical financial performance and expected financial performance, including the anticipated impacts of the “Tax Cuts and Jobs Act”, which was signed into law on December 22, 2017 and became effective beginning January 1, 2018; (4) other entity specific events, such as changes in management or key personnel; and (5) events affecting the Company’s reporting units, such as a change in the composition of net assets or any expected dispositions. Based on the results of this qualitative assessment, the Company determined that it is more likely than not that the carrying value of each of its reporting units is less than its fair value as of the goodwill impairment testing date and, thus, a quantitative analysis was not required. As a result, the Company concluded that no impairment of its goodwill existed as of February 28, 2018.

Definite-lived Intangible Assets

The Company’s definite-lived intangible assets,which include the 2000 Flushes, Spot Shot, Carpet Fresh, 1001, EZ REACH and GT85 trade names, the Belgium customer list, the GT85 customer relationships and the GT85 technologyare included in other intangible assets, net in the Company’s condensed consolidated balance sheets.The following table summarizes the definite-lived intangible assets and the related accumulated amortization and impairment (in thousands):

	February 28,		August 31,
	2018		2017
Gross carrying amount	$	36,826	$	35,891
Accumulated amortization		(21,605)		(19,647)
Net carrying amount	$	15,221	$	16,244

Therehas been no impairment charge for the six months ended February 28, 2018 and there were no indicators of impairment identified as a result of the Company’s review of events and circumstances related to its existing definite-lived intangible assets.

Changes in the carrying amounts of definite-lived intangible assets by segment for the six months ended February 28, 2018 are summarized below (in thousands):

	Americas		EMEA		Asia-Pacific		Total
Balance as of August 31, 2017	$	12,706	$	3,538	$	-	$	16,244
Amortization expense		(1,116)		(354)		-		(1,470)
EZ REACH trade name		175		-		-		175
Translation adjustments		-		272		-		272
Balance as of February 28, 2018	$	11,765	$	3,456	$	-	$	15,221

The estimated amortization expense for the Company’s definite-lived intangible assets in future fiscal years is as follows (in thousands):

	Trade Names		Customer-Based		Technology
Remainder of fiscal year 2018	$	1,238	$	241	$	18
Fiscal year 2019		2,466		280		-
Fiscal year 2020		2,071		178		-
Fiscal year 2021		1,281		179		-
Fiscal year 2022		1,281		179		-
Thereafter		5,809		-		-
Total	$	14,146	$	1,057	$	18

Included in the total estimated future amortization expense is the amortization expense for the 1001 trade name and the GT85 intangible assets, which are based on current foreign currency exchange rates, and as a result amounts in future periods may differ from those presented due to fluctuations in those rates.

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Accrued And Other Liabilities

6 Months Ended

Feb. 28, 2018

Accrued And Other Liabilities [Abstract]

Accrued And Other Liabilities

Note 6. Accrued and Other Liabilities

Accrued liabilities consisted of the following (in thousands):

	February 28,		August 31,
	2018		2017
Accrued advertising and sales promotion expenses	$	11,355	$	10,889
Accrued professional services fees		1,386		1,456
Accrued sales taxes and other taxes		1,212		1,701
Other		5,314		4,951
Total	$	19,267	$	18,997

Accrued payroll and related expenses consisted of the following (in thousands):

	February 28,		August 31,
	2018		2017
Accrued incentive compensation	$	3,763	$	6,554
Accrued payroll		3,736		3,338
Accrued profit sharing		838		2,257
Accrued payroll taxes		1,351		1,503
Other		582		570
Total	$	10,270	$	14,222

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Debt

6 Months Ended

Feb. 28, 2018

Debt [Abstract]

Debt

Note 7. Debt

As of February 28, 2018, the Company held borrowings under two separate agreements as detailed below.

Note Purchase and Private Shelf Agreement

On November 15, 2017, the Company entered into the Note Purchase and Private Shelf Agreement (the “Note Agreement”) by and among the Company, PGIM, Inc. (“Prudential”), and certain affiliates and managed accounts of Prudential (the “Note Purchasers”), pursuant to which the Company agreed to sell $20.0 million aggregate principal amount of senior notes (the “Series A Notes”) to certain of the Note Purchasers. The Series A Notes will bear interest at 3.39% per annum and will mature on November 15, 2032, unless earlier paid by the Company. Principal payments are required semi-annually beginning on May 15, 2018 in equal installments of $0.4 million through May 15, 2032, and the remaining outstanding principal in the amount of $8.4 million will become due on November 15, 2032. Interest is also payable semi-annually beginning on May 15, 2018. The Company used the proceeds to pay down $20.0 million of short-term borrowings under the Company’s existing $175.0 million unsecured Credit Agreement during the six months ended February 28, 2018.On February 23, 2018, this Note Agreement was amended (the “Note Amendment”) in connection with the purchase of the Company’s new office building and related land located in Milton Keynes, England, (the “Property”). The Note Amendment amends the Note Agreement to permit the Company to spend an aggregate amount not to exceed $15.0 million for the acquisition and improvement costs for the Property through the end of the Company’s fiscal year 2019.

Pursuant to the Note Agreement, the Company may from time to time offer for sale, in one or a series of transactions, additional senior notes of the Company (the “Shelf Notes”) in an aggregate principal amount of up to $105.0 million. The Shelf Notes will have a maturity date of no more than 15½ years after the date of original issuance and may be issued no later than November 15, 2020. The Shelf Notes, if issued, would bear interest at a rate per annum and would have such other particular terms, as would be set forth in a confirmation of acceptance executed by the purchasing parties prior to the closing of each purchase and sale transaction. To date, the Company has issued no Shelf Notes. Pursuant to the Note Agreement, the Series A Notes and any Shelf Notes (collectively, the "Notes") can be prepaid at the Company’s sole discretion, in whole at any time or in part from time to time, at 100% of the principal amount of the Notes being prepaid, together with accrued and unpaid interest thereon as well as an additional make-whole payment with respect to such Notes.

Credit Agreement

On June 17, 2011, the Company entered into an unsecured Credit Agreement (the “Credit Agreement”) with Bank of America, N.A. (“Bank of America”). Since June 17, 2011, this unsecured credit agreement has been amended six times, most recentlyon November 15, 2017, (the “Fifth Amendment”) and on February 23, 2018, (the “Sixth Amendment”). The Fifth Amendment amended certain provisions and covenants in the Credit Agreement to generally conform them to the corresponding provisions and covenants contained in the Note Agreement and permits the Company to incur indebtedness arising under the Note Agreement in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed the $20.0 million, the amount of the Series A Notes sold pursuant to the Note Agreement in November 2017. The Sixth Amendment amended the Credit Agreement to permit the Company to spend an aggregate amount not to exceed $15.0 million for the acquisition and improvement costs for the Company’s new office building and related land in Milton Keynes, England, through the end of the Company’s fiscal year 2019. The Sixth Amendment also permits the Company to incur an additional $15.0 million of indebtedness under the Note Agreement by issuance and sale of Shelf Notes pursuant to the Note Agreement

Per the terms of the amended agreement, the revolving commitment may not exceed $175.0 million and the aggregate amount of the Company’s capital stock that it may repurchase may not exceed $150.0 million during the period from November 16, 2015 to the maturity date of the agreement so long as no default exists immediately prior and after giving effect thereto. This revolving credit facilitymatures on May 13, 2020.  In addition, as allowed per the terms of the Credit Agreement, the Company and Bank of America entered into an autoborrow agreement providing for the automatic advance of revolving loans in U.S. Dollars to the Company’s designated account at Bank of America. This agreement was entered into during the second quarter of fiscal year 2016 and this agreement has been in effect since that time. Since the autoborrow feature provides for borrowings to be made and repaid by the Company on a daily basis, any such borrowings made under an active autoborrow agreement are classified as short-term on the Company’s consolidated balance sheets. The Company had$8.2 million in net borrowings outstanding under the autoborrow agreement as of February 28, 2018.

The Company assesses its ability and intent to refinance the outstanding draws on the line of credit at the end of each reporting period in order to determine the proper balance sheet classification for amounts outstanding on the line of credit. Outstanding draws on the line of credit which the Company intends to repay in less than twelve months are classified as short-term. Outstanding draws for which management has the ability and intent to refinance with successive short-term borrowings for a period of at least twelve months are classified as long-term. During the six months ended February 28, 2018, the Company repaid $20.0 million in short-term borrowings outstanding under the line of credit by utilizing the proceeds from the $20.0 million in Series A Notes issued in November 2017. Subsequently, the Company borrowed $5.0 million under the revolving credit facility during the second quarter of fiscal year 2018, which it intends to repay in less than twelve months.

Short-term and long-term borrowings consisted of the following (in thousands): 

	February 28,		August 31,
	2018		2017
Short-term borrowings:
Revolving credit facility, short-term	$	5,000	$	20,000
Revolving credit facility, autoborrow feature		8,220		-
Series A Notes, current portion of long-term debt		800		-
Total short-term borrowings		14,020		20,000
Long-term borrowings:
Revolving credit facility		134,000		134,000
Series A Notes		19,200		-
Total long-term borrowings		153,200		134,000
Total borrowings	$	167,220	$	154,000

Both the Note Agreement and Credit Agreement contain representations, warranties, events of default and remedies, as well as affirmative, negative and other financial covenants customary for these types of agreements. These covenants include, among other things, certain limitations on the ability of the Company and its subsidiaries to incur indebtedness, create liens, dispose of assets, make investments, repurchase shares of the Company’s capital stock and enter into certain merger or consolidation transactions. Each agreement also includes a most favored lender provision which requires that any time any other lender has the benefit of one or more financial or operational covenants that is different than, or similar to, but more restrictive than those contained in its own agreement, those covenants shall be immediately and automatically incorporated by reference in the other lender’s agreement.

Both the Note Agreement and the Credit Agreement require the Company to adhere to the same financial covenants. For the financial covenants, the definition of consolidated EBITDA includes the add back of non-cash stock-based compensation to consolidated net income when arriving at consolidated EBITDA. The terms of the financial covenants are as follows:

· The consolidated leverage ratio cannot be greater than three to one. The consolidated leverage ratio means, as of any date of determination, the ratio of (a) consolidated funded indebtedness as of such date to (b) consolidated EBITDA for the most recently completed four fiscal quarters.

· The consolidated interest coverage ratio cannot be less than three to one. The consolidated interest coverage ratio means, as of any date of determination, the ratio of (a) consolidated EBITDA for the most recently completed four fiscal quarters to (b) consolidated interest charges for the most recently completed four fiscal quarters

As of February 28, 2018 the Company was in compliance with all debt covenants under both the Note Agreement and the Credit Agreement.

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Share Repurchase Plan

6 Months Ended

Feb. 28, 2018

Share Repurchase Plan [Abstract]

Share Repurchase Plan

Note 8. Share Repurchase Plan 

On June 21, 2016, the Company’s Board of Directors approved a share buy-back plan. Under the plan, which became effective on September 1, 2016, the Company is authorized to acquire up to $75.0 million of its outstanding shares through August 31, 2018.The timing and amount of repurchases are based on terms and conditions as may be acceptable to the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer and in compliance with all laws and regulations applicable thereto. During the period from September 1, 2016 through February 28, 2018, the Company repurchased 386,973 shares at a total cost of $42.5 million under this $75.0 million plan. During the six months ended February 28, 2018, the Company repurchased 96,400 shares at an average price of $118.01 per share, for a total cost of $11.4 million.

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Earnings Per Common Share

6 Months Ended

Feb. 28, 2018

Earnings Per Common Share [Abstract]

Earnings Per Common Share

Note 9.  Earnings per Common Share

The table below reconciles net income to net income available to common shareholders (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended February 28,				Six Months Ended February 28,
	2018		2017		2018		2017
Net income	$	14,818	$	12,360	$	27,448	$	24,118
Less: Net income allocated to
participating securities		(96)		(75)		(178)		(152)
Net income available to common shareholders	$	14,722	$	12,285	$	27,270	$	23,966

The table below summarizes the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding included in the calculation of basic and diluted EPS (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended February 28,				Six Months Ended February 28,
	2018		2017		2018		2017
Weighted-average common
shares outstanding, basic		13,967		14,111		13,972		14,146
Weighted-average dilutive securities		28		32		31		36
Weighted-average common
shares outstanding, diluted		13,995		14,143		14,003		14,182

There were no anti-dilutive stock-based equity awards outstanding  for the three and six months ended February 28, 2018 and 2017, respectively.

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Related Parties

6 Months Ended

Feb. 28, 2018

Related Parties [Abstract]

Related Parties

Note 10.  Related Parties

On October 11, 2011, the Company’s Board of Directors elected Mr. Gregory A. Sandfort as a director of WD-40 Company. Mr. Sandfort is the Chief Executive Officer of Tractor Supply Company (“Tractor Supply”), which is a WD-40 Company customer that acquires products from the Company in the ordinary course of business.

The condensed consolidated financial statements include sales to Tractor Supply of $0.2 million for both the three months ended February 28, 2018 and 2017, and $0.5 million for both the six months ended February 28, 2018 and 2017.  Accounts receivable from Tractor Supply were not material as of February 28, 2018and August 31, 2017.

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Commitments And Contingencies

6 Months Ended

Feb. 28, 2018

Commitments And Contingencies [Abstract]

Commitments And Contingencies

Note 11.  Commitments and Contingencies

Purchase Commitments

The Company has ongoing relationships with various suppliers (contract manufacturers) who manufacture the Company’s products.  The contract manufacturers maintain title and control of certain raw materials and components, materials utilized in finished products, and of the finished products themselves until shipment to the Company’s customers or third-party distribution centers in accordance with agreed upon shipment terms.  Although the Company typically does not have definitive minimum purchase obligations included in the contract terms with its contract manufacturers, when such obligations have been included, they have been immaterial. In the ordinary course of business, supply needs are communicated by the Company to its contract manufacturers based on orders and short-term projections, ranging from two to five months. The Company is committed to purchase the products produced by the contract manufacturers based on the projections provided.

Upon the termination of contracts with contract manufacturers, the Company obtains certain inventory control rights and is obligated to work with the contract manufacturer to sell through all product held by or manufactured by the contract manufacturer on behalf of the Company during the termination notification period. If any inventory remains at the contract manufacturer at the termination date, the Company is obligated to purchase such inventory which may include raw materials, components and finished goods. The amounts for inventory purchased under termination commitments have been immaterial.  

In addition to the commitments to purchase products from contract manufacturers described above, the Company may also enter into commitments with other manufacturers to purchase finished goods and components to support innovationand renovationinitiatives and/or supply chain initiatives. As of February 28, 2018,  no such commitments were outstanding.

Litigation

From time to time, the Company is subject to various claims, lawsuits, investigations and proceedings arising in the ordinary course of business, including but not limited to, product liability litigation and other claims and proceedings with respect to intellectual property, breach of contract, labor and employment, tax and other matters.  As of February 28, 2018, there is no current proceeding or litigation involving the Company that management believes could have a material adverse impact on its business, financial condition and results of operations. For further information on the risks the Company faces from existing and future claims, suits, investigations and proceedings, see the Company’s risk factors disclosed in Part I―Item 1A, “Risk Factors,” in its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended August 31, 2017, which was filed with the SEC on October 23, 2017.   

Indemnifications

Aspermitted under Delaware law, the Company has agreements whereby it indemnifies senior officers and directors for certain events or occurrences while the officer or director is, or was, serving at the Company’s request in such capacity. The maximum potential amount of future payments the Company could be required to make under these indemnification agreements is unlimited; however, the Company maintains Director and Officer insurance coverage that mitigates the Company’s exposure with respect to such obligations. As a result of the Company’s insurance coverage, management believes that the estimated fair value of these indemnification agreements is minimal. Thus, no liabilities have been recorded for these agreements as of February 28, 2018.

Fromtime to time,the Company enters into indemnification agreements with certain contractual parties in the ordinary course of business, including agreements with lenders, lessors, contract manufacturers, marketing distributors, customers and certain vendors. All such indemnification agreements are entered into in the context of the particular agreements and are provided in an attempt to properly allocate risk of loss in connection with the consummation of the underlying contractual arrangements. Although the maximum amount of future payments that the Company could be required to make under these indemnification agreements is unlimited, management believes that the Company maintains adequate levels of insurance coverage to protect the Company with respect to most potential claims arising from such agreements and that such agreements do not otherwise have value separate and apart from the liabilities incurred in the ordinary course of the Company’s business. Thus, no liabilities have been recorded with respect to such indemnification agreements as of February 28, 2018.

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Income Taxes

6 Months Ended

Feb. 28, 2018

Income Taxes [Abstract]

Income Taxes

Note 12.  Income Taxes

The Company uses an estimated annual effective tax rate, which is based on expected annual income, statutory tax rates and tax planning opportunities available in the various jurisdictions in which the Company operates, to determine its quarterly provision for income taxes. Certain significant or unusual items are separately recognized in the quarter in which they occur and can be a source of variability in the effective tax rates from quarter to quarter.  

On December 20, 2017 the United States House of Representatives and the Senate passed the “Tax Cuts and Jobs Act” (the “Tax Act”), which was signed into law on December 22, 2017 and became effective beginning January 1, 2018.Due to the complexity of the Tax Act, the SEC issued guidance in SAB 118 which clarifies the accounting for income taxes under ASC 740 if information is not yet available, prepared or analyzed in reasonable detail to complete the accounting for income tax effects of the Tax Act. SAB 118 provides for a measurement period of up to one year after the enactment of the Tax Act, during which time the required analyses and accounting must be completed. During the measurement period, (i) income tax effects of the Tax Act must be reported if the accounting has been completed; (ii) provisional amounts must be reported for income tax effects of the Tax Act for which the accounting is incomplete but a reasonable estimate can be determined; and (iii) provisional amounts are not required to be reported for income tax effects of the Tax Act for which a reasonable estimate cannot be determined. During the second quarter of fiscal year 2018, the Company recorded provisional amounts for the income tax effects of the changes in tax law and tax rates, as reasonable estimates were determined by management during this period. These estimates include the remeasurement of the deferred income tax balance on the Company’s consolidated balance sheets due to the reduction in the corporate federal statutory tax rate from 35% to 21%, as well as the application of a mandatory one-time “toll tax” on unremitted foreign earnings.  

The remeasurement of the Company’s net deferred income tax liability was recorded as a provisional amount during the second quarter of fiscal year 2018 and resulted in a reduction of the liability of $6.9 million.  The reduction is a non-cash benefit to the Company’s provision for income taxes which resulted in a one-time benefit to earnings.  This benefit was almost entirely offset by the estimated toll tax to be applied to unremitted foreign earnings, mandated by the Tax Act. The Company has paid taxes on earnings outside the United States at tax rates which have been on average below the historical U.S. corporate federal statutory rate of 35%. As a result, the Company’s estimate of the deemed toll tax created a significant tax impact on the Company’s provision for income taxes of $6.8 million, also recorded as a provisional amount during the second quarter of fiscal year 2018.  The Company recorded both of these provisional amounts as discrete items in the second quarter of fiscal year 2018. Since the Tax Act allows companies to pay the toll tax over an eight year period with the larger payments coming due in the latter years, the Company recorded $6.3 million of the $6.8 million in other long-term liabilities and income taxes payable on its consolidated balance sheets.The determination of the impact of the income tax effects of the items reflected as provisional amounts may change, possibly materially, following review of historical records, refinement of calculations, modifications of assumptions and further interpretation of the Tax Act based on U.S. Treasury regulations and guidance from the Internal Revenue Service and state tax authorities. The Company will report revised provisional amounts in accordance with SAB 118 when additional information and guidance has become available.

Management will continue to review the Tax Act and is still in the process of determining the full impacts of the Tax Act on the Company.  Management expects that the Company will lose the benefit from the Qualified Production Deduction in fiscal year 2019 but also expects to acquire certain benefits from the Foreign Derived Intangible Income section of the Tax Act.  Other significant sections of the new tax law, including the Global Intangible Low Tax Income (“GILTI”) and the Base Erosion Anti-Abuse Tax (“BEAT”) do not apply to the Company’s fiscal year 2018.  In addition the Company will continue to monitor for any significant impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements in future periods with respect to GILTI and BEAT.

The provision for income taxes was 18.7% and 32.8% of income before income taxes for the three months ended February 28, 2018 and 2017, respectively.The decrease in the effective income tax rate from period to period was primarily due to the favorable impact of the reduced tax rate resulting from the Tax Act. In addition, the effective income tax rate was higher in the second quarter of last fiscal year due to the unfavorable impact of a non-reoccurring immaterial out-of-period correction that the Company recorded during the quarter associated with the tax impacts from certain unrealized foreign currency exchange losses. The Tax Act became effective on January 1, 2018, during the second quarter of the Company’s fiscal year, thus impacting the Company’s fiscal year 2018 effective tax rate.  Since the Company has a fiscal year which ends on August 31st, the Company is subject to a “blended” corporate federal statutory rate in its fiscal year 2018 which is calculated based on the applicable tax rates before and after passage of the Tax Act and the number of days in the fiscal year.  As a result of this calculation, the Company’s blended federal statutory tax rate for fiscal year 2018 is 25.7% which is more than 9 percentage points lower than the statutory rate of 35% in the prior fiscal year.

The provision for income taxes was 21.1% and 30.7% of income before income taxes for the six months ended February 28, 2018 and 2017, respectively.The decrease in the effective income tax rate from period to period was primarily due to the favorable impact of the reduced tax rate resulting from the Tax Act, which became effective on January 1, 2018. In addition, the effective income tax rate in the first half of fiscal year 2017 was higher due to the unfavorable impact of a non-reoccurring immaterial out-of-period correction that the Company recorded in the second quarter associated with the tax impacts from certain unrealized foreign currency exchange losses.  The decrease in the effective income tax rate from period to period was also driven in part by the adoption of ASU 2016-09, “Improvements to Employee Share-Based Payment Accounting”, in the first quarter of the Company’s fiscal year 2018 which resulted in excess tax benefits from settlements of stock-based equity awards being recognized in the provision for income taxes, whereas such benefits were recognized as an increase to additional paid-in capital in prior periods. This resulted in a decrease to the Company’s provision for income taxes of $0.8 million for the six months ended February 28, 2018.

The Company is subject to taxation in the U.S. and in various state and foreign jurisdictions. Due to expired statutes and prior audit examinations, the Company’s federal income tax returns for years prior to fiscal year 2016 are not subject to examination by the U.S. Internal Revenue Service. The Company is also currently under audit in various international jurisdictions for fiscal years 2014 through 2015.Generally, for the majority of state and foreign jurisdictions where the Company does business, periods prior to fiscal year 2014 are no longer subject to examination. The Company has estimated that up to $0.2million of unrecognized tax benefits related to income tax positions may be affected by the resolution of tax examinations or expiring statutesof limitation within the next twelve months. Audit outcomes and the timing of settlements are subject to significant uncertainty.

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Business Segments And Foreign Operations

6 Months Ended

Feb. 28, 2018

Business Segments And Foreign Operations [Abstract]

Business Segments And Foreign Operations

Note 13.  Business Segments and Foreign Operations

The Company evaluates the performance of its segments and allocates resources to them based on sales and operating income. The Company is organized on the basis of geographical area into the following three segments:the Americas; EMEA; and Asia-Pacific. Segment data does not include inter-segment revenues. Unallocated corporate expenses are general corporate overhead expenses not directly attributable to the operating segments and are reported separate from the Company’s identified segments. The corporate overhead costs include expenses for the Company’s accounting and finance, information technology, human resources, research and development, quality control and executive management functions, as well as all direct costs associated with public company compliance matters including legal, audit and other professional services costs.

Summary information about reportable segments is as follows (in thousands):

							Unallocated
For the Three Months Ended	Americas		EMEA		Asia-Pacific		Corporate (1)		Total
February 28, 2018:
Net sales	$	44,967	$	39,632	$	16,657	$	-	$	101,256
Income from operations	$	10,336	$	10,532	$	5,181	$	(6,681)	$	19,368
Depreciation and
amortization expense	$	1,046	$	646	$	81	$	196	$	1,969
Interest income	$	-	$	118	$	13	$	-	$	131
Interest expense	$	999	$	-	$	3	$	-	$	1,002
February 28, 2017:
Net sales	$	45,078	$	36,205	$	15,236	$	-	$	96,519
Income from operations	$	10,710	$	10,327	$	4,585	$	(6,760)	$	18,862
Depreciation and
amortization expense	$	1,090	$	517	$	61	$	10	$	1,678
Interest income	$	2	$	109	$	22	$	-	$	133
Interest expense	$	595	$	-	$	3	$	-	$	598
For the Six Months Ended
February 28, 2018:
Net sales	$	91,130	$	74,660	$	33,063	$	-	$	198,853
Income from operations	$	21,366	$	18,368	$	9,801	$	(13,031)	$	36,504
Depreciation and
amortization expense	$	2,140	$	1,205	$	153	$	388	$	3,886
Interest income	$	1	$	237	$	26	$	-	$	264
Interest expense	$	1,838	$	-	$	5	$	-	$	1,843
February 28, 2017:
Net sales	$	87,918	$	66,462	$	31,387	$	-	$	185,767
Income from operations	$	21,459	$	17,505	$	9,571	$	(13,157)	$	35,378
Depreciation and
amortization expense	$	2,139	$	1,018	$	123	$	18	$	3,298
Interest income	$	4	$	189	$	87	$	-	$	280
Interest expense	$	1,122	$	-	$	7	$	-	$	1,129

⁽¹⁾ Unallocated corporate expenses are general corporate overhead expenses not directly attributable to any one of the operating segments. These expenses are reported separate from the Company’s identified segments and are included in Selling, General and Administrative expenses on the Company’s condensed consolidated statements of operations.

The Company’s Chief Operating Decision Maker does not review assets by segment as part of the financial information provided and therefore, no asset information is provided in the above table.

Net sales by product group are as follows (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended February 28,				Six Months Ended February 28,
	2018		2017		2018		2017
Maintenance products	$	92,319	$	87,771	$	180,349	$	166,930
Homecare and cleaning products		8,937		8,748		18,504		18,837
Total	$	101,256	$	96,519	$	198,853	$	185,767

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Subsequent Events

6 Months Ended

Feb. 28, 2018

Subsequent Events [Abstract]

Subsequent Events

Note 14. Subsequent Events

On March 20, 2018, the Company’s Board of Directors declared a cash dividend of $0.54 per share payable on April 30, 2018 to shareholders of record on April 20, 2018.

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Basis Of Presentation And Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies (Policy)

6 Months Ended

Feb. 28, 2018

Basis Of Presentation And Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Abstract]

Basis Of Consolidation

Basis of Consolidation

The condensed consolidated financial statements included herein have been prepared by the Company, without audit, according to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). Certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”) have been condensed or omitted pursuant to such rules and regulations. The August 31, 2017 year-end condensed consolidated balance sheet data was derived from audited financial statements, but does not include all disclosures required by U.S. GAAP.

In the opinion of management, the unaudited financial information for the interim periods shown reflects all adjustments necessary for a fair statement thereof and such adjustments are of a normal recurring nature. These condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended August 31, 2017, which was filed with the SEC on October 23, 2017.

The condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and its wholly-owned subsidiaries. All intercompany transactions and balances have been eliminated in consolidation.

Use Of Estimates

Use of Estimates

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses and the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting periods. Actual results could differ from those estimates. Operating results for interim periods are not necessarily indicative of operating results for an entire fiscal year.

Foreign Currency Forward Contracts

Foreign Currency Forward Contracts

In the normal course of business, the Company employs established policies and procedures to manage its exposure to fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates. The Company’s U.K. subsidiary, whose functional currency is Pound Sterling, utilizes foreign currency forward contracts to limit its exposure to net asset balances held in non-functional currencies, specifically the Euro. The Company regularly monitors its foreign currency exchange rate exposures to ensure the overall effectiveness of its foreign currency hedge positions. While the Company engages in foreign currency hedging activity to reduce its risk, for accounting purposes, none of its foreign currency forward contracts are designated as hedges.  

Foreign currency forward contracts are carried at fair value, with net realized and unrealized gains and losses recognized currently in other income (expense) in the Company’s consolidated statements of operations. Cash flows from settlements of foreign currency forward contracts are included in operating activities in the consolidated statements of cash flows. Foreign currency forward contracts in an asset position at the end of the reporting period are included in other current assets, while foreign currency forward contracts in a liability position at the end of the reporting period are included in accrued liabilities in the Company’s consolidated balance sheets. At February 28, 2018,  the Company had a notional amount of $17.9 million outstanding in foreign currency forward contracts, which mature in July 2018. Unrealized net gains and losses related to foreign currency forward contracts were not significant at February 28, 2018, while unrealized net losses related to foreign currency forward contracts were $0.6 million at August 31, 2017. Realized net gains related to foreign currency forward contracts were not significant for the three months endedFebruary 28, 2018 and were $0.4 million for the six months ended February 28, 2018, while realized net gains and losses related to foreign currency forward contracts were not significant for each of the three and six month periods ended February 28, 2017. Both unrealized and realized net gains and losses are recorded in other (expense)income, net on the Company’s consolidated statements of operations.

Fair Value Measurements

Fair Value Measurements

Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 820, “Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures”, defines fair value as the exchange price that would be received for an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. The Company categorizes its financial assets and liabilities measured at fair value into a hierarchy that categorizes fair value measurements into the following three levels based on the types of inputs used in measuring their fair value: 

Level 1:  Observable inputs such as quoted market prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities;

Level 2:  Observable market-based inputs or observable inputs that are corroborated by market data; and

Level 3:  Unobservable inputs reflecting the Company’s own assumptions.

Under fair value accounting, assets and liabilities are classified in their entirety based on the lowest level of input that is significant to the fair value measurement. As of February 28, 2018, the Company had no assets or liabilities that are measured at fair value in the financial statements on a recurring basis, with the exception of the foreign currency forward contracts which are classified as Level 2 within the fair value hierarchy. The carrying values of cash equivalents, short-term investments and short-term borrowings are recorded at cost, which approximates their fair values primarily due to their short-term maturities and are classified as Level 2 within the fair value hierarchy. In addition, the carrying value of borrowings held under the Company’s revolving credit facility approximates fair value due to the variable nature of underlying interest rates,which generally reflect market conditions and such borrowings are classified as Level 2 within the fair value hierarchy. The Company’s fixed rate long-term borrowings consist of senior notes which are also classified as Level 2 within the fair value hierarchy and are recorded at carrying value, which does not significantly differ from the fair value of the notes as of February 28, 2018. During the six months ended February 28, 2018, the Company did not record any significant nonrecurring fair value measurements for assets or liabilities in periods subsequent to their initial recognition.

Recently Adopted Accounting Standards

Recently Adopted Accounting Standards

In March 2018, theFinancial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”)issued ASU No. 2018-05, “Amendments to SEC Paragraphs Pursuant to SEC Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 118”, to add various SEC paragraphs pursuant to the issuance of SEC Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 118 (“SAB 118”), to ASC 740 “Income Taxes”.  SAB 118 was issued by the SEC in December 2018 to provide immediate guidance for accounting implications of U.S. tax reform under the “Tax Cuts and Jobs Act” (the “Tax Act”), which became effective for the Company on January 1, 2018. The Company has evaluated the potential impacts of SAB 118 and has applied this guidance to its consolidated financial statements and related disclosures beginning in the second quarter of its fiscal year 2018.For additional information on SAB 118 and the impacts of the Tax Act on the Company’s consolidated financial statements and related disclosures, see Part I-Item 1, “Notes to Condensed Consolidated Statements” Note 12- Income Taxes, included in this report.

In January 2017, the FASB issued ASU No. 2017-04, “Simplifying the Test for Goodwill Impairment”. The amendments in this updated guidance simplify how an entity is required to test goodwill for impairment due to concerns that were raised about the cost and complexity of annual impairment tests under the existing standard. This updated guidance eliminates Step 2 of the previous two-step quantitative model for goodwill impairment tests. Step 2 required an entity to calculate an implied fair value, which includes a hypothetical purchase price allocation requirement, for reporting units that failed Step 1. Per this updated guidance, a goodwill impairment will instead be measured as the amount by which a reporting unit’s carrying value exceeds its fair value as identified in Step 1. Step 1 will be referred to simply as a “quantitative goodwill impairment test” subsequent to the Company’s adoption of this updated guidance, since Step 2 has been eliminated and “steps” are no longer referred to within the updated guidance. However, the updated guidance still permits the Company to first conduct a qualitative assessment to determine whether it is necessary to perform a quantitative goodwill impairment test. This guidance is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2019, including interim periods within that reporting period. Early adoption is permitted for interim or annual goodwill impairment tests performed on testing dates after January 1, 2017. The Company early adopted this guidance in its fiscal year 2018 during the second quarter, the period in which the Company performs its annual goodwill impairment test. The guidance was adopted on a prospective basis and is applicable to all of the Company’s future annual goodwill impairment tests. The Company’s reporting units have had no history of goodwill impairments and the Company also determined that no impairment of its goodwill existed as of February 28, 2018 as a result of its annual goodwill impairment test using a qualitative assessment. Therefore, the adoption of this guidance did not have an impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements and related disclosures. See Note 5 – Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets for additional information on the Company’s fiscal year 2018 annual goodwill impairment test. 

In March 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-09, “Improvements to Employee Share-Based Payment Accounting”.The amendments in this updatedguidanceincludechangesto simplify the Codification for several aspects of the accounting for share-based payment transactions, including those related to the income tax consequences, classification of awards as either equity or liabilities, accounting for forfeitures, minimum statutory withholding requirements and classification of certain items on the statement of cash flows. Certain of these changes are required to be applied retrospectively while other changes are required to be applied prospectively. This guidance is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2016, including interim periods within that reporting period. Early adoption was permitted. The Company did not adopt this updated guidance early and therefore this guidance became effective for the Company during the first quarter of its fiscal year 2018. The impacts of the adoption by the Company of ASU No. 2016-09 in fiscal year 2018 were as follows:

· The Company recorded excess tax benefits of $0.2 million and $0.8 million within the provision for income taxes for the three and six months ended February 28, 2018, respectively, from settlements of stock-based equity awards. Prior to the adoption of this new guidance, these amounts would have been recorded as an increase to additional paid-in capital. Although the Company recorded $0.2 million in excess tax benefits from settlements of stock-based equity awards that settled during the three months ended February 28, 2018, this amount was completely offset during the quarter by the remeasurement of the excess tax benefits previously recorded during the first quarter of fiscal year 2018 from $0.8 million to $0.6 million. These excess tax benefits recorded during the first quarter of fiscal year 2018 were remeasured and reduced as a result of a decrease in the Company’s U.S. federal corporate income tax rate due to U.S. tax reform under the “Tax Cuts and Jobs Act”, which became effective for the Company on January 1, 2018. 

· The Company elected to change its policy related to forfeitures of stock-based equity awards upon adoption of this new guidance such that it will now recognize the impacts of forfeitures as they occur rather than recognizing them based on an estimated forfeiture rate. As a result, the Company recorded a cumulative-effect adjustment to retained earnings. This adjustment to retained earnings and the impact of this change in policy for forfeitures on the Company’s consolidated financial statements were not material.

· The Company elected to apply the presentation requirements for the statement of cash flows related to excess tax benefits from settlements of stock-based equity awards retrospectively for all periods presented which resulted in an increase of $0.9 million to both net cash provided by operating activities and net cash used in financing activities for the six months ended February 28, 2017.

· The Company’s presentation in the statement of cash flows of employee taxes paid upon settlement of certain stock-based equity awards via shares withheld by the Company for tax-withholding purposes also changed as a result of the adoption of this new guidance since the Company previously reported such activity as an operating activity rather than a financing activity. As required, the Company applied this change in presentation for the statement of cash flows retrospectively for all periods presented which resulted in an increase of $1.7 million to both net cash provided by operating activities and net cash used in financing activities for the six months ended February 28, 2017.

· The Company excluded the excess tax benefits from the assumed proceeds available to repurchase shares in the computation of its diluted earnings per share for the three and six months ended February 28, 2018. The resulting increase in the Company’s diluted weighted average common shares outstanding was not material.

Recently Issued Accounting Standards

Recently Issued Accounting Standards

In February 2018, the FASBissued ASU No. 2018-02, “Reclassification of Certain Tax Effects from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income”, to optionally allow entities to reclassify stranded tax effects, resulting from the Tax Act, from accumulated other comprehensive income to retained earnings. Since the amendments within this guidance only relate to the reclassification of the income tax effects associated with the Tax Act, the underlying guidance that requires that the effect of a change in tax laws or rates be included in income from continuing operations is not affected. This guidance is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018, including interim periods within that reporting period. Early adoption is permitted. The amendments in this updated guidance should be applied either in the period of adoption or retrospectively to each period in which the effect of the change in the U.S. corporate federal income tax rate in the Tax Act is recognized. The Company has evaluated the potential impacts of this updated guidance, and it does not expect the adoption of this guidance to have a material impact on its consolidated financial statements and related disclosures, as such stranded tax effects are immaterial.

In August 2017, the FASBissued ASU No. 2017-12, “Targeted Improvements to Accounting for Hedging Activities”, to better align risk management activities and financial reporting for hedging relationships through changes to both the designation and measurement guidance for qualifying hedging relationships and the presentation of hedge results. This updated guidance, among other things, expands component and fair value hedging, provides specific presentation guidance on the effects of hedging instruments, and eliminates the separate measurement and presentation of portions of hedges deemed to be ineffective. This guidance is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018, including interim periods within that reporting period. Early adoption is permitted. Currently, although the Company engages in foreign currency hedging activity to reduce its risk, none of its foreign currency forward contracts are designated as hedges for accounting purposes. As such, the adoption of this guidance will not have an impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements and related disclosures.

In October 2016, the FASBissued ASU No. 2016-16, “Intra-Entity Transfers of Assets Other Than Inventory”, which requires an entity to recognize the income tax consequences of an intra-entity transfer of an asset other than inventory when the transfer occurs. This guidance is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2017, including interim periods within that reporting period. Early adoption is permitted in the first interim period of an entity's annual financial statements. The Company has evaluated the potential impacts of this updated guidance, and it does not expect the adoption of this guidance to have a material impact on its consolidated financial statements and related disclosures.

In August 2016, theFASBissued ASU No. 2016-15, “Classification of Certain Cash Receipts and Cash Payments”. The amendments in this updated guidance address eight specific cash flow issues to reduce the existing diversity in practice in how certain cash receipts and cash payments are presented and classified in the statement of cash flows. This guidance is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2017, including interim periods within that reporting period. Early adoption is permitted and should be applied using a retrospective approach. The Company is in the process of evaluating the potential impacts of this new guidance on its consolidated financial statements.

In June 2016, theFASB issued ASU No. 2016-13, “Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments”, which requires entities to estimate all expected credit losses for certain types of financial instruments, including trade receivables, held at the reporting date based on historical experience, current conditions, and reasonable and supportable forecasts. The updated guidance also expands the disclosure requirements to enable users of financial statements to understand the entity’s assumptions, models and methods for estimating expected credit losses. This guidance is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2019, including interim periods within that reporting period. Early adoption is permitted. The Company is in the process of evaluating the potential impacts of this new guidance on its consolidated financial statements.

In February 2016, theFASB issued ASU No. 2016-02, “Leases”.The new standard establishes a right-of-use model that requires a lessee to record a right-of-use asset and a lease liability on the balance sheet for all leases with terms longer than twelve months. Leases will be classified as either financeor operating, with classification affecting the pattern of expense recognition in the income statement.This guidance is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018, including interim periods within that reporting period. Early adoption is permitted and should be applied using a modified retrospective approach. The Company is in the process of evaluating the impacts of this new guidance on its consolidated financial statements and related disclosures.

In May 2014, theFASBissued ASU No. 2014-09, “Revenue from Contracts with Customers”, which supersedes the revenue recognition requirements in ASC 605, “Revenue Recognition”. The core principle of this updated guidance and related amendmentsis that an entity should recognize revenue to depict the transfer of promised goods or services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration to which the entity expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods or services. This new guidance requires an entity to recognize revenue for product sales at the point in time in which control of goods transfers to the Company’s customers which, as defined, could be different than the point in time in which revenue had been recognized by the Company under existing U.S. GAAP, which was based on when title and the risks and rewards of ownership were transferred to the customer. The new guidance also requires additional disclosureabout the nature, amount, timing and uncertainty of revenue and cash flows arising from customer contracts, including significant judgments and changes in judgments and assets recognized from costs incurred to obtain or fulfill a contract.  Although early adoption is permitted, the Company has concluded that it will not adopt this guidance early and it will become effective for the Company on September 1, 2018. The Company will adopt this new guidance following the modified retrospective approach and will recognize the cumulative effect of initially applying the guidance as an adjustment to the opening balance of retained earnings on September 1, 2018. Management performed a detailed review of the Company’s customer contracts which was focused principally on, but not limited to, identifying the point in time at which the control of goods transfers to customers. Although management has not completed this review and is still in the process of completing a quantitative analysis, it does not expect the adoption of this guidance to have a material impact on net sales for the Company.  In addition, management is still in the process of determining other impacts that this new guidance will have on the Company's consolidated financial statements and related disclosures.

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Inventories (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Feb. 28, 2018

Inventories [Abstract]

Schedule Of Inventories

	February 28,		August 31,
	2018		2017
Product held at third-party contract manufacturers	$	3,399	$	3,021
Raw materials and components		3,414		3,021
Work-in-process		363		215
Finished goods		32,797		29,083
Total	$	39,973	$	35,340

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Property And Equipment (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Feb. 28, 2018

Property And Equipment [Abstract]

Schedule Of Property And Equipment, Net

	February 28,		August 31,
	2018		2017
Machinery, equipment and vehicles	$	17,783	$	17,491
Buildings and improvements		17,172		16,953
Computer and office equipment		5,356		4,552
Software		9,398		7,947
Furniture and fixtures		1,727		1,608
Capital in progress		7,597		861
Land		3,465		3,453
Subtotal		62,498		52,865
Less: accumulated depreciation and amortization		(25,649)		(23,426)
Total	$	36,849	$	29,439

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Goodwill And Other Intangible Assets (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Feb. 28, 2018

Goodwill And Other Intangible Assets [Abstract]

Summary Of Changes In Carrying Amounts Of Goodwill

	Americas		EMEA		Asia-Pacific		Total
Balance as of August 31, 2017	$	85,448	$	8,939	$	1,210	$	95,597
Translation adjustments		37		313		-		350
Balance as of February 28, 2018	$	85,485	$	9,252	$	1,210	$	95,947

Summary Of Definite-Lived Intangible Assets

	February 28,		August 31,
	2018		2017
Gross carrying amount	$	36,826	$	35,891
Accumulated amortization		(21,605)		(19,647)
Net carrying amount	$	15,221	$	16,244

Summary Of Changes In Carrying Amounts Of Definite-Lived Intangible Assets By Segment

	Americas		EMEA		Asia-Pacific		Total
Balance as of August 31, 2017	$	12,706	$	3,538	$	-	$	16,244
Amortization expense		(1,116)		(354)		-		(1,470)
EZ REACH trade name		175		-		-		175
Translation adjustments		-		272		-		272
Balance as of February 28, 2018	$	11,765	$	3,456	$	-	$	15,221

Schedule Of Future Estimated Amortization Expense

	Trade Names		Customer-Based		Technology
Remainder of fiscal year 2018	$	1,238	$	241	$	18
Fiscal year 2019		2,466		280		-
Fiscal year 2020		2,071		178		-
Fiscal year 2021		1,281		179		-
Fiscal year 2022		1,281		179		-
Thereafter		5,809		-		-
Total	$	14,146	$	1,057	$	18

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Accrued And Other Liabilities (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Feb. 28, 2018

Accrued And Other Liabilities [Abstract]

Schedule Of Accrued Liabilities

	February 28,		August 31,
	2018		2017
Accrued advertising and sales promotion expenses	$	11,355	$	10,889
Accrued professional services fees		1,386		1,456
Accrued sales taxes and other taxes		1,212		1,701
Other		5,314		4,951
Total	$	19,267	$	18,997

Schedule Of Accrued Payroll And Related Expenses

	February 28,		August 31,
	2018		2017
Accrued incentive compensation	$	3,763	$	6,554
Accrued payroll		3,736		3,338
Accrued profit sharing		838		2,257
Accrued payroll taxes		1,351		1,503
Other		582		570
Total	$	10,270	$	14,222

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Debt (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Feb. 28, 2018

Debt [Abstract]

Schedule Of Short-term And Long-term Borrowings

	February 28,		August 31,
	2018		2017
Short-term borrowings:
Revolving credit facility, short-term	$	5,000	$	20,000
Revolving credit facility, autoborrow feature		8,220		-
Series A Notes, current portion of long-term debt		800		-
Total short-term borrowings		14,020		20,000
Long-term borrowings:
Revolving credit facility		134,000		134,000
Series A Notes		19,200		-
Total long-term borrowings		153,200		134,000
Total borrowings	$	167,220	$	154,000

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Earnings Per Common Share (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Feb. 28, 2018

Earnings Per Common Share [Abstract]

Schedule Of Reconciliation Of Net Income To Net Income Available To Common Shareholders

	Three Months Ended February 28,				Six Months Ended February 28,
	2018		2017		2018		2017
Net income	$	14,818	$	12,360	$	27,448	$	24,118
Less: Net income allocated to
participating securities		(96)		(75)		(178)		(152)
Net income available to common shareholders	$	14,722	$	12,285	$	27,270	$	23,966

Schedule Of Weighted Average Number Of Shares

	Three Months Ended February 28,				Six Months Ended February 28,
	2018		2017		2018		2017
Weighted-average common
shares outstanding, basic		13,967		14,111		13,972		14,146
Weighted-average dilutive securities		28		32		31		36
Weighted-average common
shares outstanding, diluted		13,995		14,143		14,003		14,182

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Business Segments And Foreign Operations (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Feb. 28, 2018

Business Segments And Foreign Operations [Abstract]

Summarized Information By Reportable Segments

							Unallocated
For the Three Months Ended	Americas		EMEA		Asia-Pacific		Corporate (1)		Total
February 28, 2018:
Net sales	$	44,967	$	39,632	$	16,657	$	-	$	101,256
Income from operations	$	10,336	$	10,532	$	5,181	$	(6,681)	$	19,368
Depreciation and
amortization expense	$	1,046	$	646	$	81	$	196	$	1,969
Interest income	$	-	$	118	$	13	$	-	$	131
Interest expense	$	999	$	-	$	3	$	-	$	1,002
February 28, 2017:
Net sales	$	45,078	$	36,205	$	15,236	$	-	$	96,519
Income from operations	$	10,710	$	10,327	$	4,585	$	(6,760)	$	18,862
Depreciation and
amortization expense	$	1,090	$	517	$	61	$	10	$	1,678
Interest income	$	2	$	109	$	22	$	-	$	133
Interest expense	$	595	$	-	$	3	$	-	$	598
For the Six Months Ended
February 28, 2018:
Net sales	$	91,130	$	74,660	$	33,063	$	-	$	198,853
Income from operations	$	21,366	$	18,368	$	9,801	$	(13,031)	$	36,504
Depreciation and
amortization expense	$	2,140	$	1,205	$	153	$	388	$	3,886
Interest income	$	1	$	237	$	26	$	-	$	264
Interest expense	$	1,838	$	-	$	5	$	-	$	1,843
February 28, 2017:
Net sales	$	87,918	$	66,462	$	31,387	$	-	$	185,767
Income from operations	$	21,459	$	17,505	$	9,571	$	(13,157)	$	35,378
Depreciation and
amortization expense	$	2,139	$	1,018	$	123	$	18	$	3,298
Interest income	$	4	$	189	$	87	$	-	$	280
Interest expense	$	1,122	$	-	$	7	$	-	$	1,129

⁽¹⁾ Unallocated corporate expenses are general corporate overhead expenses not directly attributable to any one of the operating segments. These expenses are reported separate from the Company’s identified segments and are included in Selling, General and Administrative expenses on the Company’s condensed consolidated statements of operations.

Schedule Of Net Sales By Product Group

	Three Months Ended February 28,				Six Months Ended February 28,
	2018		2017		2018		2017
Maintenance products	$	92,319	$	87,771	$	180,349	$	166,930
Homecare and cleaning products		8,937		8,748		18,504		18,837
Total	$	101,256	$	96,519	$	198,853	$	185,767

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Basis Of Presentation And Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies (Narrative) (Details) - USD ($)	3 Months Ended			6 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Feb. 28, 2018	Nov. 30, 2017	Feb. 28, 2017	Feb. 28, 2018	Feb. 28, 2017	Aug. 31, 2017
Basis of Presentation and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Foreign currency forward contracts outstanding	$ 17,900,000			$ 17,900,000
Foreign currency forward contracts, Maturity date				Jul. 01, 2018
Realized foreign currency transactions	0		$ 0	$ 400,000	$ 0
Unrealized net losses				284,000	1,153,000	$ 600,000
Excess tax benefits	3,398,000		$ 6,046,000	7,324,000	$ 10,684,000
Foreign Currency Forward Contracts [Member]
Basis of Presentation and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Unrealized net losses				0
Level 2 [Member]
Basis of Presentation and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Assets, Recurring	0			0
Liabilities, Recurring	0			0
Assets, Nonrecurring	0			0
Liabilities, Nonrecurring	0			0
Accounting Standards Update 2016-09 [Member]
Basis of Presentation and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Excess tax benefits	$ 200,000	$ 600,000		800,000
Excess tax benefits, Operating activities				900,000
Excess tax benefits, Financing activities				900,000
Payments related to tax withholding for share-based compensation, Operating activities				1,700,000
Payments related to tax withholding for share-based compensation, Financing activities				1,700,000
Accounting Standards Update 2016-09 [Member] | Scenario, Previously Reported [Member]
Basis of Presentation and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Excess tax benefits		$ 800,000		$ 800,000

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Basis Of Presentation And Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies (Goodwill) (Narrative) (Details)	6 Months Ended
	Feb. 28, 2018 USD ($)
Basis Of Presentation And Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Abstract]
Impairment of goodwill	$ 0

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Inventories (Schedule Of Inventories) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Feb. 28, 2018	Aug. 31, 2017
Inventories [Abstract]
Product held at third-party contract manufacturers	$ 3,399	$ 3,021
Raw materials and components	3,414	3,021
Work-in-process	363	215
Finished goods	32,797	29,083
Total	$ 39,973	$ 35,340

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Property And Equipment (Narrative) (Details) $ in Millions	Feb. 28, 2018 USD ($)
Milton Keynes, England [Member] | Land and Building [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Capital costs	$ 7.4

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Property And Equipment (Schedule Of Property And Equipment, Net) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Feb. 28, 2018	Aug. 31, 2017
Property Plant And Equipment [Line Items]
Subtotal	$ 62,498	$ 52,865
Less: accumulated depreciation and amortization	(25,649)	(23,426)
Total	36,849	29,439
Machinery, Equipment and Vehicles [Member]
Property Plant And Equipment [Line Items]
Subtotal	17,783	17,491
Buildings And Improvements [Member]
Property Plant And Equipment [Line Items]
Subtotal	17,172	16,953
Computer And Office Equipment [Member]
Property Plant And Equipment [Line Items]
Subtotal	5,356	4,552
Software [Member]
Property Plant And Equipment [Line Items]
Subtotal	9,398	7,947
Furniture And Fixtures [Member]
Property Plant And Equipment [Line Items]
Subtotal	1,727	1,608
Capital In Progress [Member]
Property Plant And Equipment [Line Items]
Subtotal	7,597	861
Land [Member]
Property Plant And Equipment [Line Items]
Subtotal	$ 3,465	$ 3,453

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Goodwill And Other Intangible Assets (Narrative) (Details)	6 Months Ended
	Feb. 28, 2018 USD ($)
Finite Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Impairment of goodwill	$ 0
Purchase consideration	175,000
Trademarks [Member] | EZ REACH [Member]
Finite Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Purchase consideration	$ 200,000

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Goodwill And Other Intangible Assets (Summary Of Changes In Carrying Amounts Of Goodwill) (Details) $ in Thousands	6 Months Ended
	Feb. 28, 2018 USD ($)
Goodwill [Line Items]
Balance, beginning	$ 95,597
Translation adjustments	350
Balance, ending	95,947
Americas [Member]
Goodwill [Line Items]
Balance, beginning	85,448
Translation adjustments	37
Balance, ending	85,485
EMEA [Member]
Goodwill [Line Items]
Balance, beginning	8,939
Translation adjustments	313
Balance, ending	9,252
Asia-Pacific [Member]
Goodwill [Line Items]
Balance, beginning	1,210
Translation adjustments
Balance, ending	$ 1,210

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Goodwill And Other Intangible Assets (Summary Of Definite-Lived Intangible Assets) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Feb. 28, 2018	Aug. 31, 2017
Goodwill And Other Intangible Assets [Abstract]
Gross carrying amount	$ 36,826	$ 35,891
Accumulated amortization	(21,605)	(19,647)
Net carrying amount	$ 15,221	$ 16,244

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Goodwill And Other Intangible Assets (Summary Of Changes In Carrying Amounts Of Definite-Lived Intangible Assets By Segment) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Feb. 28, 2018	Feb. 28, 2017	Feb. 28, 2018	Feb. 28, 2017
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Beginning balance			$ 16,244
Amortization expense	$ (741)	$ (717)	(1,470)	$ (1,438)
EZ REACH trade name			175
Translation adjustments			272
Ending balance	15,221		15,221
Americas [Member]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Beginning balance			12,706
Amortization expense			(1,116)
EZ REACH trade name			175
Ending balance	11,765		11,765
EMEA [Member]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Beginning balance			3,538
Amortization expense			(354)
Translation adjustments			272
Ending balance	3,456		3,456
Asia-Pacific [Member]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Beginning balance
Amortization expense
EZ REACH trade name
Translation adjustments
Ending balance

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Goodwill And Other Intangible Assets (Schedule Of Future Estimated Amortization Expense) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Feb. 28, 2018	Aug. 31, 2017
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Net carrying amount	$ 15,221	$ 16,244
Trade Names [Member]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Remainder of fiscal year 2018	1,238
Fiscal year 2019	2,466
Fiscal year 2020	2,071
Fiscal year 2021	1,281
Fiscal year 2022	1,281
Thereafter	5,809
Net carrying amount	14,146
Customer-Based [Member]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Remainder of fiscal year 2018	241
Fiscal year 2019	280
Fiscal year 2020	178
Fiscal year 2021	179
Fiscal year 2022	179
Net carrying amount	1,057
Technology [Member]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Remainder of fiscal year 2018	18
Net carrying amount	$ 18

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Accrued And Other Liabilities (Schedule Of Accrued Liabilities) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Feb. 28, 2018	Aug. 31, 2017
Accrued And Other Liabilities [Abstract]
Accrued advertising and sales promotion expenses	$ 11,355	$ 10,889
Accrued professional services fees	1,386	1,456
Accrued sales taxes and other taxes	1,212	1,701
Other	5,314	4,951
Total	$ 19,267	$ 18,997

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Accrued And Other Liabilities (Schedule Of Accrued Payroll And Related Expenses) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Feb. 28, 2018	Aug. 31, 2017
Accrued And Other Liabilities [Abstract]
Accrued incentive compensation	$ 3,763	$ 6,554
Accrued payroll	3,736	3,338
Accrued profit sharing	838	2,257
Accrued payroll taxes	1,351	1,503
Other	582	570
Total	$ 10,270	$ 14,222

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Debt (Narrative) (Details) - USD ($)	6 Months Ended
	Feb. 28, 2018	Feb. 23, 2018	Nov. 15, 2017	Aug. 31, 2017
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Current debt	$ 14,020,000			$ 20,000,000
Fifth Amended Credit Facility [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Revolving credit facility, amount	175,000,000
Share buy-back plan, amount authorized	$ 150,000,000
Revolving credit facility, expiration date	May 13, 2020
Sixth Amended Credit Facility [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Consolidated leverage ratio	3
Consolidated interest coverage ratio	3
Revolving Credit Facility [Member] | Series A Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Repayment of short-term debt	$ 20,000,000
Revolving Credit Facility [Member] | Line Of Credit, Headquarters Office [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line of credit, short-term liability	$ 5,000,000
Note Agreement [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal payment frequency of periodic payment	semi-annually
Note Agreement [Member] | Series A Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Revolving credit facility, amount			$ 20,000,000
Principal amount			$ 20,000,000
Interest rate	3.39%
Maturity date	Nov. 15, 2032
Date of first payment required	May 15, 2018
Periodic payment amount	$ 400,000
Date of final semi-annual payment required	May 15, 2032
Balloon payment	$ 8,400,000
Note Agreement [Member] | Sixth Amended Credit Facility [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Additional maximum borrowing capacity		$ 15,000,000
Shelf Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal amount	$ 0
Latest date to issue senior notes	Nov. 15, 2020
Period of debt issuance and maturity	15 years 6 months
Maximum [Member] | Shelf Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Additional maximum borrowing capacity	$ 105,000,000
Milton Keynes, England [Member] | Sixth Amended Credit Facility [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Revolving credit facility, amount		15,000,000
Milton Keynes, England [Member] | Note Agreement [Member] | Note Amendment [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Revolving credit facility, amount		$ 15,000,000

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Debt (Schedule Of Short-term And Long-term Borrowings) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Feb. 28, 2018	Aug. 31, 2017
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Total short-term borrowings	$ 14,020	$ 20,000
Long-term borrowings	153,200	134,000
Total borrowings	167,220	154,000
Series A Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Current portion of long-term debt	800
Long-term borrowings	19,200
Revolving Credit Facility [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Short-term	5,000	20,000
Long-term borrowings	134,000	$ 134,000
Revolving Credit Facility [Member] | Autoborrow Agreement [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Short-term	$ 8,220

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Share Repurchase Plan (Narrative) (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands	6 Months Ended		18 Months Ended
	Feb. 28, 2018	Feb. 28, 2017	Feb. 28, 2018	Sep. 01, 2016
Equity, Class of Treasury Stock [Line Items]
Total cost of repurchased shares	$ 11,377	$ 18,718
2016 To 2018 Share Repurchase Program [Member]
Equity, Class of Treasury Stock [Line Items]
Share buy-back plan, amount authorized				$ 75,000
Share buy-back plan, number of shares repurchased	96,400		386,973
Average price of shares repurchased	$ 118.01
Total cost of repurchased shares	$ 11,400		$ 42,500

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Earnings Per Common Share (Narrative) (Details) - shares	3 Months Ended	6 Months Ended
	Feb. 28, 2018	Feb. 28, 2018
Earnings Per Common Share [Abstract]
Anti-dilutive stock options outstanding	0	0

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Earnings Per Common Share (Schedule Of Reconciliation Of Net Income To Net Income Available To Common Shareholders) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Feb. 28, 2018	Feb. 28, 2017	Feb. 28, 2018	Feb. 28, 2017
Earnings Per Common Share [Abstract]
Net income	$ 14,818	$ 12,360	$ 27,448	$ 24,118
Less: Net income allocated to participating securities	(96)	(75)	(178)	(152)
Net income available to common shareholders	$ 14,722	$ 12,285	$ 27,270	$ 23,966

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Earnings Per Common Share (Schedule Of Weighted Average Number Of Shares) (Details) - shares shares in Thousands	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Feb. 28, 2018	Feb. 28, 2017	Feb. 28, 2018	Feb. 28, 2017
Earnings Per Common Share [Abstract]
Weighted-average common shares outstanding, basic	13,967	14,111	13,972	14,146
Weighted-average dilutive securities	28	32	31	36
Weighted-average common shares outstanding, diluted	13,995	14,143	14,003	14,182

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Related Parties (Narrative) (Details) - USD ($)	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Feb. 28, 2018	Feb. 28, 2017	Feb. 28, 2018	Feb. 28, 2017	Aug. 31, 2017
Related Parties [Abstract]
Sales to Tractor Supply	$ 200,000	$ 200,000	$ 500,000	$ 500,000
Accounts receivable from Tractor Supply	$ 0		$ 0		$ 0

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Commitments And Contingencies (Narrative) (Details)	Feb. 28, 2018 USD ($)
Purchase Commitment [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Commitment outstanding	$ 0
Indemnification Agreement 1 [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Liabilities related to indemnification agreement	0
Indemnification Agreement 2 [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Liabilities related to indemnification agreement	$ 0

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Income Taxes (Narrative) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended			6 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Feb. 28, 2018	Nov. 30, 2017	Feb. 28, 2017	Feb. 28, 2018	Feb. 28, 2017	Dec. 31, 2018	Aug. 31, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017
Income Tax [Line Items]
Provision for income taxes	18.70%		32.80%	21.10%	30.70%
Unrecognized tax benefits affected by the resolution of tax examinations or expiring statutes of limitation	$ 200			$ 200
Federal income tax rate								35.00%
Reduction of deferred income tax liability				6,900
Impact on provision for income taxes				6,800
Other long-term liabilities	6,300			6,300
Other income taxes payable	6,800			6,800
Excess tax benefits	3,398		$ 6,046	$ 7,324	$ 10,684
Toll tax repayment period				8 years
Scenario, Plan [Member]
Income Tax [Line Items]
Federal income tax rate						21.00%
Scenario, Forecast [Member]
Income Tax [Line Items]
Federal income tax rate							25.70%
Percentage between blended rate and prior fiscal year							9.00%
Accounting Standards Update 2016-09 [Member]
Income Tax [Line Items]
Excess tax benefits	$ 200	$ 600		$ 800
Accounting Standards Update 2016-09 [Member] | Scenario, Previously Reported [Member]
Income Tax [Line Items]
Excess tax benefits		$ 800		$ 800

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Business Segments and Foreign Operations (Summarized Information By Reportable Segments) (Details) $ in Thousands		3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
		Feb. 28, 2018 USD ($)	Feb. 28, 2017 USD ($)	Feb. 28, 2018 USD ($) item	Feb. 28, 2017 USD ($)
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Number of reportable segments | item				3
Net sales		$ 101,256	$ 96,519	$ 198,853	$ 185,767
Income from operations		19,368	18,862	36,504	35,378
Depreciation and amortization expense		1,969	1,678	3,886	3,298
Interest income		131	133	264	280
Interest expense		1,002	598	1,843	1,129
Unallocated Corporate [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Income from operations	[1]	(6,681)	(6,760)	(13,031)	(13,157)
Depreciation and amortization expense	[1]	196	10	388	18
Americas Segment [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net sales		44,967	45,078	91,130	87,918
Income from operations		10,336	10,710	21,366	21,459
Depreciation and amortization expense		1,046	1,090	2,140	2,139
Interest income			2	1	4
Interest expense		999	595	1,838	1,122
EMEA Segments [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net sales		39,632	36,205	74,660	66,462
Income from operations		10,532	10,327	18,368	17,505
Depreciation and amortization expense		646	517	1,205	1,018
Interest income		118	109	237	189
Asia-Pacific Segment [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net sales		16,657	15,236	33,063	31,387
Income from operations		5,181	4,585	9,801	9,571
Depreciation and amortization expense		81	61	153	123
Interest income		13	22	26	87
Interest expense		$ 3	$ 3	$ 5	$ 7

[1] Unallocated corporate expenses are general corporate overhead expenses not directly attributable to any one of the operating segments. These expenses are reported separate from the Company's identified segments and are included in Selling, General and Administrative expenses on the Company's condensed consolidated statements of operations.

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Business Segments And Foreign Operations (Schedule Of Net Sales By Product Group) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Feb. 28, 2018	Feb. 28, 2017	Feb. 28, 2018	Feb. 28, 2017
Revenue from External Customer [Line Items]
Net sales	$ 101,256	$ 96,519	$ 198,853	$ 185,767
Maintenance Products [Member]
Revenue from External Customer [Line Items]
Net sales	92,319	87,771	180,349	166,930
Homecare And Cleaning Products [Member]
Revenue from External Customer [Line Items]
Net sales	$ 8,937	$ 8,748	$ 18,504	$ 18,837

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Subsequent Events (Narrative) (Details) - $ / shares		3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Mar. 20, 2018	Feb. 28, 2018	Feb. 28, 2017	Feb. 28, 2018	Feb. 28, 2017
Subsequent Events [Line Items]
Cash dividend declared		$ 0.54	$ 0.49	$ 1.03	$ 0.91
Dividend payable, declared date				Mar. 20, 2018
Dividends payable, date to be paid				Apr. 30, 2018
Dividend payable, record date				Apr. 20, 2018
Subsequent Events [Member]
Subsequent Events [Line Items]
Cash dividend declared	$ 0.54