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Stockholders' Equity
 12 Months Ended
Sep. 03, 2017
Stockholders' Equity Note [Abstract]  
Stockholders' Equity
Dividends
The Company’s current quarterly dividend rate is $0.50 per share. In May 2017 and February 2015, the Company paid special cash dividends of $7.00 and $5.00 per share, respectively. The aggregate payment was approximately $3,100 and $2,201, respectively.
Stock Repurchase Programs
The Company’s stock repurchase program is conducted under a $4,000 authorization by the Board of Directors, approved on April 17, 2015, which expires April 17, 2019. This authorization revoked previously authorized but unused amounts, totaling $2,528. As of the end of 2017, the remaining amount available for stock repurchases under the approved plan was $2,749. The following table summarizes the Company’s stock repurchase activity:
 
Shares
Repurchased
(000’s)
 
Average
Price per
Share
 
Total Cost
2017
2,998

 
$
157.87

 
$
473

2016
3,184

 
149.90

 
477

2015
3,456

 
142.87

 
494


These amounts may differ from the stock repurchase balances in the accompanying consolidated statements of cash flows due to changes in unsettled stock repurchases at the end of each fiscal year.