SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Aug. 31, 2022

Schedule of Share Purchase and Redemption Activity

Our share purchase activity during fiscal 2022 is as follows:


	Accenture plc Class A Ordinary Shares			Accenture Canada Holdings Inc. Exchangeable Shares
	Shares	Amount		Shares	Amount
Open-market share purchases (1)	9,635,751	$	3,151,807	—	$	—
Other share purchase programs	—	—		14,318	5,112
Other purchases (2)	2,545,166	959,459		—	—
Total	12,180,917	$	4,111,266	14,318	$	5,112

(1)We conduct a publicly announced open-market share purchase program for Accenture plc Class A ordinary shares. These shares are held as treasury shares by Accenture plc and may be utilized to provide for select employee benefits, such as equity awards to our employees.

(2)During fiscal 2022, as authorized under our various employee equity share plans, we acquired Accenture plc Class A ordinary shares primarily via share withholding for payroll tax obligations due from employees and former employees in connection with the delivery of Accenture plc Class A ordinary shares under those plans. These purchases of shares in connection with employee share plans do not affect our aggregate available authorization for our publicly announced open-market share purchase and the other share purchase programs.

Schedule of Dividend

Our dividend activity during fiscal 2022 is as follows:


	Dividend Per Share		Accenture plc Class A Ordinary Shares			Accenture Canada Holdings Inc. Exchangeable Shares			Total Cash Outlay
Dividend Payment Date			Record Date	Cash Outlay		Record Date	Cash Outlay
November 15, 2021	$	0.97	October 14, 2021	$	612,543	October 12, 2021	$	665	$	613,208
February 15, 2022	0.97		January 13, 2022	615,926		January 11, 2022	657		616,583
May 13, 2022	0.97		April 14, 2022	613,135		April 12, 2022	650		613,785
August 15, 2022	0.97		July 14, 2022	613,080		July 12, 2022	650		613,730
Total Dividends				$	2,454,684		$	2,622	$	2,457,306