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Stock Repurchase Program | 12 Months Ended
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Aug. 25, 2018
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Stock Repurchase Program | Note K – Stock Repurchase Program During 1998, the Company announced a program permitting the Company to repurchase a portion of its outstanding shares not to exceed a dollar maximum established by the Board. The program was amended on March 20, 2018 to increase the repurchase authorization to $19.65 billion from $18.65 billion. From January 1998 to August 25, 2018, the Company has repurchased a total of 144.7 million shares at an aggregate cost of $19.418 billion. The Company’s share repurchase activity consisted of the following:
|  | Year Ended |
(in thousands) |  | August 25, 2018 |  |  | August 26, 2017 |  |  | August 27, 2016 |
Amount |  | $ | 1,592,013 |  |  | $ | 1,071,649 |  |  | $ | 1,452,462 |
Shares |  |  | 2,398 |  |  |  | 1,495 |  |  |  | 1,903 |
During fiscal year 2018, the Company retired 1.5 million shares of treasury stock which had previously been repurchased under the Company’s share repurchase program. The retirement increased Retained deficit by $918.5 million and decreased Additional paid-in capital by $60.5 million. During the comparable prior year period, the Company retired 1.8 million shares of treasury stock, which increased Retained deficit by $1.321 billion and decreased Additional paid-in capital by $64.9 million. On September 26, 2018, the Board voted to increase the authorization by $1.25 billion. This brings the total value of the shares authorized to $20.9 billion. Subsequent to August 25, 2018, the Company has repurchased 346,979 shares of common stock at an aggregate cost of $263.4 million. Considering the cumulative repurchases and the increase in authorization subsequent to August 25, 2018, the Company has $1.22 billion remaining under the Board’s authorization to repurchase its common stock.

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