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Shareholders' Equity
 9 Months Ended
May 31, 2025
Stockholders' Equity Note [Abstract]  
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Common Stock Repurchases and Treasury Stock
In June 2021, the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”) terminated the existing share repurchase plan and authorized a new share repurchase plan (the “Share Repurchase Plan”) to purchase up to 5,000 shares of Class A Common Stock. There is no expiration date for the Share Repurchase Plan. As of May 31, 2025, the maximum number of shares of Class A Common Stock that were available for repurchase under the Share Repurchase Plan was 1,413 shares. The Share Repurchase Plan allows the Company to repurchase shares at any time and in any increments it deems appropriate in accordance with Rule 10b-18 under the Exchange Act.
During the thirteen- and thirty-nine-week periods ended May 31, 2025, the Company repurchased 117 shares and 494 shares, respectively, of Class A Common Stock for $8,597 and $39,138, respectively. From these totals, 2 shares and 77 shares, respectively, were repurchased by the Company to satisfy the Company’s associates’ tax withholding liability associated with its stock-based compensation program and are reflected at cost as treasury stock in the unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for the thirteen- and thirty-nine-week periods ended May 31, 2025 and the remainder were immediately retired. During the thirteen- and thirty-nine-week periods ended June 1, 2024, the Company repurchased 200 shares and 1,742 shares, respectively, of Class A Common Stock for $18,489 and $167,166, respectively. From these totals, less than 1 share and 96 shares, respectively, were repurchased by the Company to satisfy the Company’s associates’ tax withholding liability associated with its stock-based compensation program and are reflected at cost as treasury stock in the unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for the thirteen- and thirty-nine-week periods ended June 1, 2024 and the remainder were immediately retired.
As of May 31, 2025, August 31, 2024 and June 1, 2024, the Company also recorded accruals for excise tax on share repurchases of $172, $1,523 and $0, respectively, which was included in Accrued expenses and other current liabilities in the unaudited Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.
The Company reissued 14 shares 45 shares of treasury stock during the thirteen- and thirty-nine-week periods ended May 31, 2025, respectively, and reissued 14 shares and 41 shares of treasury stock during the thirteen- and thirty-nine-week periods ended June 1, 2024, respectively, to fund the MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc. Amended and Restated Associate Stock Purchase Plan.
Dividends on Common Stock
The Company paid aggregate regular cash dividends of $2.55 per share totaling $142,252 for the thirty-nine-week period ended May 31, 2025. For the thirty-nine-week period ended June 1, 2024, the Company paid aggregate regular cash dividends of $2.49 per share totaling $140,695.
On June 25, 2025, the Board declared a regular cash dividend of $0.85 per share, payable on July 23, 2025, to shareholders of record at the close of business on July 9, 2025. The dividend is expected to result in aggregate payments of $47,324 based on the number of shares outstanding on June 17, 2025.
Reclassification
In the first quarter of fiscal year 2024, the Company completed its previously announced reclassification (the “Reclassification”) of the common stock to eliminate the Class B Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share (“Class B Common Stock”). At the closing of the Reclassification, each share of Class B Common Stock issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time was reclassified, exchanged and converted into 1.225 shares of Class A Common Stock.