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Note 10 - Stockholders' Equity | 6 Months Ended
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Feb. 28, 2022
Notes to Financial Statements |
Stockholders' Equity Note Disclosure [Text Block] | 10. STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY During the six months ended February 28, 2022, the Company’s Board of Directors declared cash dividends on the following dates in the following amounts to the following holders of the Company’s common stock:
Declaration Date |  | Amount |  | Record Date |  | Payable Date
October 20, 2021 |  | $ | 0.07 |  | November 3, 2021 |  | November 17, 2021
January 21, 2022 |  | $ | 0.07 |  | February 2, 2022 |  | February 16, 2022
During the six months ended February 28, 2022 and 2021, the Company repurchased no shares of its common stock. During the six months ended February 28, 2022, the Company granted stock options under the Northern Technologies International Corporation 2019 Stock Incentive Plan (as amended, the 2019 Plan) to purchase an aggregate of 174,840 shares of its common stock to various employees and directors. The weighted average per share exercise price of the stock options is $16.97. The exercise price of the stock options is equal to the fair market value of the Company’s common stock on the date of grant. During the six months ended February 28, 2022, stock options to purchase an aggregate of 43,218 shares of common stock were exercised at a weighted average exercise price of $6.45 per share, resulting in the net issuance of 34,071 shares of common stock since some of the options were exercised on a net cashless exercise basis. During the six months ended February 28, 2021, the Company’s Board of Directors declared a cash dividend of $0.065 per share of the Company’s common stock, payable on February 17, 2021 to stockholders of record on February 3, 2021. Prior to such time, the Company had suspended its quarterly cash dividend on April 23, 2020 pending clarity on the financial impact of COVID-19 on the Company. During the six months ended February 28, 2021, the Company granted stock options under the 2019 Plan to purchase an aggregate of 419,874 shares of its common stock to various employees and directors. The weighted average per share exercise price of the stock options is $8.24. The exercise price of the stock options is equal to the fair market value of the Company’s common stock on the date of grant. During the six months ended February 28, 2021, no stock options to purchase common stock were exercised. The Company issued 2,636 and 4,646 shares of common stock on September 1, 2021 and 2020, respectively, under the Northern Technologies International Corporation Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP). As of February 28, 2022, 72,186 shares of common stock remained available for sale under the ESPP.

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