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SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY (Tables)

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SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Aug. 31, 2023
SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY  
Variable Assumptions Used in Fair Value Calculations

The assumptions used in the fair value calculations using the Black-Scholes model are as follows:

Year Ended

 

    

August 31, 2023

    

August 31, 2022

 

Expected term (years)

    

    

6.00

Risk-free interest rate

 

%  

1.31

%

Expected volatility

 

%  

38.25

%

Expected dividend yield

 

%  

%

Weighted average grant-date fair value

$

$

5.16

Stock Option Activity

The following table summarizes the combined stock option activity for the 2004 Incentive Plan and 2014 Equity Plan for the years ended August 31, 2023 and August 31, 2022:

    

Number of Options

    

Weighted Average Exercise Price

    

Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Term

    

Approximate Aggregate Intrinsic Value
(in thousands)

Outstanding at August 31, 2022

712,500

$

8.75

5.7

$

1,489

Granted

 

$

Exercised

 

(119,500)

$

Forfeited / Expired

(30,000)

$

Outstanding at August 31, 2023

 

563,000

$

9.15

4.0

$

1,221

Options exercisable at August 31, 2023

 

452,000

$

8.71

5.1

$

1,100

Outstanding at August 31, 2021

 

714,500

$

7.80

6.1

$

5,107

Granted

 

105,000

$

13.37

Net settlement exercised

 

(103,667)

$

6.87

Forfeited / Expired

(3,333)

$

10.45

Outstanding at August 31, 2022

 

712,500

$

8.75

5.7

$

1,489

Non-Vested Options

The following table summarizes the activity and value of non-vested options as of and for the years ended August 31, 2023 and August 31, 2022:

    

Number of Options

    

Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value

Non-vested options outstanding at August 31, 2022

232,998

$

4.47

Granted

 

$

Vested

 

(91,998)

$

4.31

Forfeited / Expired

 

(30,000)

$

5.16

Non-vested options outstanding at August 31, 2023

 

111,000

$

4.43

Non-vested options outstanding at August 31, 2021

 

218,333

$

4.04

Granted

 

105,000

$

5.16

Vested

 

(87,002)

$

4.21

Forfeited

(3,333)

$

4.21

Non-vested options outstanding at August 31, 2022

 

232,998

$

4.47