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| SHARE REPURCHASE PROGRAMS ANNOUNCED OR EXPANDED in August |  
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| LATEST ANNOUNCEMENTS | BUYBACK ARCHIVES: JUL | JUN | MAY | APR | MAR | FEB | JAN | | COMPANY | SYMBOL | AMOUNT | NOTES | | Friday 08/29 | | Carbo Ceramics | CRR | 2 mln shares | | | Thursday 08/28 | | Westamerica Bancorp | WABC | 2 mln shares | over 1 year | | Wednesday 08/27 | | China Nepstar | NPD | $40 mln | over 16 months | | Tuesday 08/26 | | Gen-Probe | GPRO | $250 mln | over 2 years | | Steel Dynamics | STLD | 11 mln shares | expands prior plan | | NOTE: Stock repurchase plans typically do not obligate a company to buy back shares, which is why announcements are often worded as up to $xx dollars or up to xx million shares over the next x years. In some instances shares are retired, thereby reducing the number of shares outstanding. In other cases repurchased shares are not retired, and instead are used for employee option and benefit plans, held in the Treasury to defend against takeover bids or used for buying other companies. |
| | Monday 08/25 | | Anadarko Petroleum | APC | $5 bln | over 3 years | | Coach | COH | $1 bln | prior plan complete | | Jack Henry & Assoc. | JKHY | 5 mln shares | adds to prior plan | | PROS Holdings | PRO | $15 mln | | | Friday 08/22 | | E-House | EJ | $20 mln | | | Strattec | STRT | 200,000 shares | adds to prior plan | | Thursday 08/21 | | PC-TEL | PCTI | 1 mln shares | adds to prior plan | | Wednesday 08/20 | | American Bancorp | ABNJ | 5% of shares | prior plan complete | | BJ's Wholesale | BJ | $200 mln | adds to prior plan | | Tuesday 08/19 | | Federated Investors | FII | 5 mln shares | adds to prior plan | | First Mercury Financial | FMR | 1.5 mln shares | | | Monday 08/18 | | Comfort Systems USA | FIX | 775,060 shares | adds to prior plan | | Guidance Software | GUID | $8 mln | | | InFocus | INFS | 4 mln shares | over 3 years | | Oppenheimer Holdings | OPY | 700,000 shares | over 1 year | | Polyone | POL | 10 mln shares | 10.7% of outstanding | | Friday 08/15 | | Cadence Design Systems | CDNS | $500 mln | adds to prior plan | | Group 1 Automotive | GPI | $20 mln | over 1 year | | Silicon Motion Tech. | SIMO | $40 mln | over 2 years | | Thursday 08/14 | | Automatic Data Proc. | ADP | 50 mln shares | adds to prior plan | | Giant Interactive | GA | $150 mln | | | Liberty Media | LCAPA | $300 mln | adds to prior plan | | Outdoor Channel Holdings | OUTD | $15 mln | expands prior plan | | Papa Johns Pizza | PZZA | $50 mln | adds to prior plan | | Red Robin Gourmet | RRGB | $50 mln | prior plan complete | | United Comm. Bank | UCBA | 162,371 shares | 5% of outstanding | | NOTE: Stock repurchase plans typically do not obligate a company to buy back shares, which is why announcements are often worded as up to $xx dollars or up to xx million shares over the next x years. In some instances shares are retired, thereby reducing the number of shares outstanding. In other cases repurchased shares are not retired, and instead are used for employee option and benefit plans, held in the Treasury to defend against takeover bids or used for buying other companies. |
| | Wednesday 08/13 | | ADC Telecom. | ADCT | $150 mln | thru 7/31/09 | | Buckeye Technologies | BKI | 5 mln shares | adds to prior plan | | NetApp | NTAP | $1 bln | | | Tuesday 08/12 | | I-Flow | IFLO | 1 mln shares | adds to prior plan | | Nvidia | NVDA | $2.7 bln | expands prior plan | | Vistaprint | VPRT | $50 mln | thru Feb 2010 | | Monday 08/11 | | ClearOne Comm. | CLRO | 2 mln shares | 20% of outstanding | | Extreme Networks | EXTR | $100 mln | 26% of outstanding | | Friday 08/08 | | Emulex | ELX | $100 mln | adds to prior plan | | Thursday 08/07 | | Courier Corp. | CRRC | $5 mln | adds to prior plan | | McCormick & Schmick's | MSSR | $20 mln | | | Toyota Motor | TM | 15 mln shares | up to 70 bln yen | | Wednesday 08/06 | | GAMCO | GBL | 400,000 shares | adds to prior plan | | KBR | KBR | 8.5 mln shares | 5% of outstanding | | Virtual Radiologic | VRAD | $8 mln | | | Tuesday 08/05 | | Tractor Supply | TSCO | $200 mln | adds to prior plan | | Monday 08/04 | | Broadcom | BCOM | $1 bln | over 3 years | | CEVA | CEVA | 1 mln shares | 5% of outstanding | | Humana | HUM | $165 mln | adds to prior plan | | InterContinentalExch. | ICE | $500 mln | | | Friday 08/01 | | CBRL Group | CBRL | $65 mln | | | CIGNA | CI | $500 mln | adds to prior plan | | Public Svc. Energy Grp. | PEG | $750 mln | over 18 months | | Sun Microsystems | JAVA | $1 bln | adds to prior plan |
OLDER BUYBACKS: JUL | JUN | MAY | APR | MAR | FEB | JAN | DEC 2007 | NOV | OCT
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