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| COMPANY |
SYMBOL |
AMOUNT |
NOTES |
| 9/5/2006 |
| Books-A-Million
|
BAMM
|
$25 mln
|
adds to prior plan
|
| iMergent
|
IIG
|
$20 mln
|
12.4 mln shares outstanding
|
| Micrel Inc.
|
MCRL
|
$25 mln
|
adds to prior plan
|
| Microtek Medical Holdings
|
MTMD
|
2 mln shares
|
adds to prior plan
|
| Mobile Telesystems
|
MBT
|
10% of shares
|
over 12 months
|
| The Management Network group
|
TMNG
|
2 mln shares
|
12% of outstanding
|
| Wauwatosa Holdings Inc
|
WAUW
|
1.49 mln shares
|
14% of outstanding
|
| World Air Holdings
|
WLDA
|
$20 mln
|
dutch auction tender
|
| 9/1/2006 |
| Atlantic Coast Federal Corp. |
ACFC |
478,000 shares |
prior plan complete |
| Tim Hortons, Inc. |
THI |
$180.5 mln |
NYSE or TSX |
| 8/31/2006 |
| Entegris Inc. |
ENTG |
$150 mln |
10% of outstanding |
| Mannatech, Inc. |
MTEX |
$20 mln |
adds to prior plan |
| RBC Bearings Inc. |
ROLL |
$7.5 mln |
20.4 mln shares outstanding |
| Tiffany & Co. |
TIF |
$300 mln |
adds to prior plan |
| 8/30/2006 |
| BankFinancial Corp. |
BFIN |
2.45 mln shares |
10% of outstanding |
| Harte-Hanks Inc. |
HHS |
6 mln shares |
adds to prior plan |
| 8/29/2006 |
| Fair Isaac Corp. |
FIC |
$250 mln |
replaces prior plan |
| NetEase.com Inc. |
NTES |
$100 mln |
prior plan complete |
| Steel Dynamics, Inc. |
STLD |
5 mln shares |
10% of outstanding |
| 8/28/2006 |
| Amazon.com, Inc. |
AMZN |
$500 mln |
over 24 months |
| Boeing Co. |
BA |
$3 bln |
replaces prior plan |
| Brinker International |
EAT |
$450 mln |
adds to prior plan |
| Coachmen |
COA |
$1 mln |
|
| Jack Henry & Associates |
JKHY |
5 mln shares |
adds to prior plan |
| Kinetic Concepts Inc. |
KCI |
$200 mln |
|
| Oil States International |
OIS |
$50 mln |
adds to prior plan |
| ValueVision Media, Inc. |
VVTV |
$10 mln |
over 12 months |
| 8/25/2006 |
| Conn's Inc. |
CONN |
$50 mln |
|
| CorVel Corp. |
CRVL |
200,000 shares |
over 3 months |
| Federated Department Stores |
FD |
$2 bln |
adds to prior plan |
| Hopfer Bancorp |
HFBC |
125,000 shares |
replaces prior plan |
| Lamar Advertising Co. |
LAMR |
$250 mln |
prior plan complete |
| 8/24/2006 |
| Commercial Bankshares, Inc. |
CLBK |
$4 mln |
replaces prior plan |
| First Bancorp of Indiana |
FBEI |
77,000 shares |
adds to prior plan |
| The Home Depot |
HD |
$3.5 bln |
adds to prior plan |
| Williams-Sonoma |
WSM |
5 mln shares |
prior plan complete |
| 8/23/2006 |
| QC Holdings Inc. |
QCCO |
$10 mln |
adds to prior plan |
| Realogy Corp. |
H |
48 mln shares |
19% of outstanding |
| 8/22/2006 |
| American Physicians Capital |
ACAP |
$10 mln |
adds to prior plan |
| Ark Restaurants Corp. |
ARKR |
$4 mln |
|
| Compuware Corp. |
CPWR |
$300 mln |
adds to prior plan |
| 8/21/2006 |
| BHP Billiton |
BHP |
$3 bln |
|
| Castelle |
CSTL |
$1 mln |
4 mln shares outstanding |
| Genuine Parts Company |
GPC |
15 mln shares |
adds to prior plan
|
| IHOP |
IHP |
2 mln shares |
adds to prior plan
|
| Lowe's |
LOW |
$2 bln |
prior plan complete |
| Photon Dynamics Inc. |
PHTN |
1.1 mln shares |
|
| Trend Micro Inc. |
TMIC |
2 mln shares |
134.6 mln shares outstanding |
| 8/18/2006 |
| Alliance Semiconductor Corp.
|
ALSC
|
$30 mln
|
dutch auction tender
|
| Family Dollar Stores
|
FDO
|
5 mln shares
|
adds to prior plan
|
| Innospec Inc.
|
IOSP
|
$2 mln
|
over 2 months
|
| Microsoft Corp.
|
MSFT
|
$16.2 bln
|
adds to prior plan
|
| 8/17/2006 |
| Tween Brands Inc. |
TWB |
$125 mln |
11% of outstanding |
| Wyndham Worldwide Corp. |
WYN |
$100 mln |
|
| 8/16/2006 |
| Advance America |
AEA |
$100 mln |
adds to prior plan |
| Clifton Savings Bancorp |
CSBK |
648,000 shares |
5% of outstanding |
| Frontier Financial Corp. |
FTBK |
5% of outstanding |
adds to prior plan |
| Hewlett-Packard |
HPQ |
$6 bln |
|
| Macrovision Corp. |
MVSN |
$50 mln |
|
| Provident Community Bancshares |
PCBS |
92,000 shares |
5% of outstanding |
| 8/15/2006 |
| 3M Co. |
MMM |
$1 bln |
adds to prior plan |
| Campbell Soup Co. |
CPB |
$620 mln |
adds to prior plan |
| Gevity HR Inc. |
GVHR |
$75 mln |
adds to prior plan |
| PetSmart |
PETM |
$142 mln |
adds to prior plan |
| Polo Ralph Lauren |
RL |
$250 mln |
adds to prior plan |
| Winmark Corporation |
WINA |
500,000 shares |
adds to prior plan |
| 8/11/2006 |
| Albany International |
AIN |
2 mln shares |
adds to prior plan |
| Safeco Corp. |
SAFC |
10 mln shares |
adds to prior plan |
| 8/10/2006 |
| AmerisourceBergen Corp. |
ABC |
$750 mln |
upon completion of prior plan |
| Briggs & Stratton |
BGG |
$120 mln |
over 18 months |
| Frozen Food Express Industries |
FFEX |
750,000 shares |
18.3 mln shares |
| Haemonetics Corp. |
HAE |
$40 mln |
|
| North Pointe Holdings |
NPTE |
$5 mln |
over 24 months |
| Premium Standard Farms |
PORK |
$20 mln |
4% of outstanding |
| Target Corp. |
TGT |
$5 bln |
through 2008 |
| Todco |
THE |
$150 mln |
61.9 mln shares outstanding |
| 8/9/2006 |
| HNI Corp. |
HNI |
$200 mln |
adds to prior plan |
| Laidlaw International, Inc. |
LI |
15.6 mln shares |
adds to prior plan |
| Meredith Corp. |
MDP |
3 mln shares |
adds to prior plan |
| Nuveen Investments |
JNC |
7 mln shares |
|
| O.I. Corporation |
OICO |
100,000 shares |
2.9 mln shares outstanding |
| Pool Corp. |
POOL |
$50 mln |
prior plan complete |
| Sigma-Aldrich |
SIAL |
5 mln shares |
adds to prior plan |
| Summit Financial Group |
SMMF |
225,000 shares |
3% of outstanding |
| Wabash National Corp. |
WNC |
$50 mln |
replaces prior plan |
| 8/8/2006 |
| FPIC Insurance Group |
FPIC |
500,000 shares |
adds to prior plan |
| Hypercom Corp. |
HYC |
$10 mln |
adds to prior plan |
| Seagate Technology |
STX |
$2.5 bln |
over 24 months |
| Tredegar |
TG |
5 mln shares |
|
| 8/7/2006 |
| Acxiom |
ACXM |
$300 mln |
|
| Irwin Financial Corp. |
IFC |
2 mln shares |
up to $50 mln |
| 8/4/2006 |
| Ambassadors International Inc. |
AMIE |
$10 mln |
adds to prior plan |
| Aspect Medical Systems |
ASPM |
2 mln shares |
22.5 mln shares outstanding |
| Arbor Realty Trust, Inc. |
ABR |
1 mln shares |
|
| Garmin Ltd. |
GRMN |
1.5 mln shares |
|
| Illinois Tool Works |
ITW |
35 mln shares |
6% of outstanding |
| Temple-Inland Inc. |
TIN |
6 mln shares |
5% of outstanding |
| 8/3/2006 |
| Cardinal Health |
CAH |
$1.5 bln |
adds to prior plan |
| Marriott International |
MAR |
40 mln shares |
adds to prior plan |
| MITY Enterprises |
MITY |
400,000 shares |
adds to prior plan |
| Sciele Pharma Inc. |
SCRX |
$30 mln |
over 12 months |
| Sprint Nextel Corp. |
S |
$6 bln |
|
| TD AMERITRADE Holding Corp. |
AMTD |
12 mln shares |
611 mln shares outstanding |
| U.S. Bancorp |
USB |
150 mln shares |
replaces prior plan |
| 8/2/2006 |
| BlackRock Inc. |
BLK |
2.1 mln shares |
20 mln shares outstanding |
| Credit Acceptance Corp. |
CACC |
$25 mln |
adds to prior plan |
| Digital Insight Corp. |
DGIN |
$50 mln |
adds to prior plan |
| Florida Rock Industries |
FRK |
$200 mln |
including prior plan |
| Perma-Fix Environmental Services |
PESI |
$2 mln |
45.78 mln shares outstanding |
| Starbucks Corp. |
SBUX |
25 mln shares |
adds to prior plan |
| Willis Group Holdings Limited |
WSH |
$1 bln |
replaces prior plan |
| 8/1/2006 |
| Blue Nile Inc. |
NILE |
$50 mln |
adds to prior plan |
| Document Sciences Corp. |
DOCX |
$1 mln |
over 1 year |
| Equity One Inc. |
EQY |
$100 mln |
adds to prior plan |
| Nabors Industries |
NBR |
$500 mln |
|
| NutriSystem |
NTRI |
$50 mln |
36.3 mln shares outstanding |
| Symbol Technologies |
SBL |
$200 mln |
|
| Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates |
VSEA |
$100 mln |
adds to prior plan |
| Vertrue |
VTRU |
1 mln shares |
adds to prior plan |
| 7/31/2006 |
| Altiris |
ATRS |
$50 mln |
|
| American Physicians Service Group |
AMPH |
$2 mln |
prior plan complete |
| China TechFaith Wireless |
CNTF |
$40 mln |
over 6 months |
| PS Business Parks |
PSB |
4.5 mln shares |
|
| Tellabs Inc. |
TLAB |
$300 mln |
adds to prior plan |
| Wabtech Corp. |
WAB |
$50 mln |
|
| Wintrust Financial Corp. |
WTFC |
2 mln shares |
over 18 months |
| Source: The Online Investor |