Thursday's Buybacks: ConAgra Foods for $500 Million More
TSC Staff
09/28/06 - 06:29 PM EDT
The following are stock buybacks announced over the past 30 days.
(Interested in learning more about buybacks and why they're important? Check out
this article.)
 |
| COMPANY |
SYMBOL |
AMOUNT |
NOTES |
| 9/28/2006 |
| ConAgra Foods Inc. |
CAG |
$500 mln |
adds to prior plan |
| 9/26/2006 |
| Key Technology |
KTEC |
500,000 shares |
|
| 9/25/2006 |
| Hansen Naural Corp. |
HANS |
$25 mln |
adds to prior plan |
| Investors Bancorp |
ISBC |
5.3 mln shares |
10% of outstanding |
| Oakley, Inc. |
OO |
$20 mln |
adds to prior plan |
| Pressure BioSciences |
PBIO |
$500,000 |
|
| 9/22/2006 |
| Halliburton
|
HAL
|
$2 bln
|
adds to prior plan |
| 9/21/2006 |
| Arch Coal Inc. |
ACI |
14 mln shares |
9.8% of outstanding |
| Carpenter Technology Corp. |
CRS |
$250 mln |
over 12-18 months |
| Cognos Inc. |
COGN |
$200 mln |
prior plan complete |
| Palm Inc. |
PALM |
$250 mln |
103.6 mln shares outstanding |
| Tektronix Inc. |
TEK |
$300 mln |
adds to prior plan |
| 9/20/2006 |
| Agilent Technologies Inc. |
A |
$2 bln |
over 2 years |
| American Physicians Capital |
ACAP |
$10 mln |
adds to prior plan |
| Bank of Commerce Holdings |
BOCH |
2.2% of outstanding |
8.8 mln shares outstanding |
| Community Central Bank Corp. |
CCBD |
5% of outstanding |
over 12 months |
| 9/18/2006 |
| Applied Materials Inc. |
AMAT |
$5 bln |
prior plan complete |
| El Paso Electric CO. |
EE |
2.3 mln shares |
adds to prior plan |
| Southwest Georgia Financial Corp. |
SGB |
$13.2 mln |
18% of outstanding |
| SurModics Inc. |
SRDX |
$35 mln |
through next year |
| 9/15/2006 |
| Cigna Corp. |
CI |
$500 mln |
adds to prior plan |
| Methode Electronics Inc. |
METH |
3 mln shares |
|
| 9/14/2006 |
| Accredited Home Lenders Holding Co. |
LEND |
5 mln shares |
|
| Ashland Inc. |
ASH |
7 mln shares |
prior plan complete |
| P&F Industries |
PFIN |
37,450 shares |
adds to prior plan |
| Westamerica Bancorporation |
WABC |
2 mln shares |
6.4% of outstanding |
| Yum Brands Inc. |
YUM |
$500 mln |
adds to prior plan |
| 9/13/2006 |
| Amerco |
UHAL |
$50 mln |
|
| AmeriCredit Corp. |
ACF |
$300 mln |
|
| Cheviot Financial Corp. |
CHEV |
5% of outstanding |
prior plan complete |
| Datascope Corp. |
DSCP |
$40 mln |
adds to prior plan |
| 9/12/2006 |
| Colonial BancGroup |
CNB |
$100 mln |
adds to prior plan |
| Goldman Sachs Group |
GS |
60 mln shares |
adds to prior plan |
| Joy Global Inc |
JOYG |
$700 mln |
adds to prior plan |
| New Plan Excel Realty Trust |
NXL |
$50 mln |
|
| Sears Holding Corp. |
SHLD |
$500 mln |
adds to prior plan |
| 9/11/2006 |
| Avaya Inc. |
AV |
$500 mln |
adds to prior plan |
| OMI Corp. |
OMM |
$70 mln |
adds to prior plan |
| 9/8/2006 |
| Alcon Inc. |
ACL |
5 mln shares |
adds to prior plan |
| Metal Management Inc. |
MTML |
2.7 mln shares |
10% of outstanding |
| Volt Information Sciences |
VOL |
1.5 mln shares |
|
| WCI Communities Inc. |
WCI |
3 mln shares |
adds to prior plan |
| 9/7/2006 |
| Alliant Techsystems Inc. |
ATK |
$100 mln |
about 1.25 mln shares |
| Cascade Corp. |
CAE |
$80 mln |
over 2 years |
| Nu Skin Enterprises Inc. |
NUS |
$75 mln |
adds to prior plan |
| Pep Boys |
PBY |
$100 mln |
adds to prior plan |
| Sunoco Inc. |
SUN |
$1 bln |
adds to prior plan |
| 9/6/2006 |
| Clear Channel Communications |
CCU |
$400 mln |
adds to prior plan |
| Lawson Products, Inc. |
LAWS |
1 mln shares |
dutch auction tender |
| Merge Technologies Inc. |
MRGE |
$20 mln |
over 2 years |
| Rockwell Automation |
ROK |
9 mln shares |
over 12 months |
| 9/5/2006 |
| Altiris |
ATRS |
$50 mln |
over 24 months |
| 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 |
| Source: The Online Investor |