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| COMPANY |
SYMBOL |
AMOUNT |
NOTES |
| 3/12/2007 |
| Energy Partners |
EPL |
$50 mln |
over 1 year |
| Macerich Company |
MAC |
$75 mln |
|
| Meridian Resource Corporation |
TMR |
$5 mln |
over 3 years |
| NetEase.com, Inc. |
NTES |
$100 mln |
prior plan complete |
| Quidel Corporation |
QDEL |
$25 mln |
adds to prior plan |
| S1 Corporation |
SONE |
15% of outstanding |
dutch auction tender offer |
| 3/09/2007 |
| AMERCO |
UHAL |
$50 mln |
adds to prior plan |
| Shanda Interactive |
SNDA |
$50 mln |
over 12 months |
| 3/08/2007 |
| Accenture Ltd. |
ACN |
$1.5 bln |
|
| National Semiconductor Corp. |
NSM |
$500 mln |
adds to prior plan |
| SkyWest Inc. |
SKYW |
5 mln shares |
|
| 3/07/2007 |
| The Cheesecake Factory |
CAKE |
10 mln shares |
adds to prior plan |
| Donegal Group |
DGICA |
500,000 shares |
|
| PrivateBancorp |
PVTB |
277,000 shares |
adds to prior plan |
| 3/06/2007 |
| American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. |
AEOS |
7 mln shares |
adds to prior plan |
| Cathay General Bancorp |
CATY |
1 mln shares |
prior plan complete |
| Leucadia National Corp. |
LUK |
12 mln shares |
including prior plan |
| United States Cellular Corporation |
USM |
500,000 shares |
over 3 years |
| United Stationers Inc. |
USTR |
$100 mln |
adds to prior plan |
| 3/05/2007 |
| Celanese Corp. |
CE |
$400 mln |
dutch auction tender offer |
| Financial Federal Corporation |
FIF |
$2.6 mln |
adds to prior plan |
| Hawk Corporation |
HWK |
$4 mln |
9 mln shares outstanding |
| Lexington Realty Trust |
LXP |
8 mln shares |
adds to prior plan |
| Methanex Corp. |
MEOH |
2 mln shares |
adds to prior plan |
| Waste Management Inc. |
WMI |
$600 mln |
adds to prior plan |
| 3/02/2007 |
| Appalachian Bancshares |
APAB |
$2.5 mlln |
over 1 year |
| Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd |
CP |
5.5 mln |
shares in 2007 |
| 3/01/2007 |
| American International Group, Inc. |
AIG |
$8 bln |
expands current plan |
| Arch Capital Group |
ACGL |
$1 bln |
over 2 years |
| Clifton Savings Bancorp |
CSBK |
615,000 shares |
prior plan complete |
| Constellation Brands |
STZ |
$500 mln |
|
| OmniVision Technologies Inc. |
OVTI |
$100 mln |
|
| Thermo Fisher Scientific |
TMO |
$300 mln |
prior plan complete |
| Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates |
VSEA |
$100 mln |
adds to prior plan |
| Verizon Communications |
VZ |
100 mln shares |
prior plan terminated |
| 2/28/2007 |
| Computer Task Group |
CTGX |
1 mln shares |
adds to prior plan |
| Endurance Specialty Holdings |
ENH |
2 mln shares |
over 2 years |
| Liberty Media Corporation |
LCAPA |
$1 bln |
|
| Papa John's International, Inc. |
PZZA |
$50 mln |
adds to prior plan |
| UTEK Corporation |
UTK |
$4 mln |
over 12 months |
| Waters Corporation |
WAT |
$500 mln |
prior plan complete |
| 2/27/2007 |
| CBS Corp. |
CBS |
$1.5 bln |
|
| CSF Bancorp |
CITZ |
600,000 shares |
adds to prior plan |
| Citizens Communications |
CZN |
$250 mln |
over 12 months |
| DirecTV Group |
DTV |
$1 bln |
prior plan complete |
| Dreamworks Animation |
DWA |
$150 mln |
over 18 months |
| Federated Department Stores |
FD |
$4 bln |
adds to prior plan |
| Illumina |
ILMN |
$75 mln |
over 6 months |
| 2/26/2007 |
| Affiliated Managers Group |
AMG |
3 mln shares |
|
| Cardinal Financial Corporation |
CFNL |
1 mln sharesn |
4% of outstanding |
| Innospec Inc. |
IOSP |
$5 mln |
through May 2007 |
| MDS Inc. |
MDZ |
$431.3 mln |
dutch auction tender offer |
| Xilinx |
XLNX |
$1.5 bln |
adds to prior plan |
| XL Capital Ltd. |
XL |
$1 bln |
includes prior plan |
| 2/23/2007 |
| Lam Research Corp. |
LRCX |
$750 mln |
adds to prior plan |
| Lincoln National Corp. |
LNC |
$2 bln |
adds to prior plan |
| MFB Corp. |
MFBC |
5% of outstanding |
66,000 shares |
| PMI Group |
PMI |
$150 mln |
adds to prior plan |
| 2/22/2007 |
| Covance Inc. |
CVD |
3 mln shares |
adds to prior plan |
| CIBER |
CBR |
$10 mln |
|
| Eastern Insurance Holdings |
EIHI |
5% of outstanding |
|
| Hartford Financial Group |
HBOS |
300,000 shares |
prior plan complete |
| Heritage Financial Group |
HBOS |
300,000 shares |
prior plan complete |
| KLA-Tencor Corp. |
KLAC |
10 mln shares |
adds to prior plan |
| Lamar Advertising |
LAMR |
$500 mln |
adds to prior plan |
| M&T Bank Corp. |
MTB |
5 mln shares |
4.6% of outstanding |
| RC2 Corp. |
RCRC |
$75 mln |
over 1 year |
| Tractor Supply Co. |
TSCO |
$200 mln |
over 3 years |
| 2/21/2007 |
| Anglo American PLC |
AAUK |
$3 bln |
|
| Annapolis Bancorp |
ANNB |
5% of outstanding |
200,000 shares |
| Eastman Chemical Co. |
EMN |
$300 mln |
replaces prior plan |
| LandAmerica Financial Group |
LFG |
1.5 mln shares |
8.5% of outstanding |
| Medco Health Solutions |
MHS |
$3 bln |
adds to prior plan |
| 2/20/2007 |
| American Tower Corporation |
AMT |
$1.5 bln |
over 1 year |
| A.O. Smith Corp. |
AOS |
1 mln shares |
|
| Build-A-Bear Workshop Inc. |
BBW |
$25 mln |
over 1 year |
| Carter's Inc. |
CRI |
$100 mln |
|
| Kraft Foods Inc. |
KFT |
$5 bln |
over 2 years |
| Rx Processing Corp. |
RXPC |
15 mln shares |
|
| Sealy Corporation |
ZZ |
$100 mln |
|
| 2/19/2007 |
| Service Corporation International |
SCI |
$164 mln |
adds to prior plan |
| 2/16/2007 |
| Honeywell |
HON |
$3 bln |
adds to prior plan |
| Hubbell Inc. |
HUBA |
$200 mln |
upon completion of prior plan |
| Rogers Corporation |
ROG |
$50 mln |
|
| 2/15/2007 |
| Asbury Automotive Group, Inc. |
ABG |
1.3 mln shares |
|
| Avaya Inc. |
AV |
$500 mln |
over 2 years |
| Caterpillar Inc. |
CAT |
$7.5 bln |
over 5 years |
| Estee Lauder Cos. |
EL |
20 mln shares |
adds to prior plan |
| Idexx Laboratories |
IDXX |
2 mln shares |
adds to prior plan |
| Preformed Line Products Company |
PLPC |
200,000 shares |
3.7% of outstanding |
| Sterling Bancorp |
STL |
800,000 shares |
adds to prior plan |
| T. Rowe Price Group |
TROW |
15 mln shares |
adds to prior plan |
| Xerox Corp. |
XRX |
$500 mln |
adds to prior plan |
| 2/14/2007 |
| Archer Daniels Midland Company |
ADM |
$400 mln |
|
| Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp. |
BNI |
30 mln shares |
adds to prior plan |
| CSX Corporation |
CSX |
$2 bln |
through 2008 |
| Diebold, Inc. |
DBD |
2 mln shares |
adds to prior plan |
| NutriSystem Inc. |
NTRI |
$200 mln |
expires 8/07 |
| 2/13/2007 |
| Blonder Tongue Laboratories Inc. |
BDR |
100,000 shares |
adds to prior plan |
| Centennial Bank Holdings |
CBHI |
924,490 shares |
adds to prior plan |
| CBIZ Inc. |
CBZ |
5 mln shares |
66.6 mln shares outstanding |
| Keithley Instruments Inc. |
KEI |
2 mln shares |
replaces prior plan |
| Rockwell Collins |
COL |
$500 mln |
replaces prior plan |
| 2/12/2007 |
| 3M Co. |
MMM |
$7 bln |
over 2 years |
| Administaff Inc. |
ASF |
1 mln shares |
adds to prior plan |
| Advent Software |
ADVS |
2.25 mln shares |
adds to prior plan |
| Anixter International Inc. |
AXE |
$100 mln |
prior plan complete |
| Source: The Online Investor |