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| COMPANY |
SYMBOL |
AMOUNT |
NOTES |
| 3/29/2007 |
| Pain Therapeutics |
PTIE |
$20 mln |
over 1 year |
| 3/28/2007 |
| Altera Corporation |
ALTR |
50 mln shares |
adds to prior plan |
| FedFirst Financial Corporation |
FFCO |
153,500 shares |
5% of outstanding |
| Henry Schein |
HSIC |
$100 mln |
adds to prior plan |
| Strategic Hotels & Resorts |
BEE |
$25 mln |
|
| 3/27/2007 |
| Camco Financial |
CAFI |
5% of outstanding |
replaces prior plan |
| Financial Federal Corporation |
FIF |
$30 mln |
adds to prior plan |
| First State Bancorporation |
FSNM |
5% of outstanding |
| Norfolk Southern Corporation |
NSC |
25 mln shares |
adds to prior plan |
| Synopsys |
SNPS |
$500 mln |
|
| 3/26/2007 |
| BankFinancial Corporation |
BFIN |
1.2 mln shares |
adds to prior plan |
| Optical Cable Corporation |
OCCF |
300,100 shares |
over 12 months |
| URS Corporation |
URS |
1 mln shares |
through 2009 |
| 3/23/2007 |
| Capital City Bank Group |
CCBG |
1 mln shares |
adds to prior plan |
| Freddie Mac |
FRE |
$1 bln |
adds to prior plan |
| Vestin Realty Mortgage II |
VRTB |
$10 mln |
38.8 mln shares outstanding |
| 3/22/2007 |
| IA Global |
IAO |
4 mln shares |
2.6% of outstanding |
| MainSource Financial Group |
MSFG |
500,000 shares |
replaces prior plan |
| Prudential Bancorp |
PBIP |
242,000 shares |
adds to prior plan |
| Riverview Bancorp |
RVSB |
250,000 shares |
2% of outstanding |
| WesBanco, Inc. |
WSBC |
1 mln shares |
adds to prior plan |
| Williams-Sonoma |
WSM |
5 mln shares |
adds to prior plan |
| 3/21/2007 |
| BancorpSouth |
BXS |
3 mln shares |
replaces prior plan |
| Chubb Inc. |
CB |
20 mln shares |
adds to prior plan |
| East West Bancorp |
EWBC |
$50 mln |
adds to prior plan |
| Internet Commerce Corp. |
ICCA |
$2 mln |
over 12-18 months |
| Komag, Inc. |
KOMG |
$200 mln |
|
| Ligand Pharmaceuticals |
LGND |
$100 mln |
over 12 months |
| Motorola |
MOT |
$3 bln |
adds to prior plan |
| Wells Fargo & Company |
WFC |
75 mln shares |
adds to prior plan |
| 3/20/2007 |
| Access National Corporation |
ANCX |
500,000 shares |
|
| FactSet Research Systems |
FDS |
$100 mln |
adds to prior plan |
| First Place Financial |
FPFC |
800,000 shares |
prior plan expired |
| Genworth Financial |
GNW |
$600 mln |
adds to prior plan |
| Seacor Holdings |
CKH |
$65.2 mln |
adds to prior plan |
| SL Green Realty |
SLG |
$300 mln |
through 2008 |
| 3/19/2007 |
| Arden Group |
ARDNA |
200,000 shares |
adds to prior plan |
| Ladenburg Thalman Financial Services |
LTS |
2.5 mln shares |
|
| Pre-Paid Legal Services |
PPD |
1 mln shares |
adds to prior plan |
| 3/16/2007 |
| Ann Taylor |
ANN |
$300 mln |
replaces prior plan |
| First BancTrust Corporation |
FBTC |
5% of outstanding |
adds to prior plan |
| Hewlett-Packard |
HPQ |
$8 bln |
adds to prior plan |
| 3/15/2007 |
| Aeropostale |
ARO |
$100 mln |
adds to prior plan |
| Ameriprise Financial |
AMP |
$1 bln |
adds to prior plan |
| First Federal of Northern Michigan Bancorp |
FFNM |
5% of outstanding |
151,750 shares |
| SEI Investments Company |
SEIC |
$50 mln |
adds to prior plan |
| Southwest Airlines Co. |
LUV |
$300 mln |
prior plan complete |
| State Street Corp. |
STT |
15 mln shares |
adds to prior plan |
| Yum! Brands |
YUM |
$500 mln |
adds to prior plan |
| 3/14/2007 |
| Frontier Airlines Holdings |
FRNT |
300,000 shares |
|
| Jeffersonville Bancorp, Inc. |
JFBC |
50,000 shares |
adds to prior plan |
| 3/13/2007 |
| Baxter International |
BAX |
$2 bln |
upon completion of prior plan |
| Building Materials Holding Corp. |
BLG |
$25 mln |
over 1 year |
| Kentucky First Federal Bancorp |
KFFB |
150,000 shares |
over 1 year |
| Laboratory Corporation of America®Holdings |
LH |
$500 mln |
|
| Pitney Bowes, Inc. |
PBI |
$300 mln |
adds to prior plan |
| Thomas & Betts Corp. |
TNB |
3 mln shares |
adds to prior plan |
| 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 |
| Source: The Online Investor |