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| COMPANY |
SYMBOL |
AMOUNT |
NOTES |
| 8/20//2007 |
| Assisted Living Concepts |
ALC |
$20 mln |
adds to prior plan |
| GeoPharma |
GORX |
1 mln shares |
|
| Grainger |
GWW |
10 mln shares |
includes prior plan |
| Guaranty Federal Bancshares |
GFED |
350,000 shares |
prior plan complete |
| Standard Motor Products |
SMP |
$3.3 mln |
adds to prior plan |
| SumTotal Systems |
SUMT |
$15 mln |
|
| 8/17//2007 |
| Access National |
ANCX |
500,000 shares |
adds to prior plan |
| Delta Apparel |
DLA |
$4 mln |
adds to prior plan |
| Kentucky First Federal Bancorp |
KFFB |
150,000 shares |
over 1 year |
| Old Line Bancshares |
OLBK |
300,000 shares |
|
| ProCentury Corporation |
PROS |
$10 mln |
over 1 year |
| State Auto Financial Corporation |
STFC |
4 mln shares |
through 2009 |
| Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates |
VSEA |
100 mln |
adds to prior plan |
| 8/16//2007 |
| American Financial Group |
AFG |
5 mln shares |
adds to prior plan |
| American Physicians Capital |
ACAP |
$20 mln |
adds to prior plan |
| Belden |
BDC |
$100 mln |
45.1 mln shares outstanding |
| Chicopee Bancorp |
CBNK |
371,968 shares |
5% of outstanding |
| First National Lincoln Corporation |
FNLC |
300,000 shares |
3.1% of outstanding |
| Lakeland Bancorp |
LBAI |
500,000 shares |
over 12 months |
| Parker Hannifin |
PH |
$500 mln |
adds to prior plan |
| The South Financial Group |
TSFG |
$100 mln |
through 6/2008 |
| Twin Disc |
TWIN |
200,000 shares |
prior plan complete |
| Zygo |
ZIGO |
$25 mln |
|
| 8/15//2007 |
| CompX International |
CIX |
500,000 shares |
|
| Ixia |
XXIA |
$50 mln |
|
| James Hardie Industries |
JHX |
|
10% of outstanding |
| Jones Lang LaSalle |
JLL |
2 mln shares |
adds to prior plan |
| Martin Marietta Materials |
MLM |
5 mln shares |
adds to prior plan |
| Network Appliance |
NTAP |
$1 bln |
adds to prior plan |
| PetSmart |
PETM |
$300 mln |
over 2 years |
| Prudential Bancorp of Pennsylvania |
PBIP |
230,500 shares |
over 12 months |
| Summit State Bank |
SSBI |
100,000 shares |
2% of outstanding |
| United Stationers |
USTR |
$200 mln |
adds to prior plan |
| VeriSign |
VRSN |
$1.1 bln |
|
| 8/14//2007 |
| Acuity Brands |
AYI |
2 mln shares |
adds to prior plan |
| American Commercial Lines |
ACLI |
$150 mln |
prior plan complete |
| Asbury Automotive Group |
ABG |
2 mln shares |
through 2/2008 |
| Cogent Communications Group |
CCOI |
$50 mln |
through 2008 |
| Convergys |
CVG |
20 mln shares |
adds to prior plan |
| Integrated Silicon Solution |
ISSI |
$30 mln |
dutch auction tender offer |
| MPS Group |
MPS |
$75 mln |
adds to prior plan |
| U.S. Home Systems |
USHS |
$5 mln |
|
| Walter Industries |
WLT |
$25 mln |
|
| 8/13//2007 |
| Cascade Bancorp |
CACB |
5% of outstanding |
over 2 years |
| FirstFed Financial |
FED |
1.35 mln shares |
adds to prior plan |
| Forest Laboratories |
FRX |
35 mln shares |
adds to prior plan |
| Hot Topic |
HOTT |
$40 mln |
through 2/2008 |
| Mace Security International |
MACE |
$2 mln |
|
| Molex |
MOLX |
$200 mln |
replaces prior plan |
| Palomar Medical Technologies |
PMTI |
1 mln shares |
|
| Sears Holdings |
SHLD |
$1.5 bln |
adds to prior plan |
| Taylor Capital Group |
TAYC |
$20 mln |
adds to prior plan |
| 8/10//2007 |
| Polo Ralph Lauren |
RL |
$250 mln |
adds to prior plan |
| Tekelec |
TKLC |
$50 mln |
71.3 mln shares outstanding |
| 8/09//2007 |
| Advance Auto Parts |
AAP |
$500 mln |
replaces prior plan |
| Emmis Communications |
EMMS |
$50 mln |
|
| Grant Prideco |
GRP |
$300 mln |
adds to prior plan |
| KLA-Tencor |
KLAC |
10 mln shares |
|
| Mobile Mini |
MINI |
$50 mln |
over 6 months |
| The Pantry |
PTRY |
$50 mln |
thru 9/25/08 |
| Pinnacle Airlines |
PNCL |
$30 mln |
prior plan complete |
| Roma Financial |
ROMA |
981,956 shares |
10% of outstanding |
| Seaboard Corp. |
SEB |
$50 mln |
thru 8/31/09 |
| 8/08//2007 |
| Cardinal Health |
CAH |
$2 bln |
over 2 years |
| ChoicePoint |
CPS |
$300 mln |
adds to prior plan |
| Crystal River Capital |
CRZ |
2 mln shares |
|
| Group 1 Automotive |
GPI |
$30 mln |
prior plan complete |
| Security Bank |
SBKC |
1.2 mln shares |
6.3% of outstanding |
| Service Corp. Int'l |
SCI |
$200 mln |
adds to prior plan |
| The Dixie Group |
DXYN |
$10 mln |
|
| Viad |
VVI |
1 mln shares |
adds to prior plan |
| West Pharmaceutical Services |
WST |
1 mln shares |
over 1 year |
| WMS Industries |
WMS |
$50 mln |
over 2 years |
| 8/07//2007 |
| Charlotte Russe Holding |
CHIC |
$25 mln |
over 1 year |
| City National |
CYN |
1 mln shares |
adds to prior plan |
| GenTek |
GETI |
$30 mln |
over 3 years |
| Heritage Commerce |
HTBK |
$30 mln |
over 2 years |
| Marsh & McLennan |
MMC |
$1.5 bln |
prior plan complete |
| PeopleSupport |
PSPT |
$25 mln |
|
| Steve Madden |
SHOO |
$37 mln |
adds to prior plan |
| 8/06//2007 |
| AvalonBay Communities |
AVB |
$200 mln |
adds to prior plan |
| Hauppauge Digital |
HAUP |
1.2 mln |
increases prior plan |
| Houston Wire & Cable |
HWCC |
$30 mln |
|
| Liberty Bancorp |
LBCP |
476,119 shares |
10% of outstanding |
| 8/03//2007 |
| Hasbro Inc. |
HAS |
$500 mln |
prior plan complete |
| Liberty Global |
LBTY |
11.36 mln shares |
dutch auction tender offer |
| Procter & Gamble |
PG |
$30 bln |
over 3 years |
| Safety Insurance Group |
SAFT |
$30 mln |
|
| Sciele Pharma |
SCRX |
$40 mln |
over 1 year |
| 8/02//2007 |
| Alliance Bankshares |
ABVA |
250,000 shares |
adds to prior plan |
| Bemis |
BMS |
5 mln shares |
adds to prior plan |
| CBL & Associates Properties |
CBL |
$100 mln |
over 12 months |
| Dover Corporation |
DOV |
10 mln shares |
5% of outstanding |
| Eastern Insurance Holdings |
EIHI |
478,980 shares |
adds to prior plan |
| First Community Bancorp |
FCBP |
$150 mln |
over 12 months |
| Lufkin Industries |
LUFK |
$30 mln |
15.1 mln shares outstanding |
| Marriot International |
MAR |
40 mln shares |
adds to prior plan |
| Patterson-UTI Energy |
PTEN |
$250 mln |
156.7 mln shares outstanding |
| Pool Corporation |
POOL |
$100 mln |
includes prior plan |
| Sonic Corporation |
SONC |
$75 mln |
adds to prior plan |
| Vineyard National Bancorp |
VNBC |
$20 mln |
adds to prior plan |
| Zebra Technologies |
ZBRA |
3 mln shares |
adds to prior plan |
| 8/01//2007 |
| CKE Restaurants |
CKR |
$100 mln |
adds to prior plan |
| Community Bankshares |
SCB |
500,000 shares |
| FirstFed Financial |
FED |
1.5 mln shares |
10% of outstanding |
| Genesee & Wyoming |
GWR |
4 mln shares |
through 2007 |
| Harleysville Group |
HGIC |
1.6 mln shares |
over 2 years |
| Medical Properties Trust |
MPW |
3 mln shares |
over 1 year |
| Moody's |
MCO |
$2 bln |
upon completion of current plan |
| Nanometrics |
NANO |
$4 mln |
|
| Safeco |
SAF |
$750 mln |
replaces prior plan |
| THQ Incorporated |
THQI |
$25 mln |
adds to prior plan |
| Time Warner |
TWX |
$5 bln |
prior plan complete |
| 7/31//2007 |
| Forward Air Corporation |
FWRD |
2 mln shares |
adds to prior plan |
| Masco Corporation |
MAS |
50 mln shares |
|
| Nalco Holding |
NLC |
$300 mln |
8% of outstanding |
| NVR |
NVR |
$300 mln |
|
| Oriental Financial Group |
OFG |
$15 mln |
replaces prior plan |
| Twin Disc |
TWIN |
200,000 shares |
replaces prior plan |
| USANA Health Services |
USNA |
$50 mln |
adds to prior plan |
| VCG Holding Corporation |
PTT |
1.6 mln shares |
10% of outstanding |
| 7/30//2007 |
| American Community Bancshares |
ACBA |
275,000 shares |
adds to prior plan |
| BMC Software |
BMC |
$1 bln |
adds to prior plan |
| Centrue Financial Corporation |
TRUE |
500,000 shares |
adds to prior plan |
| First Financial Bancorp |
FFBC |
1 mln shares |
adds to prior plan |
| First Regional Bancorp |
FRGB |
1 mln shares |
8% of outstanding |
| Gymboree Corporation |
GYMB |
$50 mln |
over 1 year |
| KVH Industries |
KVHI |
1 mln shares |
6.7% of outstanding |
| Max Capital Group |
MXGL |
$70 mln |
adds to prior plan |
| Sandy Spring Bancorp |
SASR |
5% of outstanding |
replaces prior plan |
| Trico Marine Services |
TRMA |
$100 mln |
|
| ValueClick |
VCLK |
$34 mln |
adds to prior plan |
| 7/27//2007 |
| Blue River Bancshares |
BRBI |
200,000 shares |
adds to prior plan |
| Stewart Information Services |
STC |
1.5% of outstanding |
|
| Teche Holding Company |
TSH |
3% of outstanding |
66,000 shares |
| World Acceptance Corporation |
WRLD |
$10 mln |
adds to prior plan |
| 7/26//2007 |
| Banner |
BANR |
750,000 shares |
5% of outstanding |
| Benchmark Electronics |
BHE |
$125 mln |
|
| Cisco Systems |
CSCO |
$5 bln |
adds to prior plan |
| Friedman, Billings, Ramsey Group |
FBR |
36 mln shares |
adds to prior plan |
| Financial Institutions |
FISI |
$5 mln |
replaces prior plan |
| Flow International |
FLOW |
$45 mln |
|
| Foundry Networks |
FDRY |
$200 mln |
|
| Janus Capital Group |
JNS |
$500 mln |
upon completion of current plan |
| National Instruments |
NATI |
2.4 mln shares |
adds to prior plan |
| PMI Group |
PMI |
$150 mln |
adds to prior plan |
| Provident Financial Services |
PFS |
5% of outstanding |
3.2 mln shares |
| Republic Services |
RSG |
$250 mln |
adds to prior plan |
| Resource America |
REXI |
$50 mln |
replaces prior plan |
| Simon Properety Group |
SPG |
$1 bln |
over 24 months |
| Spartan Motors |
SPAR |
1 mln shares |
over 12 months |
| Steris |
STE |
$300 mln |
replaces prior plan |
| SVB Financial Group |
SIVB |
$250 mln |
replaces prior plan |
| Tollgrade Communications |
TLGD |
1 mln shares |
through 2007 |
| Wilshire Bancorp |
WIBC |
$10 mln |
over 1 year |
| 7/25//2007 |
| Central Pacific Financial |
CPF |
1.5 mln shares |
adds to prior plan |
| Community Bancorp |
CBON |
5% of outstanding |
over 12 months |
| GlaxoSmithKline |
GSK |
$24.7 bln |
over 2 years |
| Heritage Financial Corporation |
HFWA |
5% of outstanding |
adds to prior plan |
| Hudson City Bancorp |
HCBK |
51.4 mln shares |
10% of outstanding |
| International Flavors & Fragrances |
IFF |
$750 mln |
replaces prior plan |
| Lennox International |
LII |
$500 mln |
22% of outstanding |
| PFF Bancorp |
PFB |
1 mln shares |
adds to prior plan |
| Praxair |
PX |
$1 bln |
|
| Rimage |
RIMG |
500,000 shares |
replaces prior plan |
| SEI Investments |
SEIC |
$75 mln |
adds to prior plan |
| Southcoast Financial Corporation |
SOCB |
10% of outstanding |
adds to prior plan |
| UnionBanCal |
UB |
$500 mln |
adds to prior plan |
| 7/24//2007 |
| Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. |
AJG |
7 mln shares |
adds to prior plan |
| Anchor BanCorp Wisconsin |
ABCW |
5% of outstanding |
adds to prior plan |
| Becton, Dickinson and Company |
BDX |
10 mln shares |
adds to prior plan |
| Devcon International |
DEVC |
$5 mln |
through 2008 |
| Ethan Allen Interiors |
ETH |
1.793 mln shares |
adds to prior plan |
| Firstbank Corporation |
FBMI |
$5 mln |
adds to prior plan |
| RAIT Financial Trust |
RAS |
$75 mln |
|
| 7/23//2007 |
| Ableauctions.com |
AAC |
no specific amount |
|
| CN |
CNI |
33 mln shares |
prior plan complete |
| Hercules |
HPC |
$200 mln |
over 2 years |
| Nexity Financial Corporation |
NXTY |
800,000 shares |
prior plan complete |
| Temecula Valley Bancorp |
TMCV |
$10 mln |
over 6 months |
| Volterra Semiconductor |
VLtr |
$15 mln |
|
| 7/20//2007 |
| Heritage Oaks Bancorp |
HEOP |
100,000 shares |
over 1 year |
| Williams Cos. |
WMB |
$1 bln |
600 mln shares outstanding |
| 7/19//2007 |
| Brookline Bancorp |
BRKL |
2 mln shares |
adds to prior plan |
| CoBiz |
COBZ |
5% of outstanding |
over 1 year |
| Farmers Capital Bank Corporation |
FFKT |
550,000 shares |
dutch auction tender offer |
| Legg Mason |
LM |
5 mln shares |
replaces prior plan |
| Monarch Financial Holdings |
MNRK |
250,000 shares |
|
| People's United Financial |
PBCT |
5% of outstanding |
if approved by OTS |
| Sun Bancorp |
SNBC |
5% of outstanding |
1 mln shares |
| Tempur-Pedic International |
TPX |
$200 mln |
prior plan complete |
| Textron |
TXT |
24 mln shares |
replaces prior plan |
| 7/18//2007 |
| C&F Financial Corporation |
CFFI |
150,000 shares |
replaces prior plan |
| Chemical Financial Corporation |
CHFC |
500,000 shares |
24.8 mln shares outstanding |
| Corning |
GLW |
$500 mln |
through 2008 |
| Knight Capital Group |
NITE |
$505 mln |
adds to prior plan |
| Sysco Corp. |
SYY |
20 mln shares |
upon completion of current plan |
| S.Y. Bancorp |
SYBT |
550,000 shares |
adds to prior plan |
| 7/17/2007 |
| Leesport Financial Corporation |
FLPB |
150,000 shares |
includes prior plan |
| 7/16/2007 |
| Adtran |
ADTN |
5 mln shares |
upon completion of current plan |
| Newport Bancorp |
NFSB |
243,917 shares |
5% of outstanding |
| Park National Corp. |
PRK |
1 mln shares |
adds to prior plan |
| Rohm & Haas |
ROH |
$2 bln |
upon completion of current plan |
| Tidewater |
TDW |
$200 mln |
prior plan expired |
| 7/13/2007 |
| Amgen |
AMGN |
$5 bln |
adds to prior plan |
| General Electric |
GE |
$14 bln |
increases prior plan |
| 7/12/2007 |
| Eaton Vance |
EV |
8 mln shares |
|
| Fastenal |
FAST |
1 mln shares |
adds to prior plan |
| Halliburton |
HAL |
$2 bln |
adds to prior plan |
| H.B. Fuller |
FUL |
$100 mln |
|
| Industrial Enterprises |
IEAM |
$25 mln |
adds to prior plan |
| Intervoice |
INTV |
2 mln shares |
over 2 years |
| Paychex |
PAYX |
$1 bln |
|
| Ruby Tuesday |
RT |
6.5 mln shares |
adds to prior plan |
| 7/11/2007 |
| First Clover Leaf Financial |
FCLF |
5% of shares |
|
| International Speedway |
ISCA |
$100 mln |
adds to prior plan |
| 7/09/2007 |
| ConocoPhillips |
COP |
$15 bln |
thru 2008 |
| Johnson & Johnson |
JNJ |
$10 bln |
|
| 7/05/2007 |
| Cognos |
COGN |
$200 mln |
adds to prior plan |
| Healthways |
HWAY |
$100 mln |
over 2 years |
| 7/02/2007 |
| CTS Corp. |
CTS |
2 mln shares |
6% of outstanding |
| Devon Energy |
DVN |
annual program |
adds to prior plan |
| Mayflower Bancorp |
MFLR |
104,792 shares |
5% of outstanding |
| MB Financial |
MBFI |
1 mln shares |
adds to prior plan |
| NetEase.com |
NTES |
$120 mln |
over 12 months |
| Charles Schwab |
SCHW |
$2.3 bln |
modified auction |
| U.S. Energy Corporation |
USEG |
$5 mln |
|
| Winnebago Industries |
WGO |
$60 mln |
adds to prior plan |
| 6/29/2007 |
| North Central Bancshares |
FFFD |
75,000 shares |
upon completion of current plan |
| Steel Dynamics |
STLD |
5 mln shares |
adds to prior plan |
| 6/28/2007 |
| Apollo Group |
APOL |
$500 mln |
|
| Community Bank Shares of Indiana |
CBIN |
$5 mln |
3.3 mln shares outstanding |
| Developers Diversified |
DDR |
$500 mln |
over 2 years |
| Dominion Resources |
D |
55 mln shares |
dutch auction tender offer |
| 6/27/2007 |
| Best Buy |
BBY |
$5.5 bln |
replaces prior plan |
| U-Store-It Trust |
YSI |
3 mln shares |
|
| 6/26/2007 |
| Camden National |
CAC |
750,000 shares |
over 1 year |
| Clarcor |
CLC |
$250 mln |
over 3 years |
| Kroger |
KR |
$1 bln |
replaces prior plan |
| Provident Financial Holdings |
PROV |
5% of shares |
|
| Tektronix |
TEK |
$350 mln |
adds to prior plan |
| 6/25/2007 |
| AMREIT |
AMY |
$5 mln |
|
| Harvest Natural |
HNR |
$50 mln |
|
| Liberty Property Trust |
LRY |
$50 mln |
accelerated buyback |
| Source: The Online Investor |