Tuesday's Buybacks: Masco for 50 Million Shares

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
7/31//2007
Masco Corporation	MAS	50 mln shares
NVR	NVR	$300 mln
Oriental Financial Group	OFG	$15 mln	replaces prior plan
Twin Disc	TWIN	200,000 shares	replaces 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
6/22/2007
Limited Brands	LTD	$500 mln	adds to prior plan
Medtronic	MDT	50 mln shares	adds to prior plan
6/21/2007
Community Capital Corporation	CPBK	$2.2 mln
Dime Community Bancshares	DCOM	5% of outstanding	upon completion of current plan
Franklin Resources	BEN	10 mln shares	adds to prior plan
Riverview Bancorp	RVSB	750,000 shares	adds to prior plan
Steelcase	SCS	$100 mln	adds to prior plan
Superior Bancorp	SUPR	1 mln shares	34.7 mln shares outstanding
6/20/2007
Alladin Knowledge Systems	ALDN	$10 mln	adds to prior plan
GB&T Bancshares	GBTB	$10 mln	4.3% of outstanding
Harleysville Savings Financial Corporation	HARL	196,000 shares	upon completion of current plan
Integra Bank Corporation	IBNK	2.5% of outstanding	expands prior plan
Logitech International	LOGI	$250 mln	upon completion of current plan
New Hampshire Thrift Bancshares	NHTB	5% of outstanding	253,776 shares
Preferred Bank	PFBC	5% of outstanding
Winnebago Industries	WGO	$60 mln	adds to prior plan
6/19/2007
Expedia	EXPE	$3.5 bln
Family Dollar Stores	FDO	5 mln shares	adds to prior plan
Home Depot	HD	$22.5 bln	includes prior plan
Mentor	MNT	5 mln shares	adds to prior plan
S&T Bancorp	STBA	1 mln shares	4% of outstanding
W.P.Carey & Co.	WPC	$20 mln	through 2007
6/18/2007
Wind River Systems	WIND	$50 mln
Source: The Online Investor