Repurchase: Definition and additional resources from BNET
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BNET Business Dictionary

Business Definition for: Repurchase

  • of a fund manager, to buy the shares in a mutual fund when an investor sells

Wiktionary Definition for: Repurchase

  • To buy back or again; to regain by purchase.
  • The act of repurchasing.

Additional Resources

Penns Woods Bancorp, Inc. Announces Stock Repurchase Program
JERSEY SHORE, Pa. -- Ronald A. Walko, President and CEO of Penns Woods Bancorp, Inc., (NASDAQ:PWOD) has announced that the Company's Board of Directors has authorized the repurchase of 5% of the outstanding shares of the Company. The repurchase plan is for a one year period and allows for the...
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Research articles 2006-04-25
KLA-Tencor Announces $750 Million Accelerated Share Repurchase and an Additional 10 Million Share Repurchase Program
SAN JOSE, Calif. -- KLA-Tencor Corporation (Nasdaq:KLAC) today announced that it has entered into an accelerated share repurchase agreement under which the Company will repurchase $750 million of its common stock. The Company also announced that its Board of Directors has approved a new 10 million share repurchase program. The...
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Research articles 2007-02-22
AmerisourceBergen Announces Accelerated Share Repurchase Transaction
VALLEY FORGE, Pa. -- AmerisourceBergen Corporation (NYSE:ABC) today announced it entered into an agreement effective March 30, 2005 to repurchase 5,264,400 shares of its common stock in an accelerated share repurchase transaction with Bank of America, N.A. at a price per share of $55.80. The accelerated repurchase transaction will complete...
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Research articles 2005-03-31
Kraft Foods Announces Stock Repurchase Program
NORTHFIELD, Ill. -- Irene Rosenfeld, CEO of Kraft Foods Inc. (NYSE: KFT), today announced that Kraft's Board of Directors has approved a $5 billion share repurchase program. The share repurchase program will replace the current repurchase authority.
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Research articles 2007-02-20
Lexmark International board authorizes additional repurchase of shares
LEXINGTON, Ky.--BUSINESS WIRE--May 5, 1997--Lexmark International Group, Inc. (NYSE: LXK) announced today that its board of directors has authorized the repurchase of up to $150 million of its Class A common stock. The repurchase authority allows the company to selectively repurchase its stock from time to time in the...
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Research articles 1997-05-05
Adobe Announces New Stock Repurchase Program
SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) today announced its Board of Directors has approved a new stock repurchase program that authorizes the Company to repurchase in aggregate up to 20 million shares of the Company's common stock. The Board also authorized an additional $500 million in funds to...
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Research articles 2007-04-09
BCB Bancorp, Inc. Announces a 5% Stock Repurchase Plan
BAYONNE, N.J. -- BCB Bancorp, Inc., Bayonne, N.J. (OTCBB:BCBP), announced that the Board of Directors has approved a stock repurchase program for the repurchase of up to 5% of the Company's outstanding common stock equal to approximately 150,000 shares. The repurchase will be made from time to time as market...
Research articles 2005-04-28
Lexmark International Board Authorizes Additional Repurchase of Shares
LEXINGTON, Ky.--BUSINESS WIRE--Oct. 29, 1998--Lexmark International Group, Inc. (NYSE: LXK) announced today that its board of directors has authorized the repurchase of up to $200 million of its Class A common stock. The repurchase authority allows the company to selectively repurchase its stock from time to time in the open...
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Research articles 1998-10-29
Forward Air Corporation Announces Two Million Share Repurchase Authorization and Declaration of Quarterly Cash Dividend
GREENEVILLE, Tenn. -- Forward Air Corporation (NASDAQ:FWRD) today announced that its Board of Directors has approved a stock repurchase program for up to two million shares of the Company's common stock. This repurchase authorization is in addition to the approximately 634,000 shares remaining for repurchase under the Company's 2005 stock...
Research articles 2007-07-31
Mannatech Inc. Announces Share Repurchase
COPPELL, Texas -- Mannatech Inc. (Nasdaq:MTEX) today announced that its Board of Directors has authorized the Company to immediately begin the repurchase of the company's common shares from time to time in the open market through block trades or otherwise. The specific timing of all repurchases will be within management's...
Research articles 2005-05-12
Temple-Inland Inc. Announces Additional Share Repurchase and Declares Quarterly Cash Dividend
AUSTIN, Texas -- Temple-Inland Inc. (NYSE:TIN) announced today that its Board of Directors authorized the repurchase of up to six million shares of its common stock. This repurchase represents over 5% of the company's current outstanding shares. Temple-Inland recently completed a 12 million share repurchase program announced in February 2005....
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Research articles 2005-08-05
New Hampshire Thrift Bancshares, Inc. Announces Reactivation of Stock Repurchase Program
NEWPORT, N.H. -- New Hampshire Thrift Bancshares, Inc. (Nasdaq: "NHTB") announced today that it is reactivating a previously existing, but unfulfilled stock repurchase program, originally adopted in February, 2001. Pursuant to the reactivated stock repurchase program, the Company will repurchase, into treasury, up to 248,000 shares of its common stock....
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Research articles 2005-12-15
Burlington Coat Factory Announces Stock Repurchase Program
BURLINGTON, N.J. -- Burlington Coat Factory Warehouse Corporation (NYSE:BCF) today announced that the Corporation has adopted a new stock repurchase program. Under the terms of the repurchase program, the Corporation is authorized to expend up to $10 million to repurchase the Corporation's issued and outstanding Common Stock, $1.00 par value...
Research articles 2004-11-05
Home Federal Bancorp, Inc. of Louisiana Announces Approval of a Second Stock Repurchase Program
SHREVEPORT, La. -- Home Federal Bancorp, Inc. of Louisiana (the "Company") (OTCBB:HFBL) announced today that it has substantially completed its first publicly announced repurchase program, and that its Board of Directors at their meeting on May 9, 2007, approved the commencement of a second stock repurchase program. The new repurchase...
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Research articles 2007-05-10
Clear Channel Board Authorizes Additional Repurchase Plan
SAN ANTONIO -- Clear Channel Communications Inc. (NYSE:CCU) announced today that its Board of Directors authorized an additional share repurchase program, permitting the Company to repurchase an incremental $1 billion of its common stock over the next 12 months. The Company's previously authorized repurchase programs of $1 billion each have...
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Research articles 2005-02-01
Alkermes Announces $60 Million Accelerated Share Repurchase Program
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- Alkermes, Inc. (NASDAQ: ALKS) today announced that it initiated an accelerated share repurchase ASR program under which the company will repurchase $60 million of its common stock. The repurchase will be funded with the company's existing cash, which includes proceeds from the recent sale of its stake...
Research articles 2008-02-07
Jeffersonville Bancorp Announces 2007 Stock Repurchase Program
JEFFERSONVILLE, N.Y. -- Jeffersonville Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ - JFBC) announced today that The Board of Directors authorized the repurchase of up to 50,000 of its outstanding shares in the open market or in privately negotiated transactions. This repurchase program is in addition to the previous programs approved in May and...
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Research articles 2007-03-14
P & F Industries, Inc. Increases Stock Repurchase Authorization and Extends Repurchase Program
FARMINGDALE, N.Y. -- P & F Industries, Inc. (Nasdaq NM:PFIN), today announced that its Board of Directors had authorized the repurchase of an additional 125,591 shares, increasing the total share repurchase authorization to an aggregate of up to 150,000 shares of Class A Common Stock. The Board of Directors extended...
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Research articles 2004-10-08
Fitch: Wyeth's Increased Share Repurchase Program Supported within Current Rating
CHICAGO -- Fitch Ratings does not expect Wyeth's $5 billion share repurchase program to have a material impact on the company's credit profile. Today, Wyeth announced that its Board of Directors approved an increase to the company's prior share repurchase program which now authorizes Wyeth to repurchase up to $5...
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Research articles 2007-09-27
Sapient Initiates Stock Repurchase
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- Sapient (NASDAQ: SAPE) today announced that it has commenced repurchase of its common stock under a stock repurchase program previously approved by its Board of Directors. Under the program, Sapient is authorized to repurchase up to $14 million of its common stock. Shares repurchased will be held...
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Research articles 2007-08-20
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