A List of Recent Company Buyback Announcements

Company/Ticker               Buyback Amount           Other Details 

Tuesday 3/27 
none reported 

Monday 3/26 
American Express (AXP)       150 mln shares           replaces prior plan 
Autonation (AN)              $250 mln                 prior plan complete 

Last Week's Announcements 

Friday 3/23 
Nike (NKE)                   2.5 mln shares           in Fiscal Q3 

Thursday 3/22 
none reported 

Wednesday 3/21 
none reported 

Tuesday 3/13 
Discover Financial (DFS)     $2 bln over 2 years 
Health Net (HNT)             $400 mln               expands prior plan 
JPMorgan Chase (JPM)         $15 bln 
PMC-Sierra (PMCS)            $275 mln               replaces prior plan 
US Bancorp (USB)             30 mln shares 

Monday 3/12 
None reported 

Last Week's Announcements 
Friday 3/9 
None reported 

Thursday 3/8 
Plantronics (PLT)            1 mln shares             prior plan complete 
Transact Tech. (TACT)        1 mln shares 

Wednesday 3/7 
Autozone (AZO)               $750 mln adds            to prior plan 
Priceline.com (PCLN)         $200 mln 

Tuesday 3/6 
Qualcomm (QCOM)              $4 bln                   replaces prior plan 

Monday 3/5 
Applied Materials (AMAT)     $3 bln                   over 3 years 
Covanta (CVA)                $100 mln                 adds to prior plan 

Last Week's Announcements 
Friday 3/2 
none reported 

Thursday, 3/1 
CNO Financial (CNO)          $100 mln                 adds to prior plan 
Nordson (NDSN)               $100 mln                 adds to prior plan 

Wednesday 2/29 
Dillard's (DDS)              $250 mln                 adds to prior plan 
Lattice Semi (LSCC)          $20 mln 
Principal Fin'l Group (PFG)  $100 mln 
Teletech (TTEC)              $25 mln                  adds to prior plan 
VMware (VMW)                 $600 mln                 adds to prior plan 

Tuesday 2/28 
AutoNavi (AMAP) $50 mln over 1 year 
Mentor Graphics (MENT) $200 mln expands prior plan 

Monday 2/27 
ANSYS (ANSS)                 3 mln shares adds       to prior plan 
XL Group (XL)                $750 mln                replaces prior plan 

Last Week's Announcements 

Friday 2/24 
Aetna (AET)                  $750 mln adds           to prior plan 
Interpublic (IPG)            $300 mln adds           to prior plan 
United Stationers (USTR)     $100 mln adds           to prior plan 

Thursday 2/23 
Fiserv (FISV)                10 mln shares           adds to prior plan 
Gap (GPS)                    $1 bln                  adds to prior plan 
Omnicare (OCR)               $200 mln                adds to prior plan 
Tim Horton's (THI)           $200 mln                over 1 year 
WebMD (WBMD)                 $150 mln                dutch auction 

Wednesday 2/22 
Rogers Comm. (RCI)           $1 bln over             1 year 
Texas Roadhouse (TXRH)       $100 mln                replaces prior plan 
TJX Cos. (TJX)               $2 bln adds             to prior plan 
Towers Watson (TW)           $150 mln 

Tuesday, 2/21 
None reported