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Matsushita Electric Executes Own Share Repurchase.


OSAKA Osaka (ō`säkä), city (1990 pop. 2,623,801), capital of Osaka prefecture, S Honshu, Japan, on Osaka Bay, at the mouth of the Yodo River. , Japan -- Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (MEI (NYSE NYSE

See: New York Stock Exchange
 symbol: MC)), best known for its Panasonic
Panasonic was also the name of a Finnish electronic music duo.
Panasonic is an international brand name for Japanese electric products manufacturer Matsushita Electric Industrial Co.
 brand, announced that it has repurchased a portion of its own shares from the market in conformity with provisions of Article 459, Paragraph 1, Item 1 of the Company Law of Japan.

Details of the share repurchase Share Repurchase

A program by which a company buys back its own shares from the marketplace, reducing the number of outstanding shares. This is usually an indication that the company's management thinks the shares are undervalued.
 are as follows:

1. Class of shares: Common stock

2. Period of repurchase re·pur·chase  
tr.v. re·pur·chased, re·pur·chas·ing, re·pur·chas·es
To buy (something) again.

n.
The act of buying something that one previously sold or owned.

Noun 1.
: Between May 1, 2007 and May 11, 2007

3. Aggregate number of shares repurchased: 4,107,000 shares

4. Aggregate repurchase amount: 9,999,450,000 yen

5. Method of repurchase: Shares were repurchased on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Tokyo Stock Exchange

Main stock market of Japan, located in Tokyo. It opened in 1878 to provide a market for the trading of government bonds newly issued to former samurai.
 

(Reference 1)

1) The following details were resolved at the Board of Directors meeting held on April 27, 2007:

* Class of shares: Common stock

* Aggregate number of repurchasable shares: Up to 50 million shares

* Aggregate repurchase amount: Up to 100 billion yen

2) Cumulative total of shares repurchased since the April 27, 2007 Board of Directors resolution through today:

* Aggregate number of shares repurchased: 4,107,000 shares

* Aggregate repurchase amount: 9,999,450,000 yen

(Reference 2)

The number of shares issued and treasury stock as of March 31, 2007:

* Total number of shares issued (excluding treasury stock): 2,146,284,458 shares

* Treasury stock: 306,769,039 shares
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