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Re: mckinley1 post# 38840

Friday, 03/13/2015 4:52:19 PM

Friday, March 13, 2015 4:52:19 PM

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"A stock buyback, also known as a "share repurchase", is a company's buying back its shares from the marketplace. You can think of a buyback as a company investing in itself, or using its cash to buy its own shares. The idea is simple: because a company can't act as its own shareholder, repurchased shares are absorbed by the company, and the number of outstanding shares on the market is reduced. When this happens, the relative ownership stake of each investor increases because there are fewer shares, or claims, on the earnings of the company. "

Share structure INCREASED nearly a BILLION, there is no buy back occurring.