always been specific to define the plan to do this buyback and then subsequently a traditional buyback in the future. They have always seperated the two.
Back up that statement, provide the link.
In addition to this the Company will be initiating a share buyback program starting early in 2006, designed to significantly reduce the number of issued and outstanding shares and to better reflect the earnings per share. http://biz.yahoo.com/iw/051230/0105016.html
Needless to say, but the OS was about 3.7 Billion when they stated this, LOL!!
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