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Based on BG's closing stock price of 85.1 Swiss franc ($ 83.114) on June 25, the last full trading day prior to the announcement of the board's approval, the buyback had an indicated value of up to 153.585 mil ($ 150 mil) in cash.</sdc:value></sdc:n_synopsis2><sdc:n_synopsis3><sdc:value sdc:p="0">SWITZERLAND - In June 2008, the board of Bobst Group SA (BG), a manufacturer of packaging</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="1">machinery, authorized the repurchase of up to 1.805 mil ordinary shares, or about 9.12% of</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="2">the company's ordinary stock outstanding, in open market transactions. Based on BG's</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="3">closing stock price of 85.1 Swiss franc ($ 83.114) on June 25, the last full trading day</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="4">prior to the announcement of the board's approval, the buyback had an indicated value of</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="5">up to 153.585 mil ($ 150 mil) in cash.</sdc:value></sdc:n_synopsis3><sdc:n_synopsis4><sdc:value sdc:p="0">SWITZERLAND - In June 2008, the board of Bobst Group SA (BG), a manufacturer of packaging machinery, authorized the repurchase of up to 1.805 mil ordinary shares, or about 9.12% of the company's</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="1">ordinary stock outstanding, in open market transactions. 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