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Based on CI's closing stock price of 1,048 Japanese yen ($9.558 US) on Aug 18, the last full trading day prior to the announcement of the board's approval, the buyback had an indicated value of up to 628.8 mil yen ($5.735 mil) in cash.</sdc:value></sdc:n_synopsis2><sdc:n_synopsis3><sdc:value sdc:p="0">JAPAN - In August 2008, the board of Comany Inc (CI), manufacturer of partitions,</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="1">authorized the repurchase of up to 0.6 mil ordinary shares, or about 5.77% of the</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="2">company's shares outstanding, in open market transactions. Based on CI's closing stock</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="3">price of 1,048 Japanese yen ($9.558 US) on Aug 18, the last full trading day prior to the</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="4">announcement of the board's approval, the buyback had an indicated value of up to 628.8</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="5">mil yen ($5.735 mil) in cash.</sdc:value></sdc:n_synopsis3><sdc:n_synopsis4><sdc:value sdc:p="0">JAPAN - In August 2008, the board of Comany Inc (CI), manufacturer of partitions, authorized the repurchase of up to 0.6 mil ordinary shares, or about 5.77% of the company's shares outstanding, in</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="1">open market transactions. Based on CI's closing stock price of 1,048 Japanese yen ($9.558 US) on Aug 18, the last full trading day prior to the announcement of the board's approval, the buyback had an</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="2">indicated value of up to 628.8 mil yen ($5.735 mil) in cash.</sdc:value></sdc:n_synopsis4><sdc:n_synopsis5><sdc:value sdc:p="0">JAPAN - In August 2008, the board of Comany Inc (CI), manufacturer of partitions, authorized the repurchase of up to 0.6 mil ordinary</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="1">shares, or about 5.77% of the company's shares outstanding, in open market transactions. 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Based on CI's closing stock price of 1,099 Japanese yen ($10.289 US) 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 659.4 mil yen ($6.173 mil) in cash.</sdc:value></sdc:n_synopsis2><sdc:n_synopsis3><sdc:value sdc:p="0">JAPAN - In June 2008, the board of Comany Inc (CI), manufacturer of partitions, authorized</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="1">the repurchase of up to 0.6 mil ordinary shares, or about 5.5% of the company's shares</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="2">outstanding, in open market transactions. 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