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sdc:p="4">repurchase of up to 0.355 mil</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="5">ordinary shares, or about</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="6">4.80% stake, of the company's</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="7">entire ordinary share capital,</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="8">in open market transactions.</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="9">Based on EC's closing stock</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="10">price of 2,815 Korean won</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="11">($2.474 US) on September 3,</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="12">the last full trading day</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="13">prior to the announcement of</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="14">the board's approval, the</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="15">buyback had an indicated value</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="16">of 999.998 mil won ($0.879</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="17">mil) in cash.</sdc:value></sdc:n_SYNOPSIS><sdc:n_synopsis2><sdc:value>SOUTH KOREA - In September 2008, the board of ELK Corp (EC), an EL keypad manufacturer, authorized the repurchase of up to 0.355 mil ordinary shares, or about 4.80% stake, of the company's entire ordinary share capital, in open market transactions. Based on EC's closing stock price of 2,815 Korean won ($2.474 US) on September 3, the last full trading day prior to the announcement of the board's approval, the buyback had an indicated value of 999.998 mil won ($0.879 mil) in cash.</sdc:value></sdc:n_synopsis2><sdc:n_synopsis3><sdc:value sdc:p="0">SOUTH KOREA - In September 2008, the board of ELK Corp (EC), an EL keypad manufacturer,</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="1">authorized the repurchase of up to 0.355 mil ordinary shares, or about 4.80% stake, of the</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="2">company's entire ordinary share capital, in open market transactions. Based on EC's</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="3">closing stock price of 2,815 Korean won ($2.474 US) on September 3, the last full trading</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="4">day prior to the announcement of the board's approval, the buyback had an indicated value</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="5">of 999.998 mil won ($0.879 mil) in cash.</sdc:value></sdc:n_synopsis3><sdc:n_synopsis4><sdc:value sdc:p="0">SOUTH KOREA - In September 2008, the board of ELK Corp (EC), an EL keypad manufacturer, authorized the repurchase of up to 0.355 mil ordinary shares, or about 4.80% stake, of the company's entire</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="1">ordinary share capital, in open market transactions. Based on EC's closing stock price of 2,815 Korean won ($2.474 US) on September 3, the last full trading day prior to the announcement of the</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="2">board's approval, the buyback had an indicated value of 999.998 mil won ($0.879 mil) in cash.</sdc:value></sdc:n_synopsis4><sdc:n_synopsis5><sdc:value sdc:p="0">SOUTH KOREA - In September 2008, the board of ELK Corp (EC), an EL keypad manufacturer, authorized the repurchase of up to 0.355 mil</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="1">ordinary shares, or about 4.80% stake, of the company's entire ordinary share capital, in open market transactions. 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