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Based on JC's closing stock price of 3,790 Japanese yen ($36.304 US) on April 24, the last full trading day prior to the announcement of the board's approval, the buyback had an indicated value of up to 9,475mil yen ($90.761mil) in cash.</sdc:value></sdc:n_synopsis2><sdc:n_synopsis3><sdc:value sdc:p="0">JAPAN - In April 2008, the board of Jafco Co Ltd (JC), venture capital firm, authorized</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="1">the repurchase of up to 2.5 mil ordinary shares, or about 5.34% of the company's shares</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="2">outstanding, in open market transactions. 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