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Based on ST's closing stock price of 709 Japanese yen ($6.792 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 354.5 mil yen ($3.396 mil) in cash.</sdc:value></sdc:n_synopsis2><sdc:n_synopsis3><sdc:value sdc:p="0">JAPAN - In April 2008, the board of Softbank Technology Corp (ST), provider of e-commerce</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="1">consulting services, authorized the repurchase of up to 0.5 mil ordinary shares, or about</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="2">4.87% of the company's shares outstanding, in open market transactions. Based on ST's</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="3">closing stock price of 709 Japanese yen ($6.792 US) on April 24, 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 354.5 mil yen ($3.396 mil) in cash.</sdc:value></sdc:n_synopsis3><sdc:n_synopsis4><sdc:value sdc:p="0">JAPAN - In April 2008, the board of Softbank Technology Corp (ST), provider of e-commerce consulting services, authorized the repurchase of up to 0.5 mil ordinary shares, or about 4.87% of the</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="1">company's shares outstanding, in open market transactions. 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