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palm</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="3">oil producer, authorized the</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="4">repurchase of up to 88.32 mil</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="5">ordinary shares, or about 10%</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="6">of the company's entire</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="7">ordinary share capital, in</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="8">open market transactions.</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="9">Based on UD's closing stock</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="10">price of 0.88 Malaysian</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="11">ringgit ($0.271 US) on July</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="12">24, 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 up to 77.722 mil ringgit</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="17">($23.966 mil) in cash. 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The transaction was subject to shareholders' approval.</sdc:value></sdc:n_synopsis2><sdc:n_synopsis3><sdc:value sdc:p="0">MALAYISA - In July 2008, the board of Unico-Desa Plantations Bhd (UD), a palm oil</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="1">producer, authorized the repurchase of up to 88.32 mil ordinary shares, or about 10% of</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="2">the company's entire ordinary share capital, in open market transactions. Based on UD's</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="3">closing stock price of 0.88 Malaysian ringgit ($0.271 US) on July 24, the last full</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="4">trading day prior to the announcement of the board's approval, the buyback had an</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="5">indicated value of up to 77.722 mil ringgit ($23.966 mil) in cash. The transaction was</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="6">subject to shareholders' approval.</sdc:value></sdc:n_synopsis3><sdc:n_synopsis4><sdc:value sdc:p="0">MALAYISA - In July 2008, the board of Unico-Desa Plantations Bhd (UD), a palm oil producer, authorized the repurchase of up to 88.32 mil ordinary shares, or about 10% of the company's entire ordinary</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="1">share capital, in open market transactions. Based on UD's closing stock price of 0.88 Malaysian ringgit ($0.271 US) on July 24, the last full trading day prior to the announcement of the board's</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="2">approval, the buyback had an indicated value of up to 77.722 mil ringgit ($23.966 mil) in cash. The transaction was subject to shareholders' approval.</sdc:value></sdc:n_synopsis4><sdc:n_synopsis5><sdc:value sdc:p="0">MALAYISA - In July 2008, the board of Unico-Desa Plantations Bhd (UD), a palm oil producer, authorized the repurchase of up to 88.32 mil</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="1">ordinary shares, or about 10% of the company's entire ordinary share capital, in open market transactions. Based on UD's closing stock</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="2">price of 0.88 Malaysian ringgit ($0.271 US) on July 24, the last full trading day prior to the announcement of the board's approval, the</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="3">buyback had an indicated value of up to 77.722 mil ringgit ($23.966 mil) in cash. 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