by MBJ Staff Published: February 17,2012
Tags: chickens, food, investing, investment, investor, poultry, publicly traded company, shares, stock, stock repurchase
LAUREL — Sanderson Farms Inc.’s board of directors yesterday expanded and extended to Feb. 16, 2014, its stock repurchase program approved Oct. 22, 2009, to repurchase up to one million shares from time to time at prevailing prices in open market transactions or in negotiated purchases, subject to market conditions, share price and other considerations. [...] [...]
PALO ALTO, Calif. — Hewlett-Packard Co. said today its board has authorized the repurchase of $10 billion in shares. The announcement comes as the personal computer maker is involved in a bidding contest with rival Dell Inc. for the data storage company 3Par Inc. Shares of HP, which is based in Palo Alto, Calif., rose [...] [...]
PURCHASE, N.Y. — PepsiCo says it will buy back up to $15 billion shares of its common stock through June 2013. The world’s second-biggest soft drink seller previously said today it expects to repurchase about $4.4 billion shares this year. PepsiCo also says it’s boosting its annual dividend by 7 percent to $1.92, likely starting [...] [...]
LAUREL — Sanderson Farms Inc.’s board of directors has expanded the poultry company’s stock repurchase program to one million shares. The board previously authorized the repurchase of up to 225,000 shares in April 2008. Under the stock repurchase program, shares may be purchased from time to time at prevailing prices in open market transactions or in [...] [...]
TUPELO — Renasant Corporation has filed a shelf registration statement on Form S-3 with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The shelf registration statement, once the SEC declares it effective, will allow the company to raise capital from time to time, up to an aggregate of $150 million, through the sale of common or preferred [...] [...]