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Tundra Announces Share Repurchase Program
Tundra Semiconductor Corporation announced today that the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) has accepted the Company's notice of intention to make a normal course issuer bid. The Tundra Board of Directors has approved Tundra's purchase of up to 1,722,000 common shares (representing approximately 10% of Tundra's public float). The normal course issuer bid will commence on March 29, 2007 and will terminate on March 28, 2008 or on such earlier date as Tundra has purchased the maximum number of shares permitted under the bid. Tundra currently has 19,996,429 common shares outstanding and its public float is 17,224,412 common shares.
TundManagement and the Board of Directors of Tundra believe that the market price of Tundra's common shares, from time to time, may not reflect the inherent value of the Corporation. The share repurchase program reflects the Company's confidence in the fundamentals of Tundra's business and opportunity.
In addition to our on-going strategic plans for investments in mergers and acquisitions and in research and development to build organic growth, we anticipate that initiating a share repurchase program at this time will be an effective use of the Company's financial resources, said Daniel Hoste, President and Chief Executive Officer of Tundra.