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HK Exchange says three firms buy back shares

Sun May 24, 2009 10:11pm EDT

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 HONG KONG, May 25 (Reuters) - The Hong Kong stock exchange on
Monday said three companies had repurchased their ordinary shares
in the market.
 The following is a table regarding share buybacks:
                           No. of       Highest    Lowest
 Company name     Date of     Securities   Price      Price
 (Stock code)     Repurchase  Repurchased  per share  per share
 -----------      ----------  -----------  ---------  ---------
 LIFESTYLE INT'L  2009/05/22      308,500  HK$8.69    HK$8.44
 (1212.HK)
 --------------------------------------------------------------
 SUN HUNG KAI CO  2009/05/22       41,000  HK$5.25    HK$5.12
 (0086.HK)
 --------------------------------------------------------------
 VONGROUP         2009/05/22    2,500,000  HK$0.115   HK$0.108
 (0318.HK)
 ==============================================================
(Reporting by Jimmy Tsim; Editing by Chris Lewis)




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