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HK Exchange says two firms buy back shares

Wed May 20, 2009 10:09pm EDT

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 HONG KONG, May 21 (Reuters) - The Hong Kong stock exchange on
Thursday said two 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
 -----------      ----------  -----------  ---------  ---------
 HK & CHINA GAS   2009/05/20    4,287,000   HK$15.50   HK$15.36
 (0003.HK)
 --------------------------------------------------------------
 LIFESTYLE INT'L  2009/05/20       94,000    HK$8.84    HK$8.80
 (1212.HK)
 ==============================================================
(Reporting by Jimmy Tsim; Editing by Chris Lewis)



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