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To: Jeffrey S. Marth who wrote (2348)11/5/1997 12:26:00 PM
From: Pirah Naman  Respond to of 10309
 
> Wind River Systems will repurchase $10,000,000 of its Common Stock > per year

Let's not lose sight of the fact that this is less than 1% of their current capitalization...

> for issuance under its stock plans.

and that the net change in outstanding shares will be even less.

I admit to not having read the details of their stock plans. Has anybody worked out what the actual "costs" to the company are, and how they compare to the current free cash flow?