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To: rnsmth who wrote (20801)	9/30/2014 10:59:03 AM
From: JimisJim	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 34328

I think buybacks are an inefficient use of capital -- give me the cash instead if you have enough to buy your own stock... that way, I can buy more of it if I want, or buy something else at a better value and better future total returns... just my preference... If a company can't think of anything better to do with its cash (or worse, borrows money to buy back shares), I can think of many many better uses for it.

To: rnsmth who wrote (20801)	9/30/2014 11:35:48 AM
From: Steve Felix	Respond to of 34328

Not hard to see the side where you get more money. That's never bad. On the other hand, for a company to keep on keeping on is what everyone really wants. The only way share count means anything to me, since regardless of holding, in the scheme of things, it is less than miniscule, is the ability of the company to raise the dividend on those shares. I don't think LMT would have the same raise on the old share count, but I no longer keep count of how many times I have been wrong.