The table below shows the % reduction in shares outstanding for the two previous six-month periods for 53 selected companies. I copied the shares outstanding from the Sep04 and Mar05 issues of TSX e-Review magazine. The 30Sep05 numbers are from www.TSX.com
If companies have multiple share classes, I either added the numbers together (CU, MG, TPX) or weighted the classes by the trading price (CTR, T, TEK). Some classes appear to be unlisted. In that case, I either copied the additional number of shares from the quarterly report (EPM, IQW, POW) or just used the one class listed (BNN, FAL, IIC, MRU).
Suggestions/corrections are appreciated.
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Symbol Name Sep/05 Mar/05
CM CIBC 4.1 0.7
IPS IPSCO Inc. 3.9 -2.4
ECA EnCana Corp. 3.8 3.4
POT Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan 3.4 -2.9
IMO Imperial Oil 3.1 1.6
CNR Canadian National Railway 2.7 1.8
NA National Bank of Canada 1.9 -0.1
T TELUS 1.5 -1.7
NCX Nova Chemicals Corp 1.4 4.6
SLF Sun Life Financial Inc. 1.4 1.2
IQW Quebecor World 1.4 -0.1
MFC Manulife Financial 1.3 0.6
TLM Talisman Energy 1.1 3.3
BNS Bank of Nova Scotia 1.0 0.3
CP Canadian Pacific Railway 0.6 -0.1
PCA Petro-Canada 0.5 2.1
TOC Thomson Corporation 0.3 -0.1
L Loblaw Companies 0.1 0.0
BMO Bank of Montreal 0.1 -0.2
SBY Sobeys Inc. 0.0 0.9
SHC Shell Canada 0.0 0.1
GWO Great-West Lifeco 0.0 0.0
PWF Power Financial Corp. 0.0 0.0
WN George Weston Ltd. 0.0 -0.1
CU Canadian Utilities 0.0 -0.2
FTT Finning International 0.0 -13.3
IIC ING Canada 0.0
HSE Husky Energy -0.1 0.0
CNQ Canadian Natural Resources -0.1 -0.1
BCE BCE Inc. -0.1 -0.1
AL Alcan Inc. -0.1 -0.4
SCC Sears Canada -0.3 0.4
TRP TransCanada Corp. -0.3 -0.2
DFS Dofasco Inc. -0.3 -0.3
RY Royal Bank of Canada -0.4 0.8
SU Suncor Energy -0.4 -0.5
NXY Nexen -0.4 -0.7
EMP Empire Company -0.5 0.0
SAP Saputo Inc. -0.5 -0.2
POW Power Corp of Canada -0.5 -0.5
ENB Enbridge -0.6 -0.3
TEK Teck Cominco Ltd. -0.6 -4.7
SC Shoppers Drug Mart -0.7 -0.8
BNN Brascan Corp. -0.8 -0.3
TD TD Bank -0.8 -7.6
N Inco Ltd. -0.9 -1.2
TA TransAlta Corp. -1.2 -1.1
CTR Canadian Tire Corporation -1.4 0.3
AGU Agrium -1.5 -0.3
TPX Molson Coors Canada -1.9
MG Magna International -2.5 -9.9
MRU Metro Inc. -19.2 1.2
FAL Falconbridge