NIKE. Announces $8B Share Buyback

NIKE

today announced that its Board of Directors has approved a new four-year, $8 billion program to repurchase shares of NIKE's Class B Common Stock. The Company's current $5 billion share repurchase program will be completed during the second quarter of fiscal 2013, and the new program will commence upon the completion of the current program. "We believe repurchasing our shares is a prudent use of our cash and are pleased to extend NIKE's track record of returning value to shareholders through sustained share repurchases,” said Mark Parker, NIKE, Inc. President and CEO. “Over the past 10 years, NIKE, Inc. has returned $10 billion to shareholders through the repurchase of more than 167 million