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SAFEWAY INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
15
Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
The following table contains information for shares repurchased during the fourth quarter of 2005.
Fiscal period
Total
number of
shares
purchased (1)
Average price paid
per share
Total number of shares
purchased as part of
publicly announced
plans or programs
Approximate dollar value of
shares that may yet be
purchased under the plans or
programs (in millions) (2)
September 11, 2005 –
October 8, 2005 −$−−$ 565.1
October 9, 2005 –
November 5, 2005 −− − 565.1
November 6, 2005 –
December 3, 2005 −− − 565.1
December 4, 2005 –
December 31, 2005 47,080 24.16 −565.1
Total 47,080 $ 24.16 −$ 565.1
(1) Represents shares withheld by issuer from the vested portion of restricted stock awards with a market value equal to the amount of the
withholding taxes due.
(2) In July 2002, the Company announced that its Board of Directors had increased the authorized level of its stock repurchase program to
$3.5 billion from the previously announced level of $2.5 billion. From the initiation of the repurchase program in 1999 through the end
of 2002, the Company repurchased approximately $2.9 billion of its common stock, leaving approximately $565.1 million available for
repurchases. The Company has not repurchased any shares of its common stock under this repurchase program since the fourth
quarter of 2002.