Paper on rollers about to be fed into the presses at the Transcontinental plant June 14, 2010.J.P. Moczulski/The Globe and Mail
In early December, printer and publisher Transcontinental Inc. released financial results for its fiscal year ending Oct. 31. The fourth quarter showed an improvement on a number of measures. In particular, revenue and adjusted net income were both up year-over-year. The improvement plus multiple insider buying and issuer share repurchases caught our attention. Over the past six months, four insiders who are either officers or directors have bought a combined total of 16,300 Class A subordinate voting shares. During the same period, the company repurchased 2,752,300 Class A shares.
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Chart reflects public-market transactions of common shares or unit trusts by company officers and directors.