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<b><font style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Equity</font></b>
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In August 2010, L-3 Holdings completed its previously announced
$1 billion share repurchase program, which was approved by
its Board of Directors on November 24, 2008. On
July 14, 2010, L-3 Holdings’ Board of Directors
approved a new share repurchase program that authorizes L-3
Holdings to repurchase up to an additional $1 billion of
its outstanding shares of common stock through December 31,
2012. Repurchases are made from time to time at
management’s discretion in accordance with applicable
federal securities laws. All share repurchases of L-3 Holdings
common stock have been recorded as treasury shares. L-3 Holdings
repurchased 11.0 million shares of its common stock at an
average price of $75.86 per share for an aggregate amount of
approximately $834 million from January 1, 2010
through December 31, 2010. At December 31, 2010, the
remaining dollar value under the share repurchase program was
$592 million.
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From January 1, 2011 through February 24, 2011, L-3
Holdings repurchased 1,367,992 shares of its common stock at an
average price of $77.70 per share for an aggregate amount of
approximately $106 million.
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