Patriot Scientific Resumes Company Share Buy Backs
CARLSBAD, Calif. – April 15, 2008 – Patriot Scientific (OTC BB: PTSC) announced today that the company’s share repurchase plan has resumed and from time to time will be buying back its stock in the open market.
President and CEO Rick Goerner, said “We are announcing a resumption of the company’s open market share repurchase program, which will take advantage of attractive price point opportunities to buy back company stock. We also believe the specific issues that initiated the trading restriction for the company’s directors, officers, employees and consultants who have knowledge of the terms surrounding the December 2007 settlements have been addressed with the public disclosures of last week.”
As part of the stock buyback program and prior to the trading restriction that occurred during the nine months ended February 29, 2008, the company repurchased 5,698,821 shares of its outstanding common stock in the open market at an aggregate cost of $3,042,921.
About Patriot Scientific
Patriot Scientific is a leading intellectual-property licensing company that develops, markets, and enables innovative technologies that satisfy the demands of fast-growing markets for wireless devices, smart cards, home appliances, network gateways, set-top boxes, entertainment technology, automotive telematics, biomedical devices, industrial controllers and more. Headquartered in Carlsbad, Calif., information about the company can be found at http://www.patriotscientific.com.
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