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Orbit International Announces Repurchase of 348,541 Shares of Its Common Stock During Current Third Quarter to Date
Orbit International Announces Repurchase of 348,541 Shares of Its Common Stock During Current Third Quarter to Date.
About this update from Orbit International Corp.
[{"type":"text","content":"\n\n HAUPPAUGE, N.Y., Sept. 15, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Orbit International Corp. (OTC PINK:ORBT), an electronics manufacturer and software solution provider, today announced that it has repurchased 348,541 shares of its common stock in both public and private transactions, at an average price of $4.29 per share, since July 1, 2017. Since January 1, 2017, the Company has repurchased 562,473 of its shares, at an average price of $4.16 per share, representing 13.4% of the outstanding shares.\n Mitchell Binder, President and CEO of Orbit International commented, “Our financial condition remains strong, we currently have no bank debt and we believe that these stock repurchases are a prudent use of our cash. We remain committed to enhance shareholder value and are confident in our business outlook with an administration in Washington committed to increase defense spending.  Consequently, we will continue to use our operating cash flow for opportunistic repurchases of our common stock subject to existing board and bank approvals.”   Orbit International Corp., through its Electronics Group, is involved in the manufacture of customized electronic components and subsystems for military and nonmilitary government applications through its production facility in Hauppauge, New York.  Orbit’s Power Group, also located in Hauppauge, NY, designs and manufactures a wide array of power products including AC power supplies, frequency converters, inverters, uninterruptible power supplies, VME/VPX power supplies as well as various COTS power sources.  The Company also has a sales office in Newbury Park, CA and a facility in Louisville, KY dedicated to the design and manufacture of gun weapons systems as well as VME/VPX solutions including backplanes, health monitors, air transport racks and components. Certain matters discussed in this news release and oral statements made from time to time by representatives of the Company including, statements regarding our expectations of Orbit’s operating plans, deliveries under contracts and strategies generally; statements regarding our expectations of the performance of our business; expectations regarding costs and revenues, future operating results, additional orders, future business opportunities and continued growth, may constitute forward-looking statements w...