NU Online News Service, Dec. 8, 2003, 12:33 p.m. EST – Aetna Inc., Hartford, says its board has approved a plan to spend up to $750 million to buy back up to 10 million shares of the company's common stock.[@@]
Aetna will pay for the shares with proceeds from employee stock option exercises, to offset dilution from the option exercises, the company says.
