ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Today Jabil Circuit, Inc. (NYSE: JBL), announced that its Board of Directors has authorized a share repurchase program of up to $400 million worth of shares of the Company's common stock. This share repurchase program expires on August 31, 2017. The shares will be repurchased from time-to-time through various methods, including open market repurchases, at the Company's discretion and subject to market conditions and other factors.

FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS: This news release includes "forward-looking statements," which are statements that are not historical facts, including statements that relate to our share repurchase program including the amount of shares to be repurchased and timing of such repurchases; the Company's updated capital allocation framework; and our projected fiscal year 2016 fourth-quarter and full-year financial performance including assumptions regarding our effective tax rate. The statements in this news release are based on current expectations, forecasts and assumptions involving risks and uncertainties that could cause actual outcomes and results to differ materially from our current expectations. Such factors include, but are not limited to, our determination as we finalize our financial results for our third quarter of fiscal year 2016 that our financial results and conditions differ from our current preliminary unaudited numbers set forth herein; unexpected, adverse seasonal impacts on demand; performance of the markets in which we operate; changes in macroeconomic conditions; expected financial results from, product ramps; managing rapid declines in customer demand and other related customer challenges that may occur; and our dependence on a limited number of large customers. Additional factors that could cause such differences can be found in our Form 10-K for the year ended August 31, 2015, Form 10-Q for the quarters ended November 30, 2015, and February 29, 2016 and in our other SEC filings. We assume no obligation to update these forward-looking statements.

About Jabil

Jabil is a product solutions company providing comprehensive electronics design, production and product management services to global electronics and technology companies. Offering complete product supply chain management from facilities in 28 countries, Jabil provides comprehensive, individualized-focused solutions to customers in a broad range of industries. Jabil common stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol, "JBL". Further information is available on Jabil's website: jabil.com.

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