Dycom Industries, Inc. (NYSE: DY) announced that its Board of Directors has authorized an additional $50 million to repurchase shares of Dycom's outstanding common stock. The stock repurchases are authorized to be made over the next eighteen (18) months in open market or private transactions, including through accelerated share repurchase agreements with one or more counterparties from time to time. In connection with this authorization, the Company's Board of Directors also extended for an additional six (6) months the previous eighteen (18)-month term of its $50 million share repurchase program which it authorized on August 25, 2015. The exact timing and amount of repurchases will depend on market conditions and other factors. As of February 23, 2016, the Company now has up to $100 million authorized for repurchases of the Company's common stock through August 2017, the entirety of which remains available for repurchases. As of February 23, 2016, the Company had approximately 32.9 million shares of common stock outstanding, excluding the dilutive effect of stock options and unvested restricted stock.

Dycom is a leading provider of specialty contracting services throughout the United States and in Canada. These services include project management, engineering, construction, maintenance and installation services to telecommunications providers, underground facility locating services to various utilities, including telecommunications providers, and other construction and maintenance services to electric and gas utilities.