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BUZZ-Pure Wafer: leaps 82 pct on insurance claim settlement, capital return

** Silicon reclaim supplier Pure Wafer (LSE: PUR.L - news) reaches satisfactory settlement terms relating to its insurance claim following Dec (Shanghai: 600875.SS - news) 2014 fire at Swansea premises

** Co proposes not to reinstate Swansea facility & to return surplus funds to shareholders; co guidance is that this will be "significantly higher" than 59.59p but unlikely to be more than 125p per share

** Stock up 81.6 pct, adding $20.3 mln to its market value, in trading volume more than 3x 90-day daily avg after c.30 mins

** Best day for stock since Sept. 2009

** Co's services enable semiconductor manufacturers to gain further efficiencies through increased re-use of silicon test wafers within their production processes (RM (LSE: RM.L - news) : tricia.wright1.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net)