diff --git a/zipline/pipeline/data/buyback_auth.py b/zipline/pipeline/data/buyback_auth.py
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+__author__ = 'mtydykov'
diff --git a/zipline/pipeline/loaders/buyback_auth.py b/zipline/pipeline/loaders/buyback_auth.py
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+__author__ = 'mtydykov'
diff --git a/zipline/pipeline/loaders/events.py b/zipline/pipeline/loaders/events.py
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+from abc import abstractmethod
+from itertools import repeat
+
+import pandas as pd
+from six import iteritems
+from toolz import merge
+
+from .base import PipelineLoader
+from .frame import DataFrameLoader
+from zipline.utils.memoize import lazyval
+
+
+class EventsLoader(PipelineLoader):
+    def __init__(self,
+                 all_dates,
+                 announcement_dates,
+                 infer_timestamps=False,
+                 dataset=None):
+        self.all_dates = all_dates
+        self.announcement_dates = (
+            announcement_dates.copy()
+        )
+        dates = self.all_dates.values
+        for k, v in iteritems(announcement_dates):
+            if isinstance(v, pd.DatetimeIndex):
+                if not infer_timestamps:
+                    raise ValueError(
+                        "Got DatetimeIndex of announcement dates for sid %d.\n"
+                        "Pass `infer_timestamps=True` to use the first date in"
+                        " `all_dates` as implicit timestamp."
+                    )
+                # If we are passed a DatetimeIndex, we always have
+                # knowledge of the announcements.
+                announcement_dates[k] = pd.Series(
+                    v, index=repeat(dates[0], len(v)),
+                )
+        self.dataset = dataset
+
+
+    @abstractmethod
+    def get_loader(self):
+        raise NotImplementedError("EventsLoader must implement 'get_loader'.")
+
+
+    def load_adjusted_array(self, columns, dates, assets, mask):
+        return merge(
+            self.get_loader(column).load_adjusted_array(
+                [column], dates, assets, mask
+            )
+            for column in columns
+        )
+
+    @lazyval
+    def date_frame_loader(self, col_name, next_or_prev):
+        return DataFrameLoader(
+            col_name,
+            next_or_prev(
+                self.all_dates,
+                self.announcement_dates,
+            ),
+            adjustments=None,
+        )