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TCS board fixes February 23 as record date for Rs 18,000 crore buyback


Mumbai: Tata Consultancy Services has mounted February 23, 2022, because the file date for figuring out the entitlement of equity shareholders who will likely be eligible to take part in its Rs 18,000 crore buyback, it stated in a press release to the exchanges on Friday. That is the corporate’s fourth and largest buyback prior to now 5 years.

“The members of the Firm have authorized the buyback by passing a particular decision by postal poll….the Firm has mounted Wednesday, February 23, 2022, because the file date for the aim of figuring out the entitlement and the names of the fairness shareholders who shall be eligible to take part within the buyback,” TCS stated in its assertion to the exchanges.

On January 12, the board of administrators of TCS had authorized the buyback of as much as 4 crore shares for an combination quantity not exceeding Rs 18,000 crore.

The buyback dimension quantities to 1.08% of the whole paid-up fairness share capital. The corporate stated it can purchase shares at Rs 4,500 per share.

Between December 18, 2020, and January 1, 2021, the IT bellwether returned Rs 16,000 crore to shareholders in a buyback, whereby Tata Sons tendered shares price round Rs 10,000 crore. As many as 5.33 crore fairness shares—together with Tata Sons’ 33,325,118—have been purchased again at Rs 3,000 apiece. TCS had undertaken comparable repurchases in 2018 and 2017.

Forward of the buyback, 9 promoter entities maintain 72.19% in TCS. Banks, mutual funds and insurance coverage firms held 7.8% whereas FPIs and FIIs held 15.23% stake within the agency. Retail traders maintain about 3.88%.

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Throughout a buyback, an organization repurchases its shares from current shareholders, often at a worth greater than the prevailing market fee. Because of this, the variety of shares excellent out there reduces.

Friends Infosys Ltd. and Wipro Ltd. have over the previous few years rolled out comparable buybacks.

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