Infosys Buyback: Is Rs 18,000 Crore Buyback Largest By This Company? Stock Gained - 10 Key Points

Infosys, the mega tech company, has announced a share buyback worth Rs 18,000 crore at a share price of Rs 1,800, which is at a 19.2% premium from the September 11th closing price. On September 12, the heavyweight reacted positively, with an upside of 2.32% on BSE. Here are 10 points to know.

At the time of writing, Infosys traded at Rs 1528.70 apiece, up by 1.3% on BSE, with a market cap of Rs 6,35,081.94 crore. The shares gained by 2.3% and touched an intraday high of Rs 1544.65 apiece in the early trade.

Notably, Infosys ADR closed at $17.07 apiece, up by 0.53% on the NYSE after market hours of September 11.

Here are 10 key points to know about Infosys buyback:

1. The buyback equity shares have a size of Rs 18,000 crore, comprising of a purchase of 10,00,00,000 fully paid-up equity shares of the company at a face value of Rs 5 each. This is the largest buyback of Infosys.

2. The shares represent up to 2.41% of the total number of Equity Shares in the existing total paid-up Equity Share capital of Infosys.

3. The Buyback Size does not exceed 25% of the aggregate of the paid-up capital and free reserves, based on the latest audited interim condensed standalone and consolidated financial statements of the Company as on June 30, 2025.

4. The buyback will be carried out at a share price of Rs 1800 apiece, which is 19.24% premium of the September 11th closing price of Rs 1509.50.

5. This upcoming buyback will be the fifth share repurchase by Infosys. Since 2017, Infosys has delivered four buybacks, with the latest one held in 2022. Infosys carried a buyback of Rs 9,300 crore in 2022, at a minimum buyback price of Rs 1,850 per share, which was at a premium from its trading price. This buyback was open from December 7, 2022 to February 13, 2024, and Infosys bought back at least 50 million equity shares from shareholders.

6. According to Motilal Oswal, Infosys reported 1QFY26 revenue of USD 4.9b, up 2.6% QoQ (in CC), beating the estimated 1.5% growth. EBIT margin stood at 20.8%, slightly below the estimate of 20.9%. PAT was INR 69b, up 1.7%/8.7% QoQ/YoY, above the estimate of INR 66b. Management upgraded FY26 constant currency revenue growth guidance to 1-3% (from 0-3%), raising the lower end to 1%

7. As of September 5, 2025, the promoter & promoter group has 26 shareholders who hold 54,202,9249 equity shares, representing 13.05% of the total number of shareholdings.

8. Meanwhile, 203 Indian financial institutions, banks and mutual fund investors account for 37.81% of the total shares, to the tune of 15,708,780,02 equity shares.

9. Also, 59,508 shareholders belong to the category FII/FPI/NRIs/ADRs/Foreign Nationals and OCB. They account for 37.74% and hold 15,677,496,38 equity shares.

10. Furthermore, 25,56,934 investors are of Indian public, corporates and others category, holding 47,37,35,314 equity shares, which accounts for 11.40% of the total share capital.