TCS Approves Rs 18,000-crore Share Buyback Offer. Key Details Investors Must Know
News 18Tata Consultancy Services board on January 12 approved a share buyback worth Rs 18,000 crore. “Further to our intimation dated January 7, 2022 and in terms of Regulation 30 of the SEBI Regulations, 2015, we wish to inform you that the Board of Directors of the Company at its meeting held today has approved a proposal to buyback up to 4,00,00,000 Equity Shares of the Company for an aggregate amount not exceeding ₹18,000 crore being 1.08% of the total paid-up equity share capital, at ₹4,500 per Equity Share,” TCS said in a regulatory statement. TCS had earlier purchased back shares worth around Rs 16,000 crore each in 2017, 2018 and 2020 as part of its long-term capital allocation policy of returning excess cash to shareholders. The share buyback offer is a part of TCS long-term capital allocation policy of returning excess cash to shareholders, the company mentioned. During the previous share buyback between December 18, 2020 to January 1, 2021, TCS repurchased shares worth around Rs 10,000 crore.