Infosys Buyback History: IT Giant Announced ₹18,000 Crore Share Buyback

Infosys has announced its largest-ever share buyback, committing ₹18,000 crore to repurchase nearly 10 crore equity shares at a price of ₹1,800 per share. This price reflects a 19% premium over the current market price and represents 2.41% of the company’s total equity. With this move, the total buyback value announced by Infosys since its first in 2017 now stands at ₹57,760 crore.

Historically, Infosys has executed its share buybacks at premiums ranging between 18% and 30%, with the percentage of repurchased shares ranging from 1.19% to 4.92% of its outstanding equity. Between 2017 and 2025, Infosys has purchased and extinguished 11.62 crore fully paid-up equity shares, each with a face value of ₹5. The company has only one class of equity shares.

Infosys Buyback History

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Highlights from Previous Buybacks

• 2021: Infosys conducted a buyback via the open market route with a total outlay of ₹9,200 crore. Shares were bought back at an average price of ₹1,648.53, against a maximum allowable price of ₹1,750. A total of 5.58 crore shares were repurchased.
• 2019: Another open market buyback saw Infosys repurchasing 11.05 crore shares at an average price of ₹747.38, totaling ₹8,260 crore.
• 2017: The company undertook a tender offer route for buyback worth ₹13,000 crore, purchasing 11.30 crore shares at ₹1,150 per share.

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