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Infosys trades ex-date for interim dividend of Rs 23 and Rs 18000 crore buyback. Promoters, including Nandan Nilekani and Sudha Gopalakrishnan, will not participate in buyback.
Infosys Shares Buyback 2025.
Infosys Share Price: Infosys shares are trading ex-date/record date today, October 27 for dual corporate actions – interim dividend and share buyback. Stocks fell 2 per cent intraday on Monday to trade at Rs 1505 per share around 12:50 PM.
A buyback (or share repurchase) is when a company buys its own shares from existing shareholders, usually at a price higher than the market rate.
Infosys Share Buyback
Infosys has announced its largest-ever share buyback programme amounting to Rs 18,000 crore. The record date has fixed on October 27.
“The Board of Directors of the company at their meeting held on September 11, 2025, has considered and approved a proposal to buyback equity shares for an amount of Rs 18,000 crore at a price of Rs 1,800 per equity share,” Infosys said in an exchange filing.
In an exchange filing dated October 22, Infosys stated that its promoters and the promoter group would not be participating in the company’s upcoming buyback. As of September 30, 2025, the promoters and promoter group collectively held a 14.30 percent stake in Infosys, with the remaining 85.46 percent owned by the public. Among the individual promoters, co-founder Nandan Nilekani held a 1.08 percent stake, while co-founders NR Narayana Murthy and Sudha Murthy held 0.40 percent and 0.91 percent, respectively. Their children, Rohan Murthy and Akshata Murthy, owned 1.60 percent and 1.03 percent each.
Co-founder Kris Gopalakrishnan held a 0.84 percent stake in the company, whereas his wife, Sudha Gopalakrishnan, owned 2.52 percent, making her the largest individual shareholder among the promoters. The announcement clarifies that the buyback will be entirely funded by public shareholders, with the promoter group opting not to participate in this capital return exercise.
Infosys Share Buyback: How To Apply?
If you want to participate in an Infosys buyback, here’s the step-by-step process:
1. Check the record date and ensure your Infosys shares are in your demat by that date. It is important to note that the record date has not been announced yet.
2. Read the Letter of Offer (LoF) to note buyback price, window, size and entitlement.
3. Check your entitlement (how many shares you can tender) and decide quantity (you may oversubscribe).
4. Log in to your broker and go to Corporate Actions → Buyback, select the Infosys buyback and enter quantity.
5. Or submit the Tender Form to your broker/registrar offline if you prefer paper submission.
6. Broker/DP will block/debit the tendered shares from your demat (you don’t pay money).
7. After the window closes, check the acceptance/scale-down announcement (pro rata if oversubscribed). The Infosys buyback represents up to 2.41 per cent of the company’s total paid-up equity share capital.
8. Accepted shares are debited and proceeds credited to your bank account via your DP (typically within a week or two).
Infosys Interim Dividend 2025
Infosys, a major Indian software exporter, declared an interim dividend of Rs 23 for FY26 on October 16. The company said it has fixed October 27 as a record date to determine the eligibility of shareholders to receive the said dividend. Meanwhile, the company said November 7 will be the payout date.
“The Board, at their meeting held on October 15-16, 2025,… declared an interim dividend of Rs 23/- per equity share, fixed October 27, 2025, as a record date and November 7, 2025, as a payout date,” the company said in an exchange filing today.
In the last 12 months, Infosys has declared dividends worth Rs 43 apiece, according to Trendlyne data. Before this, Infosys had announced a final dividend of Rs 22 per share, with the record date set as May 30, 2025. At the prevailing share price, Infosys’ dividend yield stands at 2.92%. Since May 2002, the IT major has paid dividends 49 times, the data stated.
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Varun Yadav is a Sub Editor at News18 Business Digital. He writes articles on markets, personal finance, technology, and more. He completed his post-graduation diploma in English Journalism from the Indian Inst…Read More
Varun Yadav is a Sub Editor at News18 Business Digital. He writes articles on markets, personal finance, technology, and more. He completed his post-graduation diploma in English Journalism from the Indian Inst… Read More
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