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eClerx Services gains on share buyback plan

The board will meet on August 8, to consider share buyback proposal.

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SI Reporter Mumbai
Last Updated : Aug 06 2013 | 10:04 AM IST
eClerx Services is trading higher by 4% at Rs 768, in otherwise weak market, after the company said it is considering share buyback proposal.

The board of directors of the company will on August 08, 2013 be considering a proposal for buy-back of equity shares of the company, eClerx Services said in a regulatory filing.

The share buyback will not exceeding 10% of the aggregate of total paid- up equity capital and free reserves of the company, amounting to about Rs 410 crore, thus buyback size not exceeding Rs 40.98 crore, approximately, it added.

Currently, the promoters held 53.13% stake in the company.  Foreign institutional investors held 21.38% holding, followed by domestic institutional investors (14.80%), while the remaining 10.69% stakes are with individual shareholders, bodies corporate and others.

The stock opened at Rs 770 and touched high of Rs 777 on NSE. A combined 16,437 shares changed hands on the counter till 1000 hours in NSE and BSE.


 

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First Published: Aug 06 2013 | 10:02 AM IST

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