Infosys on Thursday announced the record date for its upcoming equity share buyback. A share buyback is a corporate action where a company repurchases its own shares from the existing shareholders. Infosys board approved the buyback proposal worth Rs. 18,000 crore, the biggest in its history, on September 11. This is the company’s second such proposal since 2022, when the company conducted a Rs 9,300 crore buyback.
As per the latest announcement, the company has booked November 14 as the record date for the buyback. “Pursuant to Regulation 42 of SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements), the Company has fixed Friday, November 14, 2025 as the Record Date for the purpose of determining the entitlement and the names of equity shareholders who are eligible to participate in the buyback,” the latest statement read.
The record date determines the shareholders eligible to participate in the corporate action. Which means that only shareholders holding Infosys shares as of that date will be allowed to tender their shares in the buyback. As a part of the buyback process, Infosys will repurchase up to 10 crore equity shares, representing 2.41% of paid-up equity share capital of the company. Infosys share buyback offer is open to all shareholders, with 15% reserved for small investors.
The buyback will be conducted through the tender offer route on NSE and BSE, and the tender window will remain open for five working days once announced. Infosys promoters and promoter group held 14.30% stake in the company, as on September 30, 2025, The remaining 85.46% stake was held by the public shareholders. Among the promoters, Nandan Nilekani held 1.08%, Narayana Murthy 0.40%, and Sudha Murthy 0.91%.
