Bajaj Auto buyback opens: Check out entitlement ratio, closing date and other details

Bajaj Auto buyback opens: Bajaj Auto shares on Wednesday, March 6, took  centre stage on D-Street as the automotive manufacturer's Rs 4,000 crore buyback programme opens today.

Bajaj Auto buyback price and mode

The two-wheeler and three-wheeler maker plans to buy back 40 lakh shares at Rs 10,000 apiece through a tender route worth Rs 4,000 crore in its buyback offer—1.41% of total outstanding shares

The price is at a significant premium of 21.8 per cent against the previous close of Rs 8,207.30 on the NSE (March 5).

Bajaj Auto, in a statement dated February 16, said, "This is in furtherance of our disclosure dated February 19, 2024, in relation to the public announcement for buyback of up to 40,00,000 (Forty Lakhs) fully paid-up equity shares of the company having a face value of Rs 10 each for Rs 10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand Only) per equity share for an aggregate amount not exceeding Rs 4,000 crore (Rupees Four Thousand Crore Only) excluding transaction costs, applicable taxes, and other incidental and related expenses (“Buyback”).

Bajaj Auto buyback open date 2024, Bajaj Auto buyback closing date

The buyback offer, which opens today (March 6), will conclude on March 13, Wednesday.

Bajaj Auto buyback record date

The record date for the buyback offer was February 29, 2024. The record date is the cut-off date for determining the entitlement and the names of the equity shareholders who will be eligible to participate in the buyback.

Bajaj Auto entitlement ratio

Reserved Category for Small Shareholders: Seven shares for every 27 shares held on the record date.

General category for all other eligible shareholders: One share for every 82 shares held on the record date.

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