Balrampur Chini Mills gains after setting record date for share buyback plan

Balrampur Chini Mills rose 1.99% to Rs 132.95 at 11:03 IST on BSE after the company fixed 13 January 2017 as the record date for buyback of equity shares.

The announcement was made after market hours yesterday, 2 January 2017.

Meanwhile, the S&P BSE Sensex was up 69.55 points or 0.26% at 26,665

On the BSE, 4.20 lakh shares were traded on the counter so far as against the average daily volumes of 2 lakh shares in the past one quarter. The stock had hit a high of Rs 137.90 and a low of Rs 132.50 so far during the day.

The stock had hit a 52-week high of Rs 138 on 1 August 2016 and a 52-week low of Rs 70.15 on 1 January 2016. The stock had outperformed the market over the past one month till 2 January 2017, advancing 9.95% compared with the Sensex's 1.39% rise. The scrip had also outperformed the market over the past one quarter advancing 20.97% as against the Sensex's 4.56% fall.

The mid-cap company has equity capital of Rs 24.50 crore. Face value per share is Re 1.

Balrampur Chini Mills said that the buyback committee of the board of directors at its meeting held yesterday, 2 January 2017 has fixed 13 January 2017 as the record date for the buyback of equity shares. The company's board had on 15 November 2016 approved buyback of upto 1 crore equity shares representing upto 4.08% of the total paid-up share capital of the company. The buyback price is Rs 175 per share payable in cash for an aggregate amount of upto Rs 175 crore. The buyback will be on a proportionate basis through the tender offer route.

Balrampur Chini Mills reported net profit of Rs 106 crore in Q2 September 2016, as compared to net loss of Rs 13.59 crore in Q2 September 2015. Net sales rose 77.1% to Rs 887.48 crore in Q2 September 2016 over Q2 September 2015.

Balrampur Chini Mills is one of the largest integrated sugar manufacturing companies in India. Its allied business consists of manufacturing and marketing of ethyl alcohol and ethanol, generation and selling of power. The company has sugar 10 factories located in UP having an aggregate crushing capacity of 76,500 tons per day.

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