Indiabulls Real Estate rose 6.63% to Rs 97.30 at 14:26 IST on BSE after the company announced early closure of the buyback issue with effect from 10 April 2017.
The announcement was made during trading hours today, 12 April 2017.Meanwhile, the S&P BSE Sensex was down 134 points, or 0.45% to 29,654.35.
On the BSE, 20.73 lakh shares were traded in the counter so far, compared with average daily volumes of 9.40 lakh shares in the past one quarter. The stock had hit a high of Rs 98.50 and a low of Rs 89 so far during the day.
The stock hit a 52-week high of Rs 105.25 on 30 May 2016. The stock hit a 52-week low of Rs 53.65 on 12 April 2016.
The stock had outperformed the market over the past one month till 11 April 2017, rising 16.32% compared with 2.91% rise in the Sensex. The scrip had also outperformed the market in past one quarter, rising 11.01% as against Sensex's 9.76% rise.
The mid-cap company has equity capital of Rs 95.68 crore. Face value per share is Rs 2.
The board of directors of Indiabulls Real Estate at its meeting held on 24 November 2016, approved the buyback of equity shares from the the stock exchange mechanism, at a price not exceeding Rs 90 per equity share, for an aggregate amount not exceeding Rs 540 crore.
The buyback commenced from 14 December 2016. Between 14 December 2016 and 10 April 2017, the company bought back 3.40 crore equity shares utilizing a total of Rs 272.05 crore (excluding transaction costs), which represents 50.38% of the maximum buyback size. The highest price at which the equity shares were bought back was Rs 90 per equity share, while the lowest price was Rs. 67 per equity share. The equity shares were bought back at an average price of Rs 79.91 per equity share.
The amount utilized in the buyback of equity shares is 50.38% of the maximum buyback size and is more than the minimum amount required to be utilized in the buyback regulations. Since the company has bought back about 56.74% of the maximum offer shares i.e. 6 crore equity shares and is in excess of minimum offer shares and have utilized 50.38% of the maximum buyback size, the board constituted committee, at its meeting held on 10 April 2017, decided to make an early closure of the buyback with effect from 10 April 2017. Thus the buyback stands closed on Monday 10 April 2017.
On a consolidated basis, Indiabulls Real Estate's net profit fell 13.7% to Rs 58.58 crore on 58.8% decline in net sales to Rs 291.21 crore in Q3 December 2016 over Q3 December 2015.
Indiabulls Real Estate is a real estate development company with development projects spread across office and commercial complexes, premium residential developments, mega townships, retail spaces, hotel and resorts, special economic zones and infrastructure development.
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