Last year, the company had completed buyback of 17.4 million shares with a total outlay of Rs 11.03 billion
The stock was 4% at Rs 1,225 on the BSE after the company said that its board will consider a share buyback proposal on Tuesday, August 7, 2018.
The stock rallied 10% to Rs 1,080 on the NSE in late noon deal
The stock was trading 2.2% higher at Rs 1,010, bouncing back 5% from early morning low of Rs 960 touched on the NSE after nearly 8% of total equity of IT company changed hands via block deals.
Mphasis brought Nitin Rakesh as chief executive in January
Bengaluru-based firm gets 70% of its business from the US, 20% from Europe, rests from other parts
Private equity firm Blackstone had bought majority stake in Mphasis from HPE for about $1.1 billion
Rakesh took over as CEO and additional director on the Board at Mphasis with effect from January 29
Rakesh will take over the role from Ganesh Ayyar, whose tenure expires on Jan 28
However, revenue declined 2.4% at Rs 1,517 cr
It will focus on developing next-generation Governance, Risk and Compliance solutions based on artificial intelligence, cognitive computing
The company said that direct international revenue grew 14.7% year-on-year and 1.4% sequentially
Mphasis private blockchain would be able to connect to the Bitcoin network, which will make the model immensely scalable, the company said
The stock surged 10% to Rs 552 extending its past two days 7% gain on the BSE.
Blackstone has made an open offer to acquire 26% stake at Rs 457.54 per share
Mphasis is trying to diversify its non-HP business to reduce dependence on its parent; What should matter to it is what can a PE player brings to table