Bajaj Auto shares hit record high as board to consider share buyback proposal
Shares of Bajaj Auto rose in the trading session on Wednesday as the company said its board will decide on the buyback offer on January 8. Bajaj Auto shares closed 4.91 per cent higher at Rs 6,989.40 on the Bombay Stock Exchange.
Earlier today, the company’s shares rose nearly 6 percent to a record high of Rs 7,000.
In an exchange, the company said: “We would like to inform you that at the meeting of the Company’s Board of Directors scheduled for Monday, January 8, 2024 (the “Group Meeting”), the company said, inter alia: The proposal to return the paid-up capital of the Company will be considered.”
In a stock exchange filing, the company said: “We wish to inform you that the company’s directors will not hold a meeting scheduled for Monday, January 8, 2024.” (“Meeting”), inter alia, a request to repurchase the paid-up shares of the company.”
Plans to return after the company’s stock price increased by more than 96% in one year. At the same time, the company’s stock price will increase by 88% in 2023 rose, recording its best year since 2009.
The two- and three-wheeler automaker last bought back shares worth Rs 2,500 crore ($300.2 million) between July and October 2022.
Bajaj Auto will also announce its quarterly results on January 24
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