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Flipkart Completed Buyback Share Programme Worth $100M, With 3,000 Participants
BUSINESS, INDIA

Flipkart Completed Buyback Share Programme Worth $100M, With 3,000 Participants

Indian online e-commerce giant Flipkart has recently completed its $100 million re-purchase of employee stock options (ESOPs), marking it the largest share buyback programme in Indian startup history, a financial daily reported. In a release on Wednesday, Flipkart said that over 3,000 existing and former employees of Flipkart, PhonePe, Myntra, and Jabong had participated in this programme, Mint reported. “Employees are our biggest source of strength, without whom Flipkart couldn’t have built the e-commerce industry in India. As an organisation, we believe they should be equal partners in Flipkart’s success. This ESOP repurchase programme is an extension of that culture, and a token of thanks for the dedication and hard work they have put in over the years. We’re delighted to be setti...
Infosys Founders Will Sell 13000 Crore Worth Stake
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Infosys Founders Will Sell 13000 Crore Worth Stake

Infosys founders are likely to sell some of their stake in the company's under Rs 13,000-crore share buyback programme, the company said today. The promoters keenness to participate in the buyback comes within days of a silent coup by founders led by N R Narayana Murthy to seize control of Indias second-biggest software services firm. The founders and their families between them hold some 12.75 per cent (29.28 crore shares) of Infosys. Murthy declined to comment on if he would participate in the buyback. The buyback price of Rs 1,150 is higher than the current stock trading price of Rs 941.15 and is considered "reasonably good" by the firms former CFO V Balakrishnan. Founded in 1981 by seven engineers, all former employees of Patni Computer Systems with an initial capital of $2...