Infosys Share Buyback 2025: Last Date To Buy Stocks; Check How To Apply & Tax Rules

Infosys Buyback Record Date 2025: Shares of IT firm Infosys will trade ex-record date for the share buyback. Infosys has fixed Friday, November 14, 2025 as the record date for Rs 18,000 crore share buyback, the largest-ever. Those investors who want to participate in the share buyback must have shares on the record date, which is November 14.

Due to T+1 settlement process, if someone purchases Infosys shares tomorrow, it won’t be settled the same day, keeping the name of the investors out of the record list of the company. Thus, they won’t be eligible for the share buyback. This means today is the last day to participate in the share buyback.

A buyback (or share repurchase) is when a company buys its own shares from existing shareholders, usually

at a price higher than the market rate.

“The Board of Directors of the company at their meeting held on September 11, 2025, has considered and approved a proposal to buyback equity shares for an amount of Rs 18,000 crore at a price of Rs 1,800 per equity share,” Infosys said in an exchange filing previously.

Infosys shares fell 1.13 per cent intraday on Thursday, a day before the record date. Around 11:20 AM, shares were trading marginally lower at Rs 1549 apiece, against the previous day close at Rs 1,551.70 apiece.

Infosys Share Buyback: How To Apply?

If you want to participate in an Infosys buyback, here’s the step-by-step process:

1. Check the record date and ensure your Infosys shares are in your demat by that date.

2. Read the Letter of Offer (LoF) to note buyback price, window, size and entitlement.

3. Check your entitlement (how many shares you can tender) and decide quantity (you may oversubscribe).

4. Log in to your broker and go to Corporate Actions → Buyback, select the Infosys buyback and enter quantity.

5. Or submit the Tender Form to your broker/registrar offline if you prefer paper submission.

6. Broker/DP will block/debit the tendered shares from your demat (you don’t pay money).

7. After the window closes, check the acceptance/scale-down announcement (pro rata if oversubscribed). The Infosys buyback represents up to 2.41 per cent of the company’s total paid-up equity share capital.

8. Accepted shares are debited and proceeds credited to your bank account via your DP (typically within a week or two).

Infosys Share Buyback: How Will Your Gains Be Taxed?

Before October 1, 2024, the tax on buybacks used to be paid by the company on the income distributed. However, as part of the Union Budget 2024 announcement, any buyback after October 1, 2024, will be taxed in the hands of investors as deemed dividend under the ‘income from other sources’.

“As per the amendment in Budget 2024, tax on any buyback made after 1st October, 2024 will not be applicable in the hands of the Company. However, the tax will be payable by the recipient shareholder on the total amount received from the buyback as deemed dividend in accordance with the newly inserted provision of Section 2(22)(f),” Cleartax said in its blog.

So, the Infosys buyback will be taxed in the hands of investors as a dividend income under the head ‘income from other sources’ at the applicable income tax slab.

CA. Akshay Jain, Direct Tax Partner, NPV& Associates LLP said the Finance (No. 2) Act, 2024 Act has further inserted proviso to section 115(QA) providing that the company will not be liable to pay 20% tax on the buyback of shares.

“Further companies have to deduct TDS @ 10% of the buyback consideration in case of resident shareholders and as per rates as per section 195 or DTAA in case of non-resident shareholders,” he added.

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