Investors
Shares
IPO (INITIAL PUBLIC OFFERING)
Infosys made an initial public offer in February 1993 and was listed on stock exchanges in India in June 1993. Trading opened at Rs. 145 per share compared to the IPO price of Rs. 95 per share. In October 1994, Infosys made a private placement of 5,50,000 shares at Rs. 450 each to Foreign Institutional Investors (FIIs), Financial Institutions (FIs) and Corporates. During March 1999, Infosys issued 20,70,000 ADSs (equivalent to 10,35,000 equity shares of par value of Rs. 10 each) at $34 per ADS under the American Depositary Shares Program and the same were listed on the NASDAQ National Market. All the above data are un-adjusted for issue of stock split and bonus shares.
Basic Data | Shareholder structure
| Basic Data | |
| Number of shares (March 31, 2008) | 571,995,758 |
| Market capitalization (March 31, 2008) (Rs. Crore) | 82,276 |
| Avg. No. of shares traded / month (FY 2006) | |
| - BSE | 53,42,706 |
| - NSE | 2,00,19,275 |
| Type of share | Equity share of par value Rs. 5 |
| Reuters Code | INFY.BO (BSE), INFY.NS (NSE), INFY.O (NASDAQ) |
| Telerate/Moneyline Code | IN;INF (BSE), IN;INFN (NSE), US;INFY (NASDAQ) |
| Bloomberg Code | INFO IN (BSE), NINFO IN (NSE) |
Shareholder structure as of March 31, 2008 (Download pdf)
| Category | Shareholders (No.) | Voting strength (%) | No. of shares held |
| Founders holding | |||
| Indian founders | 19 |
16.52 |
9,44,95,978 |
| Total of founders holding | 19 |
16.52 |
9,44,95,978 |
| Public shareholding | |||
| Institutional investors | |||
| Mutual funds | 184 |
2.92 |
1,67,18,693 |
| Banks, financial institutions and insurance companies | 71 |
4.20 |
2,40,36,054 |
| Foreign institutional investors | 563 |
33.36 |
19,08,21,914 |
| Others | |||
| Private corporate bodies | 4,066 |
2.86 |
1,63,48,351 |
| Indian public | 5,42,914 |
17.53 |
10,01,92,778 |
| NRIs / OCBs / Foreign nationals | 7,696 |
2.94 |
1,68,69,562 |
| Trusts | 48 |
0.50 |
28,55,406 |
| Total public shareholding | 5,55,542 |
64.31 |
36,78,42,758 |
| Equity shares underlying ADS |
1 |
19.17 |
10,96,57,022 |
| Total | 5,55,562 |
100.00 |
57,19,95,758 |
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