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A firm Repurchase Inc has decided to buy back shares worth INR96 crores from the market using the open market route. The outstanding shares of the firm is 50,00,000 and the current value of this firm is INR 1200 crores. How many shares will be bought back by this firm?
PRICE PER SHARE = 1200 CRORES/5000000
PRICE PER SHARE = 12,000,000,000/ 5000000 = 2400
BUYBACK AMOUNT = 96 CRORES = 960,000,000
NO OF SHARES REPURCHASED = 960,000,000/ 2400 = 400000
Answer : 400,000 shares [Thumbs up please]