Auto component maker Amtek Auto today said it will buyback shares worth up to Rs 291 crore through open market transactions.
In a meeting held today, the company's board has approved the buyback of shares for a sum not exceeding "Ten percent of the total paid-up equity capital and free reserves of the company as on June 30, 2010".
In a filing to the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), the company said it will buyback the shares "at a price not exceeding Rs 200 per share payable in cash for an aggregate amount not exceeding Rs 291 crore".
The equity shares of the company carry a face value of Rs 2 each and the firm will buyback these from open market through stock exchanges, it added.
The shares of the company today closed 0.11% down at Rs 138.50 a piece on the BSE.