Infosys Limited – Tender Offer

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SUMMARY
POTENTIAL BUYBACK ANNOUNCEMENT
On August 16, 2017, Infosys Limited (NSEI:INFY) announced that it intends to initiate an equity buyback on August 19, 2017. The Company’s Board of Directors will consider a share repurchase program under which, the company will buyback its own shares.

Share Price = INR 975.20

At the time of potential buyback announcement, the terms of buyback i.e. mode of buyback (tender offer vs. open market repurchase), buyback price and size of buyback are unknown.

TENDER OFFER ANNOUNCEMENT
On August 19, 2017, Infosys Limited (NSEI:INFY) announced a tender offer to buyback 113.04 million shares at a buyback price of INR 1150.00 per share. This represents a spread of 24.6% over the market price of INR 923.25 per share, as of the announcement date. The proposed buyback shares represents 4.92% of the total outstanding shares of 2285.70 million. Given SEBI’s rule of preference to small shareholders who own less than INR 2 lakh worth of shares of the Company, approximately 16.96 million shares are reserved for small shareholders, which represents 15% of the proposed buyback.

Features – Tender Offer – Fixed Price
Share Price = INR 923.25
Buyback Price = INR 1150.00
Spread = 24.6%
Buyback Size = 4.9% or 113.04 million shares

RECORD DATE ANNOUNCEMENT
The Company has fixed the record date of November 1, 2017 for the purpose of determining the entitlement and the names of equity shareholders who are eligible to participate in the buyback.

BUYBACK DATES ANNOUNCEMENT
The Company has announced the buyback open and close dates to participate in this tender offer. The buyback window for putting instructions opens on November 30, 2017 and closes on December 14, 2017.

RISK-REWARD ANALYSIS
ANALYSIS AS OF TENDER OFFER ANNOUNCEMENT DATE
Share Price = INR 923.25

Based on our research and analysis, the acceptance rate of this tender offer for small shareholders is expected to fall in the 20%-60% range. At the current price level, this represents an expected return between 4.9% and 14.7%. If the share price drops by 5%, the expected return would be between 0.9% and 12.7%. If the share price increases by 5%, the expected return would be between 8.9% and 16.7%. At 100% acceptance rate, the maximum return would be around 24.6%.
Based on the above risk-reward ratio analysis, Infosys Limited tender offer appears to be an attractive low-risk arbitrage opportunity for small shareholders.

CONCLUSION = INVEST

ANALYSIS AS OF 3 DAYS PRIOR TO RECORD DATE
Share Price = INR 946.35

At the current price level and above mentioned acceptance rates, an expected return is between 4.3% and 12.9%. If the share price drops by 5%, the expected return would be between 0.3% and 10.9%. If the share price increases by 5%, the expected return would be between 8.3% and 14.9%. At 100% acceptance rate, the maximum return would be around 21.5%.
Based on the above risk-reward ratio analysis, Infosys Limited tender offer continue to appear to be an attractive low-risk arbitrage opportunity for small shareholders.

CONCLUSION = STAY INVESTED

ANALYSIS AS OF BUYBACK OPEN DATE
Share Price = INR 976.10

At the current price level and above mentioned acceptance rates, an expected return is between 3.6% and 10.7%. If the share price drops by 5%, the expected return would be between -0.4% and 8.7%. If the share price increases by 5%, the expected return would be between 7.6% and 12.7%.
Based on the above risk-reward ratio analysis, Infosys Limited tender offer continue to appear to be an attractive low-risk arbitrage opportunity for small shareholders.

CONCLUSION = PARTICIPATE

POST-BUYBACK ANNOUNCEMENT & RESULT
On December 14, 2017, Infosys Limited (NSEI:INFY) announced the final results of the buyback. A total of 30.37 million shares were tendered by small shareholders, out of which 16.96 million shares were accepted. Therefore, the actual acceptance rate for small shareholders turned out to be approximately 56%. The share price increased by 9.7% since tender offer announcement, which includes 0.4% increase between the tender offer announcement and record date, and 9.3% increase between the record date and closing date. Further, the Company paid a dividend of INR 13.00 per share between the tender offer announcement and closing date, which implies a dividend yield of 1.4%.

Share Price = INR 1013.10

Given we decided to INVEST at the time of tender offer announcement, decided to STAY INVESTED at the time of record date and decided to PARTICIPATE at the time of buyback open date, the net realized return was 19.4% over a span of 117 days, which is equivalent to an annualized return of 74.0%.

RESULT = PROFIT
RETURN = 19.4%
DURATION = 117 days
ANNUALIZED IRR = 74.0%

REFERENCE LINKS/FILINGS

Tender Offer Announcement
Record Date Announcement
Buyback Dates Announcement
Post Buyback Announcement

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