FCCB buyback lifts Rolta India nearly 1%

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FCCB buyback lifts Rolta India nearly 1%


The company made this announcement during trading hours today, 24 December 2009. Meanwhile, the BSE Sensex was up 40.23 points, or 0.23%, to 17,271.34. On BSE, 3.92 lakh shares were traded in the counter as against an average daily volume of 10.09 lakh shares in the past one quarter.

The stock hit a high of Rs 193.60 and a low of Rs 189 so far during the day. The stock had hit a 52-week high of Rs 206.25 on 7 October 2009 and a 52-week low of Rs 40.70 on 12 March 2009.

The mid-cap stock had outperformed the market over the past one month till 23 December 2009, rising 9.52% as compared to the Sensex's 0.30% rise. It had also outperformed the market in the past one quarter, gaining 9.33% as compared to the Sensex's return of 3.06%.

The company's equity capital is Rs 161.05 crore. Face value per share is Rs 10. The current price of Rs 192.30 discounts the company's Q1 September 2009 annualized EPS of Rs 19.02, by a PE multiple of 10.11.

The company has bought back foreign currency convertible bonds (FCCBs) at a discount of 15.25% resulting in a gain of $2.80 million (approximately Rs 13 crore). The buy back of FCCBs will help reduce liabilities and interest costs.

In late October 2009, the board of Rolta India had approved raising up to $250 million through various sources from domestic and international market. Early this month, Rolta India signed a pact with French firm Infoterra France for pixel factory, an image processing technology.

Rolta India's net profit fell 28.82% to Rs 76.55 crore on 9.15% rise in net sales to Rs 246.38 crore in Q1 September 2009 over Q4 June 2009. Rolta India provides IT-based solutions and services to the geospatial and engineering segments.

Promoters have pledged more than 40.80 lakh shares representing 2.53% equity capital fo the company. The total promoter shareholding in the company is 41.97% (as on 30 September 2009).

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