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Tata Sons have pocketed Rs 11,164 crore by tendering 24.81 million shares in the Rs 18,000-crore share repurchase program by the group's flagship firm Tata Consultancy Services (TCS). Meanwhile, Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) tendered 1.17 million shares to take home Rs 528 crore. Small shareholders-those holding shares worth up to Rs 2 lakh-tendered 25.3 million shares in the buyback, 4.22 times the 6 million shares reserved for them in the buyback. All other shareholders tendered 5.7 million, 8.1 times the 34 million shares the company intended to buy back. A total of 977,300 valid applications were made by small shareholders and another 151,377 applications came from all other categories of shareholders, as per a regulatory filing made by TCS. A total of 40 million shares were bought at RS 4,500 apiece in the buyback, which concluded last week. Shares of TCS on Monday closed at Rs 3,706. Read more

Amid the buzz of the Centre approving Air India's sale to Tata Sons, government officials said that the highest decision-making body constituted for the national carrier's divestment is yet to meet to grant its nod for the transaction. The Air India Specific Alternative Mechanism (AISAM) headed by Home Minister Amit Shah is yet to meet to approve the sale of Air India, an official said. The panel is expected to meet soon to grant a final nod to the sale of the national carrier. The panel has Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal, and Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia as members. The government expects the final bid to at least match the reserve price. But, it may still go ahead with the disinvestment process even if the bid quoted is lower than the reserve price. The government is looking to complete the sale of Air India as early as this month.