Hindustan Unilever has almost completed its share buy-back plan, announced last August, and has bought back 2.29 crore shares amounting to about Rs 625.30 crores till March 23.
The number of shares bought back is about 99.25% of the total buy-back offer of Rs 630 crore, the fast moving consumer goods major said in a notice to the stock exchanges.
The buy-back offer will now close on March 28.
HUL had announced the buy-back in August 2010, and had then said that the offer would commence on August 23, 2010 and remain open till July 25, 2011
