Activist fund Elliott backs SoftBank's US$4.8 billion buyback plan

Activist investor Elliott Management said on Friday it supports SoftBank Group Corp’s latest move to buy back up to US$4.8 billion of its shares.

FILE PHOTO: People walk behind the logo of SoftBank Corp in Tokyo December 18, 2014. REUTERS/Toru Hanai/File Photo

REUTERS: Activist investor Elliott Management said on Friday it supports SoftBank Group Corp’s latest move to buy back up to US$4.8 billion of its shares.

Elliott also said SoftBank would have opportunities to pursue additional buybacks following the completion of the merger between Sprint and T-Mobile .

Earlier on Friday, SoftBank announced a plan to repurchase up to 7per cent of its shares as the Japanese tech conglomerate’s shares have tumbled by about a quarter in March.

(Reporting by Bharath Manjesh in Bengaluru; Editing by Arun Koyyur)

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