Axita Cotton Buyback 2023 vs Indiamart Intermesh Buyback 2023

The buyback is a capital allocation decision taken by the company. The buyback will help the company to distribute a part of the surplus cash to its shareholders holding Equity Shares thereby, optimizing returns to the shareholders and enhancing the overall shareholders' value in the longer term, and improving the return on equity.

The Buyback is being undertaken for the following reasons:

• Taking into account the operational and strategic cash requirements of the Company in the medium term (including investment in growth plans and associated capital expenditure) and cash reserves, the Company considers appropriate to return surplus funds to the shareholders in an effective and efficient manner. Further, the Buyback will promote capital efficiency and thereby increasing shareholders' value and improving return on equity.
• The Buyback gives an option to the Eligible Shareholders (as defined below) to either (A) participate in the Buyback and receive cash in lieu of their Equity Shares which are accepted under the Buyback, or (B) not to participate in the Buyback and get a resultant increase in their percentage shareholding in the Company post the Buyback, without additional investment.