Aurobindo Pharma Buyback 2024 vs Godawari Power and Ispat Buyback 2024

The Buy-Back is being undertaken, inter-alia, for the following reasons:

1. The buy-back will help the company reward its shareholders and enhance the overall return to shareholders.
2. The buy-back is expected to improve earnings per share and other key ratios such as return on net worth and return on assets over a period of time;
3. The buy-back is being implemented through the tender offer route as prescribed under the buyback regulations and would involve the allocation of the number of equity shares as per their entitlement or 15% of the number of equity shares to be bought back, whichever is higher, reserved for small shareholders.

The Buyback is being undertaken for the following reasons:

1. The Buyback will help the Company to return surplus cash to its shareholders holding Equity Shares broadly in proportion to their shareholding.
2. The buyback will help the company to optimize its capital structure.
3. The buyback consists of a reservation for the small shareholder. The company believes that this reservation for small shareholders would benefit many public shareholders who would be classified as "small shareholders".
4. The buyback may help in improving financial ratios like earnings per share, return on capital employed, and return on equity, by reduction in the equity base, thereby leading to a long-term increase in shareholders' value.
5. The Buyback gives an option to the shareholders holding Equity Shares of the Company, who can choose to participate and get cash in lieu of Equity Shares or they may choose not to participate and enjoy a resultant increase in their percentage shareholding, post the Buyback offer.