AIA Engineering Buyback 2024 vs Vls Finance Buyback 2024

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

1. The buyback will help the company to return the surplus cash to its shareholders holding equity shares.
2. The buyback, which is being implemented through the tender offer as prescribed under the buyback regulations, would involve a minimum reservation of 15% for small shareholders and allocation of a higher number of shares as per their entitlement or 15% of the number of shares to be bought back, reserved for the small shareholders. The company believes that this reservation for small shareholders would benefit a large number of public shareholders, who would be classified as small shareholders.
3. The buy-back is being proposed by the company to service the equity more efficiently, additionally, the company management strives to increase equity shareholder's value.
4. The buyback is expected to improve return on equity through the distribution of cash and improve earnings per share by a reduction in the equity base; thereby increasing in a long-term increase in shareholder's value.
5. The buyback gives an option to the shareholders holding equity shares of the company, either to sell their equity shares and receive cash or not to sell their equity shares and get a resultant increase in their percentage shareholding, post the buyback offer, without additional investment.

Having regards to the healthy cash flows that the Company has been able to consistently generate, the future projected cash flows of the Company and the anticipated funds required for capital expenditure and working capital to meet the expected future growth of the Company, the Buy-back is expected to achieve the following objectives:

• optimize returns to shareholders;
• enhance overall shareholders' value; and
• optimize the capital structure

The Buy Back, which is being implemented through the Tender Offer as prescribed under the SEBI Buy Back Regulations, would involve allocation of 15% of number of Equity Shares that the Company proposes to Buy Back or several Equity Shares entitled as per the shareholding of Small Shareholders, whichever is higher, to Small Shareholders. The Company believes that this reservation of 15% for

The Buyback gives the shareholders holding Equity Shares of the Company the option to either (i) participate and receive cash instead of Equity Shares to be accepted under the Buyback Offer or (ii) choose not to participate and enjoy a resultant increase in their percentage shareholding post-buyback Offer without additional investment.