JM Financial Consultants Pvt Ltd ("Manager to the Buy Back") on behalf of HOV Services Ltd ("Target Company") has issued this Public Announcement to the Equity Shareholders / Beneficial owners of the equity shares of the Target Company, which is in continuation of & should be read in conjunction with the resolution passed by the Board of Directors ("Board Resolution") dated January 13, 2009 & Public Notice cum Public Announcement ("PA") in accordance with the Buy-back Regulations on January 15, 2009.
This PA is regarding completion of Buy-back Offer in compliance with Regulation 19(7) of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Buyback of Securities) Regulations, 1998 as amended ("Buy-back Regulations").
A. The Buy-back:
1. The Company had announced the Buy-back of fully paid equity shares ("Equity Shares") of the face value of Rs 10/- each not exceeding 1,000,000 Equity Shares ("Maximum Offer Shares") from the existing owners of Equity Shares other than persons in control at a price not exceeding of Rs 50/- per share ("Maximum Offer Price") payable in cash for an aggregate amount not exceeding Rs 50,000,000 ("Maximum Offer Size"). The minimum number of the Equity Shares that the Company intended to Buy-back was 250,000 Equity Shares ("Minimum Offer Shares").
2. The Buy-back was effected through the methodology of "Open Market purchase through stock exchanges" using the electronic trading facilities of Bombay Stock Exchange ("BSE") and National Stock Exchange ("NSE" and together with BSE the "Stock Exchanges").
3. The Buy-back Offer was open from February 02, 2009 January l2, 2010.
4. As per paragraph 13.5 of the PN cum PA, the Company was required to with effect from February 02, 2009, place "buy" orders on the BSE and/or NSE at least once in every week during the Buy-back period to buy the Equity Shares through the brokers, in such quantity and at such prices, not exceeding Rs. 50/- per Equity Share, as it may deem fit, depending upon the prevailing quotations of the Equity Shares on the Stock Exchanges. While the Company has been giving "buy" orders at least once in every week, from the period between June 01, 2009 and July 31, 2009 no orders could be placed on the Stock Exchanges as the trading prices of Equity shares remained higher than the Maximum Offer Price on the days the "buy" orders were made. Additionally, from the period beginning August 01, 2009, the trading prices of Equity shares have consistently remained above the Maximum Offer Price and therefore the Company has not been able to place orders on the Stock Exchanges.
B. Details of the Buy-back:
1. The Total number of Equity Shares bought back under the Buy-back is 63,023 representing 0.5% of the total outstanding number of Equity Shares. All the Equity Shares bought back have been extinguished.
2. The total amount invested in the Buy-back is Rs 1,885,680 representing 3.77% of the Maximum Offer Size.
3. The price at which the Equity Shares were bought back was dependent on the price quoted on the BSE and NSE. The highest price at which the Equity shares were bought back was Rs 46.50 per Equity Share while the lowest price was Rs. 26.40 per Equity Share. The Equity Shares were bought back at an average price of Rs. 29.92 per Equity Share.
4. The Equity Shares were bought in the demat segment from the Stock Exchange. Pursuant to the Buy-back, the Company has bought back less than 1% (one percent) of the total number of Equity Shares. Therefore the requirement for disclosure of the identity of the shareholders or beneficial holders of Equity Shares from whom Equity Shares exceeding 1% (one percent) of the total number of outstanding Equity Shares were bought back, is not applicable.
C. Capital Structure:
The Capital Structure of the Company, pre & post Buy-back is as under: (Rs in million)
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Share Capital Authorised Issued, Subscribed & Paid-up
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Pre Buy-back 300 125.5
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Post Buy-back 300 124.9
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