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Buy-backs and Delisting

Choose and execute a buy-back or delisting route only after eligibility, pricing, approvals, escrow, promoter conduct and investor-exit controls are aligned.

6 July 2026 / 3 September 2025Listed entities, promoters, boards, merchant bankers, exchanges and shareholders8 decision guides
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Finin2min Summary — in 2 Minutes

Decision: Choose and execute a buy-back or delisting route only after eligibility, pricing, approvals, escrow, promoter conduct and investor-exit controls are aligned.

Legal owner and source control

Principal legal ownerSEBI Buy-back Regulations, 2018 and Delisting Regulations, 2021
Source review6 July 2026 / 3 September 2025
Implementation layerCurrent SEBI circular and exchange implementation framework · 21 July 2026
Official sourcesRegulation record · Circular repository
Currentness note: The 21 July 2026 promoter-holdings freeze item must be checked in the final circular text and exchange implementation on the transaction date.

Decision guides

Operating map

Responsible personsboard; promoters; merchant banker; compliance officer; exchange; escrow bank; RTA; shareholders
Evidence packroute memo; approvals; public announcement; valuation/price evidence; escrow; tender/bidding and settlement records
Systems and portalsstock exchange mechanism; RTA; depositories; escrow bank
Cross-law interfacesCompanies Act; LODR; SAST; PIT; tax; Depositories Act

Finin2min Q&A

Does this module replace the official legal text?

No. It translates the operating questions into controls. The current official Regulation and later circulars govern exact wording, dates and exceptions.

Does a successful filing prove compliance?

No. It proves a system transaction. Applicability, approval, timing, disclosure, evidence and investor/client outcome must be tested separately.