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Buy-backs and Delisting · Control 4

Buy-backs and Delisting — Price discovery, valuation and fairness

Apply the prescribed pricing or bidding method and preserve valuation assumptions and market data.

6 July 2026 / 3 September 2025Listed entities, promoters, boards, merchant bankers, exchanges and shareholdersProfessional workflow guide
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Finin2min Summary — in 2 Minutes

Decision: Apply the prescribed pricing or bidding method and preserve valuation assumptions and market data.

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

Practical workflow

  1. Identify the exact price determination and transaction date.
  2. Assign the legal, business and system owner for price determination.
  3. Reconcile approvals, filing evidence and post-event monitoring for price determination.

Who should sign off

board; promoters; merchant banker; compliance officer; exchange; escrow bank; RTA; shareholders

The responsible-person map must match the actual transaction, delegation, committee and system access—not only job titles.

Evidence checklist

  • valuation report
  • market-price data
  • price approval record
  • Applicable legal version, circular and event date.
  • Maker-checker, exception, escalation and post-event reconciliation evidence.

Common failure

Avoid: Selecting assumptions to reach a desired price or ignoring connected trades.

Portal and cross-law boundary

System route

stock exchange mechanism; RTA; depositories; escrow bank

Acknowledgement confirms submission or processing; it does not cure wrong applicability, authority, content or timing.

Other legal owners

Companies Act; LODR; SAST; PIT; tax; Depositories Act

Complete each approval and filing under its own legal regime.

Finin2min Q&A

What is the first document to prepare?

For Buy-backs and Delisting — Price discovery, valuation and fairness, prepare a dated decision memorandum identifying the entity, transaction or service, legal owner, applicable provision, current circulars, responsible persons and unresolved conditions.

Can the official portal decide legal eligibility?

No. The portal applies configured validations. Legal eligibility, facts, approvals, exceptions and evidence remain the responsibility of the regulated persons.

What changes after a later SEBI instrument?

For Buy-backs and Delisting, recheck the effective date, saved actions, open transactions, policies, agreements, forms, system rules, disclosures and client or investor communications affected by this control.