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Letter of OfferR
Letter of OfferR
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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1. SCHEDULE OF THE ACTIVITIES FOR THE BUYBACK OFFER
This Letter of Offer uses certain definitions and abbreviations which, unless the context otherwise indicates or
implies or specified otherwise, shall have the meaning as provided below. References to any legislation, act,
regulation, rules, guidelines or policies shall be to such legislation, act, regulation, rules, guidelines or policies as
amended, supplemented, or re-enacted from time to time and any reference to a statutory provision shall include any
subordinate legislation made from time to time under that provision.
The words and expressions used in this Letter of Offer, but not defined herein shall have the meaning ascribed to
such terms under the Buyback Regulations, the Companies Act, 2013, the Depositories Act, and the rules and
regulations made thereunder.
Term Description
Acceptance Acceptance of Equity Shares, tendered by Eligible Shareholders in the Buyback
Offer
Acquisition Window The facility for acquisition of Equity Shares through mechanism provided by the
Designated Stock Exchange in the form of a separate window in accordance with
the SEBI Circulars
Additional Shares / Additional Additional Equity Shares tendered by an Eligible Shareholder over and above the
Equity Shares Buyback Entitlement of such Equity Shareholder upto the Eligible Equity Shares
Articles/ AOA Articles of Association of the Company
Board Meeting Meeting of the Board of Directors held on December 13, 2018 approving the
proposal for the Buyback Offer
Board/ Board of Directors/ Board of directors of the Company (which term shall, unless repugnant to the
Director(s) context or meaning thereof, be deemed to include a duly authorized „Committee‟
thereof)
BSE BSE Limited
Buyback/ Buyback Buyback of not exceeding 29,76,51,006 (Twenty Nine Crore Seventy Six Lakh
Offer/Offer/ Buyback Offer Fifty One thousand and Six) Equity Shares at a price of `149 (Rupees One
Size Hundred Forty Nine only) per Equity Share for an aggregate consideration not
exceeding `4,435 Crore (Rupees Four Thousand Four Hundred Thirty Five Crore)
Buyback The Buyback Committee of the Board, constituted and authorized for the
Committee/Committee purposes of the Buyback by way of a resolution of the Board dated December 13,
2018
Buyback Entitlement The number of Equity Shares that an Eligible Shareholder is entitled to tender in
the Buyback Offer, based on the number of Equity Shares held by such Eligible
Shareholder on the Record Date and the ratio/percentage of Buyback applicable in
the category to which such Eligible Shareholder belongs
Buyback Opening Date Tuesday, January 22, 2019
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Term Description
Buyback Closing Date Monday, February 4, 2019
Buyback Regulations Securities and Exchange Board of India (Buy-Back of Securities) Regulations,
2018
CDSL Central Depository Services (India) Limited
CIN Corporate Identity Number
Clearing Corporation / ICCL Indian Clearing Corporation Limited
Company/IOCL/ “we” ”us” Indian Oil Corporation Limited, unless the context states otherwise
“ours”
Companies Act, 1956 The Companies Act, 1956, as amended (to the extent applicable)
Companies Act, 2013 The Companies Act, 2013, as amended
Company‟s Broker IDBI Capital Markets & Securities Limited
Depositories Collectively, NSDL and CDSL
Designated Stock Exchange The designated stock exchange for the Buyback, being, BSE
DIN Director Identification Number
Draft Letter of Offer/ Offer The Letter of Offer dated December 18, 2018 filed with SEBI through the
Document/ DLoF Manager to the Buyback Offer, containing disclosures in relation to the Buyback
as specified in Schedule III of the Buyback Regulations
DP Depository Participant
DTAA Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement
Eligible Equity Shares Eligible Equity Shares means the lower of:
(i) Total number of Equity Shares held by an Eligible Shareholder as on the
Record Date; or
(ii) Total number of Equity Shares tendered by an Eligible Shareholder.
Equity Shares/ Shares Fully paid-up equity shares of face value `10/- each of the Company
Equity Shareholders/ Holders of the Equity Shares of the Company and includes beneficial owner(s)
Shareholders thereof
Eligible Shareholder(s) All shareholders / beneficial owner(s) of Equity Shares of the Company as on
Record Date i.e. Tuesday, December 25, 2018.
Escrow Account The escrow account titled “IOCL Escrow Account- Buyback 2018 ” opened with
the Escrow Agent in terms of the Escrow Agreement
Escrow Agent ICICI Bank Limited
Escrow Agreement The escrow agreement dated December 31, 2018 entered into between the
Company, Escrow Agent and the IDBI Capital Markets & Securities Limited
FDI Foreign Direct Investment
FEMA Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999, as amended
FII(s) Foreign Institutional Investor(s)
FPI(s) Foreign Portfolio Investor(s)
Form / Tender Form Form of Acceptance-cum-Acknowledgement to be filled in by the Eligible
Shareholders to participate in the Buyback
Financial Year/Fiscal/FY Period of 12 months ended March 31 of that particular year
GoI Government of India
HUF Hindu Undivided Family
Income Tax Act The Income Tax Act, 1961, as amended
Letter of Offer Letter of Offer dated January 11, 2019 to be filed with SEBI containing
disclosures in relation to the Buyback as specified in the Buyback Regulations,
including comments received from SEBI on the Draft Letter of Offer
LTCG Long-term Capital Gains
Ltd. Limited
Manager / Manager to the IDBI Capital Markets & Securities Limited
Buyback Offer / IDBI Capital
MMTPA Million metric tonne per annum
Non-Resident Shareholders Includes Non-Resident persons and Bodies Corporate, NRI(s), FII(s), FPI(s)
and erstwhile OCBs
NRE Non Residents External
NRI Non Resident Indian
NSDL National Securities Depository Limited
NSE National Stock Exchange of India Limited
OCB Overseas Corporate Bodies
Offer Period / Tendering Period of 10 working days from the date of opening of the Buyback Offer till its
Period closure (both days inclusive)
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Term Description
Offer Price / Buyback Offer Price at which Equity Shares will be bought back from the Eligible Shareholders
Price/ Buyback Price i.e. `149/- (Rupees One Hundred Forty Nine only) per Equity Share, payable in
cash
PAN Permanent Account Number
Promoter/ Promoter Group The President of India acting through Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas,
Government of India
Public Announcement / PA The public announcement dated December 13, 2018 , made in accordance with
the Buyback Regulations, published in Business Standard (English – All
Editions), Business Standard (Hindi – All Editions) and Mumbai Lakshadeep
(Marathi – Mumbai Edition) being regional language daily on December 17, 2018
Ratio of Buyback The ratio of the Buy-back: (i) in case of Small Shareholders, 111 Equity Shares
for every 297 Equity Shares held by such Small Shareholder on the Record Date;
and (ii) for Eligible Shareholders other than Small Shareholders, 24 Equity Shares
for every 910 Equity Shares held by such Eligible Shareholder on the Record Date
RBI Reserve Bank of India
Record Date The date for the purpose of determining the entitlement and the names of the
Equity Shareholders, to whom the Letter of Offer and Tender Form will be sent
and who are eligible to participate in the Buyback Offer in accordance with
Buyback Regulations. This date shall be Tuesday, December 25, 2018
Registrar to the Buyback Karvy Fintech Private Limited
Offer/ Registrar
SEBI Securities and Exchange Board of India
SEBI Circulars Tendering of Equity Shares by Shareholders and settlement of the same, through
the stock exchange mechanism as specified by SEBI in the circular bearing
number CIR/CFD/POLICYCELL/1/2015 dated April 13, 2015 and circular no.
CFD/DCR2/CIR/P/2016/131 dated December 09, 2016
SEBI Listing Regulations The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure
Requirements) Regulations, 2015, as amended
SEBI Takeover Regulations The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Substantial Acquisition of Shares
and Takeovers) Regulations, 2011, as amended
Shareholder Broker A stock broker (who is a member of the BSE and/or NSE) of an Eligible
Shareholder, through whom the Eligible Shareholder wants to participate in the
Buyback
Small Shareholder An Eligible Shareholder, who holds Equity Shares of market value not more than
two lakh rupees, on the basis of closing price on the recognized stock
exchange registering the highest trading volume, as on December 24, 2018 one
day prior to Record Date i.e. Tuesday, December 25, 2018 as the Record Date was
a non trading day
STCG Short-term Capital Gains
Stock Exchanges BSE and NSE, being the stock exchanges where the Equity Shares of the
Company are listed
Tender Form Form of Acceptance-cum-Acknowledgement
Tender Offer Method of buyback as defined in Regulation 2(i)(q) of the Buyback Regulations
TRS Transaction Registration Slip
Working Day Working day shall have the meaning ascribed to it under the Buyback Regulations
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3. DISCLAIMER CLAUSE
As required, a copy of this Letter of Offer has been submitted to Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI).
It is to be distinctly understood that submission of this Letter of Offer to SEBI should not, in any way be deemed
or construed that the same has been cleared or approved by SEBI. SEBI does not take any responsibility either
for the financial soundness of the Company to meet the Buyback commitments or for the correctness of the
statements made or opinions expressed in this Letter of Offer. The Manager to the Buyback Offer, IDBI Capital
Markets & Securities Limited has certified that the disclosures made in this Letter of Offer are generally
adequate and are in conformity with the provisions of the Companies Act, 2013 and the Buyback Regulations.
This requirement is to facilitate Eligible Shareholders to take an informed decision for tendering their Equity
Shares in the Buyback.
It should also be clearly understood that while the Company is primarily responsible for the correctness,
adequacy and disclosure of all relevant information in this Letter of Offer, the Manager to the Buyback Offer is
expected to exercise due diligence to ensure that the Company discharges its duty adequately in this behalf and
towards this purpose. The Manager to the Buyback Offer, IDBI Capital Markets & Securities Limited has
furnished to SEBI a due diligence certificate dated December 18, 2018 in accordance with Buyback Regulations
which reads as follows:
“We have examined various documents and materials contained in the annexure to the Letter of Offer, as part of
the due-diligence carried out by us in connection with the finalization of the Public Announcement dated
December 13, 2018 and the Letter of Offer. On the basis of such examination and the discussions with the
Company, we hereby state that:
The Public Announcement and the Letter of Offer are in conformity with the documents, materials and
papers relevant to the Buyback offer.
All the legal requirements connected with the said Buyback offer including Securities and Exchange Board
of India (Buy-Back of Securities) Regulations, 2018, have been duly complied with.
The disclosures in the Public Announcement and the Letter of Offer are, to the best of our knowledge, true,
fair and adequate in all material respects for the Eligible Shareholders of the Company to make a well
informed decision in respect of the captioned Buyback Offer.
Funds used for Buyback shall be as per the provisions of the Companies Act, 2013, as amended”
The filing of the Draft Letter of Offer with SEBI does not, however, absolve the Company from any liabilities
under the provisions of the Companies Act, 2013 or from the requirement of obtaining such statutory or other
clearances as may be required for the purpose of the proposed Buyback.
Promoter/ Board of Directors declare and confirm that no information/ material likely to have a bearing on the
decision of Eligible Shareholders has been suppressed/ withheld and/ or incorporated in the manner that would
amount to mis-statement/ misrepresentation and in the event of it transpiring at any point of time that any
information/ material has been suppressed/ withheld and/ or amounts to a mis-statement/ mis-representation, the
Promoter/ Board of Directors and the Company shall be liable for penalty in terms of the provisions of the
Companies Act, 2013, Buyback Regulations and other applicable laws and regulations.
Promoter/ Board of Directors also declare and confirm that funds borrowed from the banks and financial
institutions will not be used for the Buyback.
The information contained in this Letter of Offer is exclusively intended for persons who are not US Persons as
such term is defined in Regulations of the US Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and who are not physically
present in the United States of America. This Letter of Offer does not in any way constitute an offer to sell, or an
invitation to sell, any securities in the United States of America or in any other jurisdiction in which such offer or
invitation is not authorized or to any person to whom it is unlawful to make such offer or solicitation. Potential
users of the information contained in this Letter of Offer are requested to inform themselves about and to
observe any such restrictions.
This Letter of Offer together with the Public Announcement that was published in connection with this Buyback,
has been prepared for the purposes of compliance with the Buyback Regulations. Accordingly, the information
disclosed may not be the same as that which would have been disclosed if this document had been prepared in
accordance with the laws and regulations of any jurisdiction outside of India. The Company and the Manager to
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the Buyback are under no obligation to update the information contained herein at any time after the date of this
Letter of Offer. This Letter of Offer does not in any way constitute an offer to sell or an invitation in any form to
subscribe/purchase/ sell, any securities in any jurisdiction in which such offer or invitation is not authorized or to
any person to whom it is unlawful to make such offer or solicitation. Potential users of the information contained
in this Letter of Offer are requested to inform themselves about and to observe any such restrictions.
No action has been or will be taken to permit the Buyback in any jurisdiction where action would be required for
that purpose. The Letter of Offer will be dispatched to all Equity Shareholders whose names appear on the
register of members of the Company, as of the Record Date. However, receipt of the Letter of Offer by any
Equity Shareholder in a jurisdiction in which it would be illegal to make this Offer, or where making this Offer
would require any action to be taken (including, but not restricted to, registration of the Letter of Offer under any
local securities laws), shall not be treated by such Equity Shareholder as an offer being made to them and shall
be construed by them as being sent for information purposes only.
Persons in possession of the Letter of Offer are required to inform themselves of any relevant restrictions in their
respective jurisdictions. Any Equity Shareholder who tenders his, her or its Equity Shares in the Buyback shall
be deemed to have declared, represented, warranted and agreed that he, she or it is authorized under the
provisions of any applicable local laws, rules, regulations and statutes to participate in the Buyback.
This Letter of Offer contains certain forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements generally
can be identified by words or phrases such as „aim‟, „anticipate‟, „believe‟, „expect‟, „estimate‟, „intend‟,
„objective‟, „plan‟, „project‟, „will‟, „will continue‟, „will pursue‟ or other words or phrases of similar import.
Similarly, statements that describe our strategies, objectives, plans or goals are also forward looking statements.
All forward-looking statements are subject to risks, uncertainties and assumptions about us that could cause
actual results to differ materially from those contemplated by the relevant forward-looking statement.
Actual results may differ materially from those suggested by forward-looking statements due to risks or
uncertainties associated with expectations relating to, inter alia, regulatory changes pertaining to the industries in
India in which we operate and our ability to respond to them, our ability to successfully implement our strategy,
our growth and expansion, technological changes, our exposure to market risks, general economic and political
conditions in India which have an impact on its business activities or investments, the monetary and fiscal
policies of India, inflation, deflation, unanticipated turbulence in interest rates, foreign exchange rates, equity
prices or other rates or prices, the performance of the financial markets in India and globally, changes in
domestic laws, regulations and taxes and changes in competition in the industries in which we operate.
The Buyback through Tender Offer was considered and approved by the Board of Directors of the Company at
their meeting held on December 13, 2018. The extracts of the minutes of the Board Meeting are as follows:
“RESOLVED THAT pursuant to the provisions of Section 68, 69, 70 and all other applicable provisions, if any,
of the Companies Act, 2013 as amended (the “Companies Act”), the Companies (Share Capital and Debentures)
Rules, 2014 (the “Share Capital Rules”) to the extent applicable, and in accordance with Article 18A of the
Articles of Association of the Company, and in compliance with the Securities and Exchange Board of India
(Buy-Back of Securities) Regulations, 2018 (the “Buyback Regulations”), and any statutory modification(s) or
re-enactment thereof, for the time being in force and, subject to such other approvals, permissions and sanctions
of Securities and Exchange Board of India (“SEBI”), Ministry of Corporate Affairs (“MCA”) / Registrar of
Companies, Mumbai (“ROC”) and/or other authorities, institutions or bodies (the “Appropriate Authorities”),
as may be necessary and subject to such conditions and modifications as may be prescribed or imposed while
granting such approvals, permissions and sanctions which may be agreed to by the Board of Directors of the
Company (the "Board" which expression shall include any committee constituted by the Board to exercise its
powers, including the powers conferred by this resolution), the Board hereby approves the Buyback of fully
paid-up equity shares of Rs. 10/- each not exceeding 29,76,51,006 (Twenty Nine Crore Seventy Six lakhs Fifty
One thousand and Six only) equity shares (representing approximately 3.06 % of the total number of equity
shares in the paid-up share capital of the Company) at a price of Rs. 149/- (Rupees One Hundred Forty Nine
only) per equity share (the “Buy Back Offer Price”) payable in cash for an aggregate consideration not
exceeding Rs. 4435 Crore (Rupees Four Thousand Four Hundred Thirty Five Crore) (the “Buyback Offer
Size”) being 5% of the aggregate of the fully paid-up equity share capital and free reserves as per the audited
standalone financial statements of the Company for the financial year ended March 31, 2018 which is within the
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statutory limits of 10% (ten percent) of the aggregate of the fully paid-up equity share capital and free reserves
under the Board of Directors approval route as per the provisions of the Companies Act, from the equity
shareholders of the Company, as on the record date, on a proportionate basis, through the Tender Offer route as
prescribed under the Buyback Regulations (hereinafter referred to as the "Buyback").”
“RESOLVED FURTHER THAT the Buyback Offer Size does not include any expenses incurred or to be
incurred for the Buyback like filing fees payable to the SEBI, advisors fees, public announcement
publication expenses, printing and dispatch expenses and other incidental and related expenses.”
“RESOLVED FURTHER THAT approval of the Board be and is hereby accorded to implement, to the extent
legally permissible, the Buyback using the “Mechanism for acquisition of shares through Stock Exchange”
notified by SEBI vide circular CIR/CFD/POLICYCELL/1/2015 dated April 13, 2015 and CFD/DCR2/CIR/P/
2016/131 dated December 09, 2016 and subsequent amendments thereof.”
“RESOLVED FURTHER THAT the Buyback of shares be made out of the Company‟s free reserves and / or
such other sources as may be permitted by law through “Tender Offer” route and as required by the Buyback
Regulations and the Companies Act and that, the Company may Buyback equity shares from all the existing
members holding equity shares of the Company on a proportionate basis, provided 15% (fifteen percent) of the
number of equity shares which the Company proposes to Buyback or number of equity shares entitled as per the
shareholding of small shareholders as on the record date, whichever is higher, shall be reserved for the small
shareholders, as prescribed under the Buyback Regulations.”
“RESOLVED FURTHER THAT confirmation is hereby made by the Board of Directors that:
“RESOLVED FURTHER THAT as required by Clause (x) of Schedule I under Regulation 5 of the Buyback
Regulations, the Board hereby confirms that the Board of Directors have made a full enquiry into the affairs and
prospects of the Company and that based on such inquiry, the Board of Directors has formed an opinion that:
a) Immediately following the date of this Board meeting, there will be no grounds on which the Company
could be found unable to pay its debts;
b) As regards the Company‟s prospects for the year immediately following the date of this Board meeting, and
having regard to the Board‟s intention with respect to the management of Company‟s business during that
year and to the amount and character of the financial resources which will in the Board‟s view be available
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to the Company during that year, the Company will be able to meet its liabilities as and when they fall due
and will not be rendered insolvent within a period of one year from the date of this Board meeting; and
c) In forming an opinion as aforesaid, the Board has taken into account the liabilities, as if the Company was
being wound up under the provisions of the Companies Act, 1956 or Companies Act, 2013 or Insolvency
and Bankruptcy Code 2016, as the case may be, including prospective and contingent liabilities.”
“RESOLVED FURTHER THAT the proposed Buyback be implemented from the existing shareholders
including the Promoter(s) of the Company as have been disclosed under the shareholding pattern filings made by
the Company from time to time under SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations,
2015, as amended and Securities and Exchange Board of India (Substantial Acquisition of Shares and Takeover)
Regulations 2011, as amended (“SEBI Takeover Regulations”) as the Board may consider appropriate, from
out of its free reserves and/or Surplus in the statement of profit and loss and/or such other sources or by such
mechanisms as may be permitted by Law, and on such terms and conditions as the Board may decide from time
to time, and in the absolute discretion of the Board, as it may deem fit.”
“RESOLVED FURTHER THAT the draft of the Declaration of Solvency prepared in the prescribed form and
supporting affidavit, placed before the meeting be and is hereby approved and Chairman and Director (Finance)
be and are hereby authorized to finalise and sign the same, for and on behalf of the Board, and Company
Secretary be and is hereby authorised to file the same with the ROC and the SEBI.”
“RESOLVED FURTHER THAT the Buyback from shareholders who are persons resident outside India
including the Foreign Institutional Investors, Overseas Corporate Bodies, if any, shall be subject to such
approvals, if, and to the extent necessary or required including approvals from Reserve Bank of India under
Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999 as amended and the rules and regulations framed there under, if any.”
“RESOLVED FURTHER THAT no information / material likely to have a bearing on the decision of the
investors has been suppressed/ withheld and/ or incorporated in the manner that would amount to mis-statement/
misrepresentation and in the event of it transpiring at any point of time that any information/ material has been
suppressed/ withheld and/ or amounts to mis-statement/ misrepresentation, the Board and the Company shall be
liable for penalty in terms of the provisions of the Companies Act and Buyback Regulations.”
“RESOLVED FURTHER THAT the approval of Board be and is hereby accorded for appointment of IDBI
Capital Markets & Securities Limited as Manager to the Buyback and for other services related to the Buyback
at such fees and other terms & conditions as mutually agreed with them.”
“RESOLVED FURTHER THAT approval of the Board be and is hereby accorded for constitution of a
Committee comprising Chairman, Director (Finance) and Director (Human Resources) (“Buyback Committee”)
to do all such acts, deeds, matters and things as it may, in its absolute discretion deem necessary, expedient,
usual or proper, as the Buyback Committee may consider to be in the best interests of the shareholders, including
but not limited to:
a) finalising the remuneration of IDBI Capital for services in relation to the Buyback based on the estimated
fee as outlined in the Agenda;
b) appoint any intermediaries / agencies / persons as may be required for the purposes of the Buyback and
decide and settle the remuneration for all such intermediaries / agencies/ persons, including by the payment
of commission, brokerage, fee, charges etc.
c) approving the Buyback public announcement, draft letter of offer/ letter of offer
d) approving the date of opening and closing of Buyback, acceptances of shares tendered by the shareholders in
the Buyback;
e) approving extinguishment of dematerialized shares and physical destruction of share certificates as required
under applicable law;
f) sign and execute such other documents, deeds and writings as may be necessary for the implementation of
the Buyback
g) to give such directions as may be necessary or desirable and to settle any questions or difficulties
whatsoever that may arise in relation to the Buyback.
h) to delegate all or any of the authorities conferred on them to any Director(s)/ Officer(s)/ Authorized
Signatory(ies)/ Representative(ies) of the Company.
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i) to do all such acts as it may, in its absolute discretion deem necessary, expedient or proper for the
implementation of the Buyback.
The Company Secretary shall act as the Secretary to the Buyback Committee.”
“RESOLVED FURTHER THAT approval of the Board be and is hereby accorded for fixing Tuesday, 25 th
December 2018 as the Record Date for ascertaining the eligibility of the Shareholders to participate in the
Buyback of equity shares of the Company.”
“RESOLVED FURTHER THAT in terms of Regulation 24(iii) of the Buyback Regulations, Company
Secretary be and is hereby appointed as the Compliance Officer for the Buyback.”
“RESOLVED FURTHER THAT nothing contained herein shall confer any right on any shareholder to offer
and/ or any obligation on the Company or the Board or the Buyback Committee to Buyback any shares and / or
impair any power of the Company or the Board or the Buyback Committee to terminate any process in relation
to such Buyback, if so permissible by Law.”
“RESOLVED FURTHER THAT the Company shall maintain a register of shares bought back wherein details
of equity shares bought back, consideration paid for the equity shares bought back, date of cancellation of equity
shares and date of extinguishing and physically destroying of equity shares and such other particulars as may be
prescribed, shall be entered and that the Company Secretary of the Company be and is hereby authorised to
authenticate the entries made in the said register.”
“RESOLVED FURTHER THAT any of the Directors of the Company and /or the Company Secretary , be and
are hereby severally authorized to file necessary e-forms with the Ministry of Corporate Affairs / Registrar of
Companies, Mumbai and any other statutory authority and to do all such acts, deeds and things as may be
necessary to give effect to the above resolutions.”
In accordance with the provisions of Regulation 7(i) of the Buyback Regulations, the Company has made a
Public Announcement dated December 13, 2018 in relation to the Buyback which was published on December
17, 2018 in the following newspapers. The Public Announcement was issued within two working days from the
date of the passing of the resolution in the meeting of Board of Director for the Buyback i.e., December 13,
2018.
Publication Language Editions
Business Standard English All
Business Standard Hindi All
Mumbai Lakshadeep Marathi Mumbai
The Company will publish further notices or corrigenda, if any, in the above mentioned newspapers.
A copy of the Public Announcement is available on the SEBI website at www.sebi.gov.in and the website of the
Company i.e. www.iocl.com.
The Board of Directors of Indian Oil Corporation Limited on December 13, 2018 passed a resolution to buyback
Equity Shares of the Company not exceeding 29,76,51,006 (Twenty Nine Crore Seventy Six Lakh Fifty One
thousand and Six) fully paid-up Equity Shares of face value `10/- each from all the existing shareholders /
beneficial owners of Equity Shares of the Company as on Record Date, on a proportionate basis, through the
“Tender Offer” process, at a price of `149/- (Rupees One Hundred Forty Nine only) per Equity Share payable
in cash, for an aggregate consideration not exceeding of `4,435 Crore (Rupees Four Thousand Four Hundred
Thirty Five Crore only).
The Buyback is in accordance with the provisions of Article 18A of the Articles of Association of the Company,
Section 68, 69, 70 and all other applicable provisions if any, of the Companies Act, 2013, as amended, the
Companies (Share Capital and Debentures) Rules, 2014 (the “Share Capital Rules”) and the provisions
contained in the Buyback Regulations.
The Buyback is subject to approvals as may be necessary, from time to time from statutory authorities including
but not limited to SEBI and Stock Exchanges.
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The Buyback Offer Size being 5.00% of the aggregate of the fully paid-up equity share capital and free reserves
as per the audited standalone financial statements of the Company for the financial year ended March 31, 2018
(the last audited financial statements available as on the date of the Board Meeting approving the Buyback) and
is within the statutory limits of 10% of the aggregate of the fully paid-up equity share capital and free reserves as
per audited financial statements of the Company under the Board of Directors approval route as per the
provisions of the Companies Act, 2013.The maximum number of Equity Shares proposed to be bought back
represents 3.06% of the total number of Equity Shares in the issued, subscribed and paid-up equity share capital
of the Company.
The fully paid up equity share capital and free reserves based on consolidated financials for the
financial year ended March 31, 2018, are as under:
The maximum amount required by the Company for the said Buyback will not exceed `4,435 Crore (Rupees
Four Thousand Four Hundred Thirty Five Crore only) and is within permitted limits.
The funds for the Buyback will be met out of internally generated cash resources of the Company. The Company
shall transfer from its free reserves a sum equal to the nominal value of the Equity Shares bought back through
the Buyback to the Capital Redemption Reserve Account and the details of such transfer shall be disclosed in its
subsequent audited balance sheet. The Company confirms that as required under Section 68(2)(d) of the
Companies Act, 2013 and Regulation 4(ii) of Buyback Regulations, the ratio of the aggregate of secured and
unsecured debts owed by the Company shall not be more than twice the paid-up capital and free reserves after
the Buyback.
The Buyback shall be on a proportionate basis from all the Equity Shareholders of the Company through the
“Tender Offer” process, as prescribed under Regulation 4(iv)(a) of the Buyback Regulations. Additionally, the
Buyback shall be, subject to applicable laws, facilitated by tendering of Equity Shares by such Shareholders and
settlement of the same, through the stock exchange mechanism as specified in SEBI Circulars.
The Buyback Offer Size does not include any other expenses incurred or to be incurred for the Buyback like
SEBI filing fees, Stock Exchanges fees, advisors fees, Public Announcement publication expenses, printing &
dispatch expenses and other incidental & related expenses.
The shareholding of the Promoter of the Company as on the date of Public Announcement (i.e. December 13,
2018) is as follows:
Except as disclosed below, no shares in the Company were either purchased or sold by the Promoter during a
period of six months preceding the date of the Board Meeting at which the Buyback was approved.
Pursuant to the proposed Buyback and depending on the response to the Buyback, the voting rights of the
Promoter in the Company may increase or decrease from the existing 54.06% holding in the total paid-up
equity share capital of the Company as on date of the Board Meeting i.e. December 13, 2018. The Promoter of
the Company is already in control over the Company and therefore such increase/decrease in voting rights of
the Promoter will not result in any change in control over the Company.
Post Buyback, the non-promoter shareholding of the Company may increase or decrease from the existing
45.94 % of the post Buyback equity share capital of the Company. The non-promoter holding shall not fall
below the minimum level required as per listing conditions/SEBI Listing Regulations.
The Buyback is in accordance with the provisions of Article 18A of the Articles of Association of the
Company, Section 68, 69, 70 and all other applicable provisions if any, of the Companies Act, 2013 as
amended, the Companies (Share Capital and Debenture) Rules, 2014 and the provisions contained in the
Buyback Regulations.
The Buyback is subject to approvals as may be necessary, from time to time from statutory authorities
including but not limited to SEBI and Stock Exchanges.
The Board of Directors at their meeting on December 13, 2018 passed a resolution approving buyback of
Equity Shares of the Company.
The Buyback would help in improving return on equity, by reduction in the equity base, thereby leading to long
term increase in shareholders‟ value.
9.1 We believe the Buyback is not likely to cause any material impact on the profitability/ earnings of the
Company. Assuming there is full response to the Buyback to the extent of 100%, the funds deployed by the
Company towards the Buyback would be `4,435 Crore (Rupees Four Thousand Four Hundred Thirty Five
Crore only) excluding transaction costs viz. brokerage, applicable taxes such as securities transaction tax,
GST, stamp duty, etc.).
9.2 We believe the Buyback will not in any manner impair the ability of the Company to pursue growth
opportunities or meet its cash requirements for business operations. The Buyback is expected to contribute
to the overall enhancement of shareholder value and result in an increase in the return on equity of the
Company.
9.3 In terms of the Buyback Regulations, under the Tender Offer process, the promoter and promoter group of
the Company has the option to participate in the Buyback. In this regards, Promoter have expressed their
intention, vide its letter dated December 13, 2018, to participate in the Buyback and tenders upto
29,76,51,006 (Twenty Nine Crore Seventy Six Lakh Fifty One Thousand and Six) Equity Shares of the
Company in the Buyback.
The Buyback of Equity Shares will not result in a change in control or otherwise affect the existing
management structure of the Company.
9.4 Since the entire shareholding of the Promoter is in demat mode, the details of the date and price of
acquisition/ sale of entire Equity Shares that the Promoter has acquired/sold till date as per the information
provided by the Promoter vide its letter dated December 13, 2018, are set-out below:
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Date of No. of Equity Acquisition / Sale Nature of Transaction / Consideration
Transaction Shares Consideration
(` in Crore)
December 23, 1959 225 0.02 Subscription to the memorandum
March 8, 1961 5,500 0.55 Further allotment to the President of India
May 25, 1961 1,225 0.12 Further allotment to the President of India
October 28, 1961 7,600 0.76 Further allotment to the President of India
November 20, 1961 1,675 0.17 Further allotment to the President of India
December 31, 1961 2,000 0.20 Further allotment to the President of India
January 28, 1962 4,400 0.44 Further allotment to the President of India
March 3, 1962 2,550 0.26 Further allotment to the President of India
April 12, 1962 4,550 0.46 Further allotment to the President of India
April 26, 1963 2,500 0.25 Further allotment to the President of India
June 26, 1963 5,455 0.55 Further allotment to the President of India
September 25, 5,500 0.55
Further allotment to the President of India
1963
November 4, 1963 2,545 0.25 Further allotment to the President of India
December 14,1963 2,000 0.20 Further allotment to the President of India
May 2, 1964 2,000 0.20 Further allotment to the President of India
June 29,1964 1,360 0.14 Further allotment to the President of India
August 3,1964 9,000 0.90 Further allotment to the President of India
September 18,1964 6,040 0.60 Further allotment to the President of India
September 18,1964 37,695 Other than cash Allotment of shares to the President of India upon
amalgamation of Indian Refineries Limited As
contained in the Petroleum Company Amalgamation
Order, 1964
September 18,1964 1 Other than cash Allotted to Government Official upon amalgamation of
Indian Refineries Limited as contained in the
Petroleum Company Amalgamation Order, 1964.
September 18,1964 1 Other than cash Allotted to Government Official upon amalgamation of
Indian Refineries Limited As contained in the
Petroleum Company Amalgamation Order, 1964
January 14,1965 3,38,800 Other than cash Allotment of shares to the President of India upon
amalgamation of Indian Refineries Limited As
contained in the Petroleum Company Amalgamation
Order, 1964
April 17,1965 1,00,000 10.00 Further allotment to the President of India
June 7,1965 2,800 0.28 Further allotment to the President of India
July 31,1965 27,000 2.70 Further allotment to the President of India
July 31,1965 10,000 1.00 Further allotment to the President of India
July 31,1965 20,000 2.00 Further allotment to the President of India
September 30,1965 19,700 1.97 Further allotment to the President of India
September 30,1965 20,000 2.00 Further allotment to the President of India
January 31,1966 10,800 1.08 Further allotment to the President of India
August 20,1966 4,200 0.42 Further allotment to the President of India
September 24,1966 1,400 0.14 Further allotment to the President of India
November 26,1966 1,400 0.14 Further allotment to the President of India
March 10,1967 9,700 0.97 Further allotment to the President of India
April 29,1967 41,150 4.12 Further allotment to the President of India
July 21,1977 1,10,000 11.00 Further allotment to the President of India
January 16,1982 4,10,386 Other than cash Bonus issue in the ratio of 1:2
Pursuant to the stock split with effect from September 8, 1994 equity shares in the ratio of 100:1 i.e. sub division of 1 fully
paid up equity share of face value of `1,000 each into 100 fully paid up equity share of face value of `10/- each, the
shareholding of the Promoter stood revised from 12,31,158 Equity Shares of face value of ₹ 1000 each to 12,31,15,800
Equity Shares of face value of ₹10/- each.
September 8, 1994 24,62,31,600 Other than cash Bonus issue in the ratio of 2:1
March 22, 1995 (1,43,63,150) 1023.34 Disinvestment by President of India
May 17, 1995 (63,700) 4.73 Disinvestment by President of India
October 13, 1995 (500) 0.04 Disinvestment by President of India
May 25, 1995 (76,100) 5.54 Disinvestment by President of India
December 30,1996 (300) 0.02 Disinvestment by President of India
July 8, 1999 (3,54,84,365) 1371.75 Disinvestment by President of India in favor of ONGC
September 2, 1999 31,93,59,285 Other than cash Bonus issue in the ratio of 1:1
September 6,2003 31,93,59,285 Other than cash Bonus issue in the ratio of 1:2
November 1, 2009 95,80,77,855 Other than cash Bonus issue in the ratio of 1:1
March 14, 2014 (24,27,95,248) 5,341.49 Disinvestment by President of India in favor of ONGC
and OIL India Limited
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Date of No. of Equity Acquisition / Sale Nature of Transaction / Consideration
Transaction Shares Consideration
(` in Crore)
March 27, 2014 (83,94,900) 202.97 Transfer of shares to CPSE ETF*
August 24, 2015 (24,27,95,248) 9,396.18 Disinvestment by Offer for sale**
April 10, 2015 (20,267) Other than cash Transferred to CPSE ETF as loyalty units
May 31, 2016 (71,39,518) 262.42 Disinvestment – OFS of shares to employees***
October 20, 2016 1,41,50,10,529 Other than cash Bonus issue in the ratio of 1:1
January 25, 2017 (3,32,76,129) 1,117.92 Transfer of shares to CPSE ETF*
March 22, 2017 (1,24,64,272) 449.11 Transfer of shares to CPSE ETF*
November 24, 2017 (1,75,62,435) 669.05 Transfer of shares to Bharat 22 ETF****
March 19, 2018 2,76,67,18,222 Other than cash Bonus issue in the ratio of 1:1
June 29, 2018 (2,18,90,396) 358.98 Transfer of shares to Bharat 22 ETF****
December 4, 2018 (26,13,74,221) 3,354.81 Transfer of shares to CPSE ETF*
Total 5,25,01,71,827
Note:
* The sale of such equity shares of the company was carried out through transfer of shares to CPSE ETF
**The sale of such equity shares of the Company was carried out through the Offer for Sale Mechanism on BSE
and NSE on price priority basis at multiple clearing prices. The floor price was `387 (Rupees Three Hundred and
Eighty Seven only) per equity share
*** The sale of such equity shares of the Company was carried out through the Offer for Sale to eligible employee
at a price of ` 367.65 (Rupees Three Hundred Sixty Seven and Sixty Five paise only) per share
****The sale of such equity shares of the company was carried out through transfer of shares to Bharat 22 ETF.
9.5 Assuming that the Promoter, tenders upto 29,76,51,006 (Twenty Nine Crore Seventy Six Lakh Fifty One
thousand and Six) Equity Shares in the Buyback (in accordance with the declaration provided by them) and
if
All the public Shareholders participate upto their entitlement (full acceptance), then the aggregate
shareholding of the Promoter, post Buyback will increase from 54.06% (i.e. as on Record Date) to
54.30% and the aggregate shareholding of the public in the Company shall decrease from 45.94% to
45.70% of the post Buyback equity share capital of the Company; or
None of the public shareholders participate, then the aggregate shareholding of the Promoter, post
Buyback will decrease from 54.06% (i.e. as on Record Date) to 52.61% and the aggregate shareholding
of the public in the Company shall increase from 45.94%(i.e. as on Record Date) to 47.39% of the post
Buyback equity share capital of the Company.
9.6 Consequent to the Buyback and based on the number of Equity Shares bought back from the Non-Resident
Shareholders, FIIs, FPIs, Indian financial institutions, banks, mutual funds and the public including
other bodies corporate, the shareholding pattern of the Company would undergo a change. The FIIs/ FPIs
are advised to ensure that their investment in the Company continue to be within the limit prescribed under
applicable laws, post completion of the Buyback.
9.7 The debt-equity ratio post Buyback will be compliant with the permissible limit of 2:1 prescribed by Section
68 of the Companies Act and Regulation 4(ii) of the Buyback Regulations, even if the response to the
Buyback is to the extent of 100% (full acceptance).
9.8 In compliance with regulation 24(i)(b) of the Buyback Regulations the Company shall not issue any equity
shares or other securities (including by way of bonus) till the date of closure of the Buyback.
9.9 The Company shall not raise further capital for a period of one year from the closure of Buyback Offer
except in discharge of its subsisting obligations.
9.10 Salient financial parameters consequent to the Buyback based on the audited standalone and consolidated
financial statements as on March 31, 2018 of the Company are as under:
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Parameters Standalone Consolidated
Pre- Buyback Post-Buyback* Pre- Buyback Post-Buyback*
P/E as per the latest audited 7.84 7.60 NA NA
financial results
* Assuming full acceptance of Equity Shares in the Buyback offer in the ratio of Buyback
Note:
1. Net worth = Equity Capital + Reserves & Surplus – Miscellaneous Expenditure.
2. Total Debt = Long Term Borrowing + Short Term Borrowings + Current Maturities of Long Term Borrowings.
Earnings per Share- Basic (`) Net Profit attributable to equity shareholders / Weighted average number of
Shares outstanding during the year (Net of Trust Shares)
Book Value per Share (`) (Paid up Equity Share Capital + Reserves and Surplus) / No of Equity Shares
Subscribed (Net of Trust Shares)
Return on Net worth excluding Net Profit After Tax / Net Worth excluding revaluation reserves
revaluation reserves (%)
Debt- Equity Ratio Total Debt / Net Worth
P/E ratio Closing price on NSE as on March 28, 2018* (i.e. `176.60) / Earnings per share
*Last trading day in Financial Year 2018
10.1 The Buyback price of `149/- (Rupees One Hundred Forty Nine only) per Equity Share has been arrived at
after considering various factors such as the average closing prices of the Equity Shares on the Stock
Exchanges where the Equity Shares of the Company are listed, the net-worth of the Company and the
impact of the Buyback on the key financial ratios of the Company.
10.2 The Buyback Offer Price of `149/- (Rupees One Hundred Forty Nine only) per Equity Share represents (i)
a premium of 5.91% on BSE and 5.90% on NSE over the average of volume weighted average price of
the Equity Shares on BSE and NSE respectively for 3 months preceding the date of intimation to the BSE
and NSE for the Board Meeting to consider the proposal of the Buyback ; (ii) premium of 10.86% on BSE
and 10.84% on NSE over the average of volume weighted average price of the equity Shares on BSE and
NSE respectively for 2 weeks preceding the date of intimation to the BSE and NSE for the Board Meeting
to consider the proposal of the Buyback; (iii) premium of 15.01% on BSE and 14.84% on NSE over the
closing market price of the Equity Shares on BSE and NSE one day prior to the intimation to BSE and
NSE i.e. December 7, 2018, as the date of intimation to the Stock Exchanges was a non trading day.
10.3 For trends in the market price of the Equity Shares, please refer to paragraph 16 (Stock Market Data) of
this Letter of Offer.
10.4 The closing market price of the Equity Shares one day prior to the intimation to BSE and NSE for the
Board Meeting for considering the Buyback was `129.55 and `129.75 respectively as the date of
intimation to the Stock Exchanges was a non trading day.
10.5 The book value of the Company pre-Buyback as on March 31, 2018 was `116.23 and `120.14 on
Standalone and Consolidated financial respectively which will decreases to `115.17 and `119.20 post
Buyback Offer on Standalone and Consolidated financial respectively as mentioned in point 9.10 of this
Letter of Offer.
10.6 The earning per share of the Company pre-Buyback as on March 31, 2018 was `22.52 and `23.41 on
Standalone and Consolidated financial respectively which will increase to`23.52 and `24.17 post
Buyback Offer on Standalone and Consolidated financial respectively as mentioned in point 9.10 of this
Letter of Offer.
10.7 The Return on Net worth of the Company pre Buyback as on March 31, 2018 was 19.38% and 19.49% on
Standalone and Consolidated financial respectively which will increase to 20.19% and 20.28%
respectively as mentioned in point 9.10 of this Letter of Offer.
11.1 Assuming full acceptance, the funds that would be employed by the Company for the purpose of the
Buyback of 29,76,51,006 (Twenty Nine Crore Seventy Six Lakh Fifty One thousand and Six) Equity Shares
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at a price of `149 (Rupees One Hundred Forty Nine only) per Equity Share would be `4,435 Crore (Rupees
Four Thousand Four Hundred Thirty Five Crore only)(excluding transaction costs viz. brokerage, applicable
taxes such as securities transaction tax, GST, stamp duty, etc.).
11.2 The Buyback shall be made out of the free reserves of the Company as at March 31, 2018 (i.e. the last
audited standalone financial statements available as on the date of Board Meeting recommending the
proposal of the Buyback). The Company shall transfer from its free reserves a sum equal to the nominal
value of the Equity Shares bought back through the Buyback to the Capital Redemption Reserve Account
and the details of such transfer shall be disclosed in its subsequent audited balance sheet.
11.3 The fund requirement for the Buyback will be met out of internally generated cash resources of the
Company. The Company does not intend to raise additional debt for the explicit purposes of the Buyback.
Accordingly, borrowed funds will not be used for the Buyback. However, if required, the Company may
borrow funds in the ordinary course of its business.
11.4 This Buyback is not likely to cause any material impact on the earnings of the Company.
12. DETAILS OF THE ESCROW ACCOUNT AND THE AMOUNT TO BE DEPOSITED THEREIN
12.1 In accordance with Regulation 9(xi) of the Buyback Regulations, an Escrow Agreement has been entered
into amongst the Company, the Manager to the Buyback and the Escrow Agent on December 31, 2018.
12.2 In accordance with the Buyback Regulations, the Company has opened an Escrow Account in the name and
style “IOCL Escrow Account- Buyback 2018 ” bearing account number 000405118296 with the Escrow
Agent, namely, ICICI Bank Limited having its registered office situated at ICICI Bank Tower, Near Chakli
Circle, Old Padra Road, Vadodara, Gujarat-390007, acting though its branch situated at Capital Market
Division, 122, 1st Floor, Mistry Bhavan, Dinshaw Vaccha Road, Backbay Reclamation, Churchgate,
Mumbai- 400 020. In accordance with Regulation 9(xi) of the Buyback Regulations, the Company proposes
to deposit applicable amount in the Escrow Account and will make a deposit of Oil Marketing Companies‟
Government of India Special Bonds with appropriate margin with the Manager before the Buyback Opening
Date. In accordance with the Buyback Regulations, the Manager to the Buyback will be empowered to
operate such Escrow Account and realise the value of special oil bonds by sale or otherwise and if there is
any deficit on realisation of the value of the special oil bonds, the Manager shall be liable to make good any
such deficit.
12.3 M/s S K Mehta & Co., Chartered Accountants (Firm Reg. No. 000478N) having registered office at 504,
Kirti Mahal 19 Rajendra Place, New Delhi-110008, India Contact Person: Rohit Mehta (Membership No.
091382), Tel.: 011 25813879 have certified, vide their certificate dated December 13, 2018, that the
Company has adequate financial resources for fulfilling all obligations under the Buyback Offer.
12.4 Based on the above certificate, the Manager to the Buyback Offer has satisfied itself about the ability of the
Company to implement the Buyback Offer in accordance with the Buyback Regulations.
13.2 The Company has not bought back any Equity Shares during the 3 years preceding the date of Public
Announcement (i.e. December 13, 2018).
13.3 The Company has not undertaken any Buyback since incorporation.
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13.4 The Company is in compliance with the Regulation 4(v) of SEBI (Buy-back of Securities) Regulations,
2018 and further comply with the same.
13.5 As on the date of the Public Announcement (i.e. December 13, 2018), there are no outstanding preference
shares, partly paid-up Equity Shares or outstanding convertible instruments or calls in arrears.
13.6 The shareholding pattern of the Company pre-Buyback, as on record date i.e. Tuesday, December 25, 2018,
as well as the post Buyback (assuming full acceptance of the Buyback) shareholding, is as shown below:
Pre-Buyback Post-Buyback*
Particulars No. of Equity %of the No. of Equity % of the post
Shares existing Equity Shares Buyback
Share Capital Equity Share
Capital
Promoter 5,25,01,71,827 54.06 5,11,16,95,811 54.30
Foreign Investors (including Non 54,56,64,256 5.62 4,30,24,63,111 45.70
Resident Indians, FIIs, FPIs and
Foreign Mutual Funds)
Financial Institutions/ Banks/ 1,37,19,28,544 14.13
Mutual Funds promoted by Banks/
Institutions
Other (public, public bodies 2,54,40,45,301 26.20
corporate etc.)
Total 9,71,18,09,928 100 9,41,41,58,922 100.00
*Assuming full acceptance of Equity Shares in the Buyback Offer in the Ratio of Buyback
13.7 Assuming the Promoter tenders 29,76,51,006 (Twenty Nine Crore Seventy Six Lakh Fifty One thousand and
Six) Equity Shares in the Buyback (in accordance with the declaration provided by them), the aggregate
shareholding of the Promoter, post Buyback will increase to 54.30% of the post Buyback equity share
capital of the Company, if all the public Shareholders participate upto their entitlement (full acceptance) and
will reduce to 52.61% of the post Buyback equity share capital of the Company if none of the public
shareholders participate in the Buyback Offer.
13.8 Except as disclosed below, no shares in the Company were either purchased or sold by the Promoter during
the period of six months preceding the date of the Board Meeting at which the Buyback was approved i.e.
December 13, 2018.
Subsequent to the date of Board Meeting, till the date of this Letter of Offer, the Promoter of the Company
has not entered into any transactions in relation to the Equity Shares of the Company.
13.9 Except as disclosed in paragraph 13.6, no Equity Shares have been purchased/ sold/ transferred by the
Promoter of the Company during the period of twelve months preceding the date of the Public
Announcement (i.e. December 13, 2018).
13.10 There is no pending scheme of amalgamation or compromise or arrangement pursuant to any provisions of
the Companies Act, 2013.
13.11 The Company shall not issue any Equity Shares including by way of bonus, from the date of the Public
Announcement till the date of closure of this Buyback.
14.1 The Company was incorporated on June 30, 1959 as Indian Oil Company Limited, a public limited company
under the Companies Act, 1956. The name of the Company changed to Indian Oil Corporation Limited with
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effect from September 1, 1964 pursuant to amalgamation of Indian Refineries Limited with Indian Oil
Company Limited. The Company‟s registered office is situated at Indian Oil Bhavan, G-9, Ali Yavar Jung
Marg, Bandra (East), Mumbai- 400 051, India.
14.2 The Company is a Schedule “A” Central Public Sector Enterprise, under the administrative control of the
Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, Government of India has been conferred with “Maharatna” status by
the Government of India in May 2010.
14.3 Company's core business has been refining, transportation and marketing of petroleum products. In line with
India's growing energy demand, the Company has over the years expanded its operations across the
hydrocarbon value chain - upstream into oil & gas exploration & production and downstream into
petrochemicals, besides diversifying into natural gas and alternative energy resources. The Company owns
and operates 11 (including two of its subsidiary) of India‟s 23 refineries with a combined refining capacity
of 80.70 MMTPA, accounting for 33 % of India‟s domestic refining capacity as of March 31, 2018. The
Company purchases crude oil which it then refines at its refineries prior to distributing the refined petroleum
products to its customers through its network of product pipelines. As of March 31, 2018, Company had a
total pipeline network of around 13,400 km which comprised of a product pipeline network of around 8,000
km, a crude pipeline network of around 5,300 km and a gas pipeline network of 140 km. In addition, the
Company had over 44% domestic market share of petroleum products sales in India for fiscal year 2018.
The Company operates one of the largest petroleum marketing and distribution networks in Asia and the
largest petrol and diesel station networks in India. The Company is also engaged in other businesses, such as
the manufacture and sale of petrochemical products, E&P of crude oil/gas and distribution of natural gas.
14.4 Energy will be a critical component of the Indian growth story. India is expected to have the fastest growth
rates of energy over the long term. Being the flagship energy company of India, this puts the Company in a
position which is plush with growth opportunities. The Company has sizeable investment plans across the
energy value chain to service the growing energy needs to the growing Indian economy. The Company has
ambitious plans to double its capital expenditure over the next five to seven years. A major chunk of
investment is directed to fuel quality upgradation projects and brown-field refinery expansions along with
associated pipeline and marketing facilities to meet the growing fuel demand in the country through cleaner
fuels. In addition to this, the Corporation also has plans in place for sizeable investments in Petrochemicals,
E&P and Gas along with Wind & Solar Power projects. In addition, plans for concomitant investments in
distribution and marketing infrastructure are afoot to cater to the growing demand.
14.5 The Equity Shares of the Company are listed on BSE and NSE since August 9, 1995 and July 24, 1996
respectively.
14.6 Details of changes in share capital of the Company since incorporation are as follows:
Date of No. of Equity Face Issue Considerat Cumulative No. Equity Share Cumulative
Issue/ Shares Value price ion in of Equity Capital (`) Equity Share
Allotment (`) (`) Cash/ Shares Capital (`)
other than
cash
December 225 1,000 1,000 Cash 225 2,25,000 2,25,000
23, 1959
March 8, 5,500 1,000 1,000 Cash 5,725 55,00,000 57,25,000
1961
May 25, 1,225 1,000 1,000 Cash 6,950 12,25,000 69,50,000
1961
October 28, 7,600 1,000 1,000 Cash 14,550 76,00,000 1,45,50,000
1961
November 1,675 1,000 1,000 Cash 16,225 16,75,000 1,62,25,000
20, 1961
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Date of No. of Equity Face Issue Considerat Cumulative No. Equity Share Cumulative
Issue/ Shares Value price ion in of Equity Capital (`) Equity Share
Allotment (`) (`) Cash/ Shares Capital (`)
other than
cash
June 26, 5,455 1,000 1,000 Cash 37,680 54,55,000 3,76,80,000
1963
September 5,500 1,000 1,000 Cash 43,180 55,00,000 4,31,80,000
25, 1963
November 2,545 1,000 1,000 Cash 45,725 25,45,000 4,57,25,000
4, 1963
December 2,000 1,000 1,000 Cash 47,725 20,00,000 4,77,25,000
14, 1963
May 2, 1964 2,000 1,000 1,000 Cash 49,725 20,00,000 4,97,25,000
June 29, 1,360 1,000 1,000 Cash 51,085 13,60,000 5,10,85,000
1964
August 3, 9,000 1,000 1,000 Cash 60,085 90,00,000 6,00,85,000
1964
September 6,040 1,000 1,000 Cash 66,125 60,40,000 6,61,25,000
18, 1964
September 1 1,000 N.A Other than 66,126 1,000 6,61,26,000
18, 1964(1) cash
September 1 1,000 N.A Other than 66,127 1,000 6,61,27,000
18, 1964(2) cash
September 37,695 1,000 N.A Other than 1,03,822 3,76,95,000 10,38,22,000
18, 1964(3) cash
January 14, 338,800 1,000 N.A Other than 4,42,622 33,88,00,000 44,26,22,000
1965(4) cash
April 17, 1,00,000 1,000 1,000 Cash 5,42,622 10,00,00,000 54,26,22,000
1965
June 7, 1965 2,800 1,000 1,000 Cash 5,45,422 28,00,000 54,54,22,000
July 31, 27,000 1,000 1,000 Cash 5,72,422 2,70,00,000 57,24,22,000
1965
July 31, 10,000 1,000 1,000 Cash 5,82,422 1,00,00,000 58,24,22,000
1965
July 31, 20,000 1,000 1,000 Cash 6,02,422 2,00,00,000 60,24,22,000
1965
September 19,700 1,000 1,000 Cash 6,22,122 1,97,00,000 62,21,22,000
30, 1965
September 20,000 1,000 1,000 Cash 6,42,122 2,00,00,000 64,21,22,000
30, 1965
January 31, 10,800 1,000 1,000 Cash 6,52,922 1,08,00,000 65,29,22,000
1966
May 14, 1,000 1,000 N.A Other than 6,53,922 10,00,000 65,39,22,000
1966(5) cash
August 20, 4,200 1,000 1,000 Cash 6,58,122 42,00,000 65,81,22,000
1966
September 1,400 1,000 1,000 Cash 6,59,522 14,00,000 65,95,22,000
24, 1966
November 1,400 1,000 1,000 Cash 6,60,922 14,00,000 66,09,22,000
26, 1966
March 10, 9,700 1,000 1,000 Cash 6,70,622 97,00,000 67,06,22,000
1967
April 29, 41,150 1,000 1,000 Cash 7,11,772 4,11,50,000 71,17,72,000
1967
July 21, 1,10,000 1,000 1,000 Cash 8,21,772 11,00,00,000 82,17,72,000
1977
January 16, 4,10,886 1,000 NA Other than 12,32,658 41,08,86,000 1,23,26,58,000
1982(6) cash
September - 10 10 Stock Split 12,32,65,800 - 1,23,26,58,000
8, 1994(7)
September 24,65,31,600 10 10 Other than 36,97,97,400 2,46,53,16,000 3,69,79,74,000
8, 1994(8) cash
April 6, 1,95,40,000 10 100 ESOP 38,93,37,400 19,54,00,000 3,89,33,74,000
1995
September 38,93,37,400 10 NA Other than 77,86,74,800 3,89,33,74,000 7,78,67,48,000
2, 1999(9) cash
September 38,93,37,400 10 NA Other than 1,16,80,12,200 3,89,33,74,000 11,68,01,22,000
6, 2003(10) cash
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Date of No. of Equity Face Issue Considerat Cumulative No. Equity Share Cumulative
Issue/ Shares Value price ion in of Equity Capital (`) Equity Share
Allotment (`) (`) Cash/ Shares Capital (`)
other than
cash
June 16, 2,43,62,106 10 NA Other than 1,19,23,74,306 24,36,21,060 11,92,37,43,060
2007(11) cash
May 5, 2,16,01,935 10 NA Other than 1,21,39,76,241 21,60,19,350 12,13,97,62,410
2009(12) cash
November 1,21,39,76,241 10 NA Other than 2,42,79,52,482 12,13,97,62,410 24,27,95,24,820
1, 2009(13) Cash
October 20, 2,42,79,52,482 10 NA Other than 4,85,59,04,964 24,27,95,24,820 48,55,90,49,640
2016(14) Cash
March 19, 4,85,59,04,964 10 NA Other than 9,71,18,09,928 48,55,90,49,640 97,11,80,99,280
2018(15) Cash
Notes:
(1) Equity Shares allotted to Government Official upon amalgamation of Indian Refineries Limited as contained in the Petroleum Company
Amalgamation Order, 1964.
(2) Equity Shares allotted to Government Official upon amalgamation of Indian Refineries Limited as contained in the Petroleum Company
Amalgamation Order, 1964.
(3) Allotment of shares to President of India upon amalgamation of amalgamation of Indian Refineries Limited as contained in the Petroleum
Company Amalgamation Order, 1964.
(4) Allotment of shares to President of India upon amalgamation of amalgamation of Indian Refineries Limited as contained in the Petroleum
Company Amalgamation Order, 1964.
(5) Allotment of shares to Governor of Gujarat pursuant to Gujarat Refinery Project undertaking (Transfer) Amendment Order 1965.
(6) Bonus issue in ratio of 1:2
(7) Vide shareholders‟ resolution dated September 8, 1994 the face value of equity shares of the Company was split from `1,000 per equity
shares to `10/- per equity share.
(8) Bonus issue in ratio of 2:1
(9) Bonus issue in ratio of 1:1
(10) Bonus issue in ratio of 1:2
(11) 2,43,62,106 equity shares allotted to the shareholders of IBP Co. Ltd. in the swap ratio of 110:100 upon merger of IBP Co. Ltd. with Indian
Oil Corporation Limited.
(12) 2,16,01,935 equity shares to the shareholders of Bongaigaon Refinery & Petrochemicals Ltd. in the swap ratio of 4:37 upon merger of BRPL
with Indian Oil Corporation Limited.
(13) Bonus issue in ratio of 1:1
(14) Bonus issue in ratio of 1:1
(15) Bonus issue in ratio of 1:1
14.7 The Board of Directors of the Company as on the date of publication of Public Announcement (i.e. December
17, 2018)was as under:
14.8 The details of changes in the Board of Directors during the last 3 years from the date of the publication of
the Public Announcement (i.e. December 17, 2018) are as under:
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S. Name of Director, Designation & DIN Date of Joining / Date of Reason
No. Appointment Cessation
DIN: 06567818
10 Shri Chitta Ranjan Biswal September 22, 2017 Continuing Appointment
Designation: Independent Director
DIN: 02172414
11 Dr. Jagdish Kishwan September 22, 2017 Continuing Appointment
Designation: Independent Director
DIN: 07941042
12 Shri Sankar Chakraborti September 22, 2017 Continuing Appointment
Designation: Independent Director
DIN: 06905980
13 Shri D. S. Shekhawat September 22, 2017 Continuing Appointment
Designation: Independent Director
DIN: 07404367
14 Dr. B. Mahadevan September 22, 2017 March 19, 2018 Resignation
Designation: Independent Director
DIN: 07936246
15 Shri Vivek Rae September 22, 2017 June 4, 2018 Resignation
Designation: Independent Director
DIN: 01866765
16 Dr. S. S. V. Ramakumar February 1, 2017 Continuing Appointment
Designation: Director (Research &
Development)
DIN: 07626484
17 Shri G. K. Satish September 1, 2016 Continuing Appointment
Designation: Director (Planning & Business
Development)
DIN: 06932170
18 Shri Ashutosh Jindal February 12, 2016 Continuing Appointment
Designation: Government Nominee Director
DIN: 05286122
19 Shri Subroto Bagchi December 2, 2015 June 29, 2017 Resignation
Designation: Independent Director
DIN: 00145678
20 Shri Sanjay Kapoor December 2, 2015 December 1, Cessation upon
Designation: Independent Director 2018 end of tenure
DIN: 07348106
21 Shri B. S. Canth October 8, 2015 January 31, 2018 Superannuation
Designation: Director (Marketing)
DIN: 07239321
22 Shri A. P. Sawhney July 22, 2015 June 23, 2017 Ex officio basis
Designation: Government Nominee Director
DIN: 03359323
14.9 The buyback will not result in any benefit to the Directors of the Company/ Promoter and person in control
of the Company/ group companies except to the extent of their intention to participate in the Buyback and
actual participation in the Buyback and the change in their shareholding as per the response received in the
Buyback, as a result of the extinguishment of Equity Shares which will lead to reduction in the Equity Share
Capital post Buyback.
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The Directors of the Company and the Company Secretary hold Equity Shares as on the date of the Public
Announcement (i.e. December 13, 2018) as per the details below:
S. No. Name of the No. of Equity No. of Equity Shares Percentage of issued
Shareholder Shares held held in dematerialised Equity Share capital
form
1. Sanjiv Singh 18,972 18,972 Negligible
2. A. K. Sharma 7,572 7,572 Negligible
3. G K Satish 2,172 2,172 Negligible
4. S S V Ramakumar 8,800 8,800 Negligible
5. B V Rama Gopal 17,380 17,380 Negligible
6. Ranjan Kumar Mohapatra 9,600 9,600 Negligible
7. Gurmeet Singh 2,172 2,172 Negligible
8. Kamal Kumar Gwalani 2,000 2,000 Negligible
15.1 The salient financial information of the Company as given below is extracted from the audited standalone
financial statement for last three years being March 31, 2018, March 31, 2017 and March 31, 2016 and
unaudited standalone financial results which were subjected to limited review for six month period ended
September 30, 2018.:
(` in Crore)
Key Financials For Six Months For the year For the year For the year
Period ended ended March ended March ended March
September 30,2018 31, 2018 31, 2017 31, 2016
(Limited Review)* (Audited)* (Audited)* (Audited)*
Revenue from Operations 3,01,313.48 5,06,427.59 4,45,441.90 4,06,827.99
Other Income 1,626.00 3,414.62 4,200.62 2,322.16
Total Income 3,02,939.48 5,09,842.21 4,49,642.52 4,09,150.15
Total Expenses (excluding interest &
2,81,975.70 4,66,762.48 4,13,652.88 3,85,779.40
depreciation and amortisation)
Interest 2,218.89 3,448.44 3,445.43 3,089.89
Depreciation and Amortisation 3,596.98 7,067.01 6,222.97 4,818.57
Profit Before Exceptional Items and Tax 15,147.91 32,564.28 26,321.24 15,462.29
Exceptional Items: Income/(expense) 0.00 0.00 0.00 1,364.25
Profit Before Tax 15,147.91 32,564.28 26,321.24 16,826.54
Provisions for Tax (including Deferred Tax) 5,069.85 11,218.16 7,214.84 5,584.31
Profit/(Loss) discontinuing operation 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Profit/ (Loss) After Tax 10,078.06 21,346.12 19,106.40 11,242.23
Paid-up Equity Share Capital# 9,478.69 9,478.69 4,739.34 2,369.67
Reserve & Surplus, excluding revaluation 1,08,085.38 1,00,692.33 94,989.38 85,764.64
reserves & Misc. expenditures to the extent
not written off
Net worth, excluding revaluation reserves & 1,17,564.07 1,10,171.02 99,728.72 88,134.31
Misc. expenditures to the extent not written
off
Total Debt, excluding working capital loans 20,833.76 21222.35 24,746.74 28,725.28
*Prepared under IND-AS
# (Net of Trust Shares)
15.2 The salient financial information of the Company as given below is extracted from the audited consolidated
financial statement for last three years being March 31, 2018, March 31, 2017 and March 31, 2016 and
unaudited consolidated financial results which were subjected to limited review for six month period ended
September 30, 2018 is detailed below:
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(` in Crore)
Key Financials For Six Months For the year For the year For the year
Period ended ended March ended March ended March
September 30,2018 31, 2018 31, 2017 31, 2016
(Limited Review)* (Audited)* (Audited)* (Audited)*
Revenue from Operations 3,06,782.72 5,15,541.89 4,53,794.73 4,14,821.11
Other Income 1,281.38 3,419.88 3,862.20 2,186.49
Total Income 3,08,064.10 5,18,961.77 4,57,656.93 4,17,007.60
Total Expenses (excluding interest &
2,86,483.79 4,73,948.65 4,19,814.01 3,91,378.22
depreciation and amortisation)
Interest 2,504.20 3,810.51 3,721.26 3,468.99
Depreciation and Amortisation 4,035.73 7,663.54 6,805.92 5,698.39
Share of profit/(loss) of JV/ Associates 659.91 911.15 640.06 245.51
Profit Before Exceptional Items and Tax 15,700.29 34,450.22 27,955.80 16,707.51
Exceptional Items: Income/(expense) 0.00 0.00 0.00 1,364.25
Profit Before Tax 15,700.29 34,450.22 27,955.80 18,071.76
Provisions for Tax (including Deferred Tax) 5,198.06 11,823.87 7,570.40 5,658.44
Profit/(Loss) discontinuing operation 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Profit/ (Loss) After Tax 10,502.23 22,626.35 20,385.40 12,413.32
Non-Controlling Interest 95.16 436.90 535.91 390.87
Profit/ (Loss) After Tax attributable to
10,407.07 22,189.45 19,849.49 12,022.45
Equity holders of parent
Paid-up Equity Share Capital# 9,478.69 9,478.69 4,739.34 2,369.67
Reserve & Surplus, excluding revaluation
reserves & Misc. expenditures to the extent 1,12,717.81 1,04,395.13 97,356.76 87,609.94
not written off
Net worth, excluding revaluation reserves &
Misc. expenditures to the extent not written 1,22,196.50 1,13,873.82 1,02,096.10 89,979.61
off
Total Debt, excluding working capital loans 26,647.99 26,569.28 29,986.52 31,734.50
*Prepared under IND-AS
# (Net of Trust Shares)
15.3 The financial ratios of the Company as given below is extracted from the audited standalone financial
statement for last three years being March 31, 2018, March 31, 2017 and March 31, 2016 and unaudited
standalone financial results which were subjected to limited review for six month period ended September
30, 2018 are as under:
Particulars For Six Months For the year For the year For the year
Period ended ended March ended March ended March
September 30, 2018 31, 2018 31, 2017 31, 2016
(Limited Review) (Audited) (Audited) (Audited)
Earnings per Share (`/-)* 10.63 22.52 20.16 11.86
Debt/ Equity Ratio 0.51:1 0.53:1 0.55:1 0.60:1
Book Value (`/- per Share)* 124.03 116.23 105.21 92.98
Return on Net worth (%) 8.57% 19.38% 19.16% 12.76%
Total Debt/ Net worth (%) 50.53% 52.67% 54.97% 60.00%
* Adjusted for Bonus Shares (1:1 issued in March 2018 and 1:1 issued in October 2016)
Notes:
1. Net worth = Equity Capital + Reserves & Surplus – Miscellaneous Expenditure
2. Total Debt = Long Term Borrowings + Short Term Borrowings + Current Maturities of Long Term
Borrowings.
Earnings per Share (`)* Net profit attributable to the equity shareholders / Weighted average
number of Shares outstanding during the year (Net of Trust Shares)
Book Value (` per Share)* (Paid up Equity Share Capital + Reserves and Surplus) / No. of
Equity Shares Subscribed (Net of Trust Shares)
Return on Net worth excluding Net Profit After Tax/ Net Worth excluding revaluation reserves
revaluation reserves (%)
Debt/Equity Ratio Total Debt/ Net Worth
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15.4 The financial ratios of the Company as given below is extracted from the audited consolidated financial
statement for last three years being March 31, 2018, March 31, 2017 and March 31, 2016 and unaudited
consolidated for six month period ended September 30, 2018 are as under:
Particulars For six months For the year For the year For the year
period ended ended March ended March ended March
September 30, 31, 2018 31, 2017 31, 2016
2018 (Audited) (Audited) (Audited)
(Limited Review)
Earnings per Share (`)* 10.98 23.41 20.94 12.69
Debt/ Equity Ratio 0.56 0.58 0.62 0.65
Book Value (` per Share)* 128.92 120.14 107.71 94.93
Return on Net worth (%) 8.52% 19.49% 19.44% 13.36%
Total Debt/ Net worth (%) 56.37% 57.65% 61.97% 65.07%
* Adjusted for Bonus Shares (1:1 issued in March 2018 and 1:1 issued in October 2016)
Notes:
1. Net worth = Equity Capital + Reserves & Surplus – Miscellaneous Expenditure
2. Total Debt = Long Term Borrowings + Short Term Borrowings + Current Maturities of Long Term
Borrowings
Key Ratios basis:
Earnings per Share (`)* Net profit attributable to the equity shareholders / Weighted average
number of Shares outstanding during the year (Net of Trust Shares)
Book Value (` per Share)* (Paid up Equity Share Capital + Reserves and Surplus) / No. of Equity
Shares Subscribed (Net of Trust Shares)
Return on Net worth excluding Net profit attributable to the equity shareholders / Net Worth excluding
revaluation reserves (%) revaluation reserves
Debt/Equity Ratio Total Debt/ Net Worth
15.5 The Company shall comply with the SEBI Takeover Regulations, as may be applicable. The Company
hereby declares that it has complied with Sections 68, 69 and 70 of the Companies Act, 2013 and the rules
made thereunder
16.1 The Company‟s Equity Shares are listed on BSE and NSE. The maximum volume of trading in the Equity
Shares of the Company is recorded on NSE. The high, low and average market prices in preceding three
financial years (April to March period) and the monthly high, low and average market prices for the six
months preceding the date of publication of the Public Announcement (i.e. December 17, 2018) from June
2018 to November 2018 and the corresponding volumes on the BSE and NSE is as follows:
For NSE:
Period High* Date of Number Low* Date of Number of Averag Total volume of
(`) High of Shares (`) Low shares e Price traded in the
traded on traded on (`)* period (Shares)
that date that date
Preceding 3 years
April 1, 2015 to 465.90 July 24, 20,53,478 323.40 May 13, 15,93,475 395.80 41,27,12,637
March 31, 2016 2015 2015
April 1, 2016 to 666.60 October 34,97,022 391.60 April 1, 5,39,428 490.38 28,82,65,085
October 17, 7, 2016 2016
2016
October 18, 404.00 February 63,65,232 281.70 November 44,71,527 342.05 48,41,54,304
2016 to March 7, 2017 16, 2016
31, 2017$
April 1, 2017 to 462.95 August 1,15,25,95 360.65 February 10219350 404.95 1,16,80,74,343
March 14, 2018 31, 2017 0 22, 2018
March 15, 2018 193.25 March 15, 2,63,69,93 164.35 March 26, 1,32,71,876 175.86 15,06,30,528
to March 31, 2018 5 2018
2018#
Preceding 6 months
177.20 June 18, 1,44,77,34 150.00 June 28, 1,68,10,724 169.27 19,08,19,930
June , 2018
2018 9 2018
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Period High* Date of Number Low* Date of Number of Averag Total volume of
(`) High of Shares (`) Low shares e Price traded in the
traded on traded on (`)* period (Shares)
that date that date
169.10 July 30, 75,73,298 151.20 July 11, 95,78,663 160.03 18,61,90,330
July , 2018
2018 2018
171.80 August 2, 81,59,282 151.50 August 24, 88,81,220 160.91 12,71,56,037
August, 2018
2018 2018
160.20 Septembe 70,21,959 145.55 September 95,16,781 153.54 13,44,93,343
September, 2018
r 24, 2018 12, 2018
159.10 October 81,51,662 105.25 October 5, 8,08,85,401 134.97 32,48,89,662
October , 2018
3, 2018 2018
155.50 Novembe 2,81,07,11 132.10 November 2,55,38,361 140.03 29,00,11,782
November, 2018
r 14, 2018 4 29, 2018
N.A.: Not Available
Source: www.nseindia.com
*High and Low price for the period are based on intra day prices and Average Price is based on average of closing
price.
#Ex-date of Bonus issue of (1:1) on March 15, 2018
$ Ex-date of Bonus issue of (1:1) on October 19, 2016
For BSE:
Period High* Date of High Number Low* Date of Low Number Averag Total volume
(`) of Shares (`) of shares e Price of traded in
traded on traded on (`)* the period
that date that date (Shares)
Preceding 3 years
April 1, 2015 to 465.40 July 14, 2015 1,58,531 324.05 May 13, 1,51,005 395.61 3,40,39,104
March 31, 2016 2015
April 1, 2016 to 667.20 October 7, 3,43,568 391.50 April 1, 2016 49,993 490.14 3,39,94,917
October 17, 2016 2016
October 18, 2016 403.95 February 7, 5,16,482 281.70 November 2,92,346 341.92 4,19,16,639
to March 31, 2017 16, 2016
2017$
April 1, 2017 to 462.60 August 31, 7,30,165 361.85February 22, 2,76,219 404.79 10,26,52,171
March 14, 2018 2017 2018
March 15, 2018 to 193.30 March 15, 30,89,130 164.60 March 26, 18,05,806 175.82 1,58,96,079
March 31, 2018# 2018 2018
Preceding 6 months
177.20 June 8, 2018 16,83,176 150.15 June 28, 8,23,616 169.60 1,62,12,835
June , 2018
2018
July , 2018 169.05 July 30, 2018 2,73,499 151.50 July 11, 2018 5,98,464 160.04 91,83,715
171.55 August 2, 2,47,299 151.60 August 24, 4,15,599 160.95 99,87,438
August, 2018
2018 2018
160.10 September 5,64,567 145.65 September 10,09,460 153.43 81,95,303
September, 2018
24, 2018 12, 2018
158.90 October 4, 9,06,918 105.65 October 5, 68,44,005 134.79 3,18,21,197
October , 2018
2018 2018
154.95 November 20,05,266 132.00 November 17,22,314 139.97 2,26,44,580
November, 2018
14, 2018 30, 2018
N.A.: Not Available
Source: www.bseindia.com
* High and Low price for the period are based on intra day prices and Average Price is based on average of closing price.
#Ex-date of Bonus issue of (1:1) on March 15, 2018
$ Ex-date of Bonus issue of (1:1) on October 19, 2016
16.2 The closing market price of the Equity Shares of the Company:
(a) As on December 12, 2018 i.e. the trading day before December 13, 2018, being the date of Board Meeting
approving the Buyback was `136.45 per Equity Share on BSE and `136.10 per Equity Share on NSE.
(b) As on December 13, 2018, i.e. the date of Board Meeting approving the Buyback was `137.20 per Equity
share on BSE and `137.40 per Equity share on NSE.
(c) As on December 14, 2018, i.e. the day immediately after December 13, 2018, being the date of Board
Meeting approving the Buyback was `141.45 per Equity Share on BSE and `141.25 per Equity Share on
NSE.
(d) As on December 17, 2018, i.e., the date of publication of Public Announcement was `142.45 per Equity
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Share on BSE and `142.90 per Equity Share on NSE.
17.1 The Buyback Offer is subject to approval, if any required, under the provisions of the Companies Act, 2013
, FEMA, the Buyback Regulations and/or such other applicable rules and regulations in force for the time
being.
17.2 Non-Resident Shareholders (excluding OCBs) permitted under the automatic process prescribed under
applicable FEMA and the rules and regulations framed thereunder read with the consolidated Foreign Direct
Investment policy issued by the Government of India, are not required to obtain approvals from RBI, subject
to the adherence to pricing guidelines, documentation and reporting requirements for such transfers as
specified by RBI.
17.3 By agreeing to participate in the Buyback, the Non Resident and NRI shareholders give the Company the
authority to make, sign, execute, deliver, acknowledge and perform all applications to file regulatory
reportings, if required, including FC-TRS form, if necessary and undertake to provide assistance to the
Company for such regulatory reporting, if required by the Company
17.4 Erstwhile OCB are required to obtain specific prior approval from RBI for tendering Equity Shares in the
Buyback Offer. The Company shall not accept Equity Shares from OCB Shareholders in respect of whom
such RBI approval is required and copies of such approvals are not submitted.
17.5 As on date, there are no other statutory or regulatory approvals required to implement the Buyback Offer,
other than that indicated above. If any statutory or regulatory approval becomes applicable subsequently, the
Buyback Offer will be subject to such statutory or regulatory approval(s). In the event of any delay in receipt
of any statutory / regulatory approvals, changes to the proposed timetable of the Buyback Offer, if any, shall
be intimated to the Stock Exchanges.
17.6 The Buyback has been approved by the Board of Directors in their meeting held on December 13, 2018.
Eligible Shareholders holding Shares in dematerialized form and Shareholder Brokers (who have submitted
bids on behalf of Eligible Shareholders holding shares in physical form) are required to send the Tender Form,
TRS, physical share certificate (for physical Shareholders only) and other documents by superscribing the
envelope as “IOCL Buyback Offer 2018” to the Registrar to the Buyback Offer either by registered
post/courier or hand delivery at their below office, so that the same are received within 2 (two) days from the
Buyback Closing Date i.e. February 6, 2019 by 5:00 pm:
TENDER FORM, TRS AND OTHER RELEVANT DOCUMENTS SHOULD NOT BE SENT TO THE
COMPANY OR TO THE MANAGER TO THE BUYBACK OFFER.
ELIGIBLE SHAREHOLDERS ARE ADVISED TO ENSURE THAT THE TENDER FORM, TRS AND
OTHER RELEVANT DOCUMENTS ARE COMPLETE IN ALL RESPECTS; OTHERWISE THE
SAME ARE LIABLE TO BE REJECTED.
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19. PROCESS AND METHODOLOGY FOR THE BUYBACK
19.1 The Company proposes to buyback not exceeding 29,76,51,006 (Twenty Nine Crore Seventy Six Lakh Fifty
One thousand and Six) Equity Shares from the Eligible Shareholders of the Company, on a proportionate
basis, through the Tender Offer process at a price of `149 (Rupees One Hundred Forty Nine only) per Equity
Share, payable in cash for an aggregate consideration not exceeding of `4,435 Crore (Rupees Four Thousand
Four Hundred Thirty Five Crore only) excluding transaction costs viz. brokerage, applicable taxes such as
securities transaction tax, GST, stamp duty, etc. The maximum number of Equity Shares proposed to be
bought back represents 3.06% of the total number of Equity Shares in the paid-up share capital of the
Company. The Buyback is in accordance with the provisions of Section 68, 69, 70 and all other applicable
provisions, if any, of the Companies Act 2013 and rules made thereunder, in accordance with Article 18A of
the Articles of Association of the Company and the Buyback Regulations and subject to such other approvals,
permissions and sanctions as may be necessary, from time to time from statutory authorities including but not
limited to SEBI, Stock Exchanges, RBI etc. The Buyback Offer Size is 5.00% of the aggregate of the fully
paid-up equity share capital and free reserves as per the audited standalone financial statements of the
Company for the financial year ended March 31, 2018 (the last audited financial statements available as on
the date of the Board Meeting approving the Buyback).
The Company expresses no opinion as to whether Eligible Shareholders should participate in the Buyback
and, accordingly, Eligible Shareholders are advised to consult their own advisors to consider participation in
the Buyback.
19.2 The aggregate shareholding of the Promoter as on Record Date is 5,25,01,71,827 (Five Hundred Twenty Five
Crore One Lakh Seventy One Thousand Eight Hundred Twenty Seven) Equity Shares, which represents
54.06% (Fifty Four point six percent) of the existing Equity Share capital of the Company. In terms of the
Buyback Regulations, under the Tender Offer process, the promoter and the promoter group of the company
has the option to participate in the Buyback. In this regards, the promoter (the President of India acting
through Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, Government of India) of the Company has expressed their
intention, vide its letter dated December 13, 2018 to participate in the Buyback and propose to tender up to
29,76,51,006 (Twenty Nine Crore Seventy Six lakhs Fifty One thousand and Six) Equity Shares.
19.3 Assuming that the above stated Promoter tenders 29,76,51,006 (Twenty Nine Crore Seventy Six lakhs Fifty
One thousand and Six) Equity Shares, in the Buyback (in accordance with the declaration provided by them),
the aggregate shareholding of the Promoter, post Buyback will increase to 54.30% of the post Buyback equity
share capital of the Company, if all the public Shareholders participate upto their entitlement (full acceptance)
and will reduce to 52.61% of the post Buyback equity share capital of the Company if none of the public
shareholders participate in the Buyback Offer.
19.4 Record Date, Ratio of the Buyback and entitlement of each Shareholder
a) The Board of Directors in its meeting held on December 13, 2018 announced Tuesday, December 25,
2018 as the Record Date for the purpose of determining the Buyback Entitlement and the names of the
Shareholders, who are eligible to participate in the Buyback Offer.
b) The Equity Shares proposed to be bought back by the Company shall be divided in two categories:
c) As defined in the Buyback Regulations, a “Small Shareholder” is a shareholder who holds Equity
Shares having market value, on the basis of closing price on the stock exchanges in which the highest
trading volume as on Record Date, of not more than `2,00,000 (Rupees Two Lakh only). As on
December 24, 2018 one day prior to the Record Date as the Record Date was non trading day, the
volume of Shares traded on NSE was 1,48,77,792 shares and on BSE was 8,85,178 Shares.
Accordingly, NSE being the exchange with higher turnover, the closing price was `135.05 and hence
all Shareholders holding not more than 1,480 Equity Shares as on the Record Date are classified as
„Small Shareholders‟ for the purpose of the Buyback Offer.
d) Based on the above definition, there are 4,82,034 Small Shareholders with aggregate shareholding of
11,94,55,097 Shares, as on Record Date, which constitutes 1.23% of the paid up equity share capital of
the Company and 40.13% of the number of 29,76,51,006 Equity Shares which are proposed to be
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bought back as part of this Buyback Offer.
e) In compliance with Regulation 6 of the Buyback Regulations, the reservation for the Small
Shareholders, will be 4,46,47,651 Equity Shares which is higher of:
i. Fifteen percent of the number of Equity Shares which the Company proposes to Buyback i.e.
15% of 29,76,51,006 Equity Shares which works out to 4,46,47,651 Equity Shares; or
ii. The number of Equity Shares entitled as per their shareholding as on Record Date [i.e.
(11,94,55,097/ 9,71,18,09,928) x 29,76,51,006] which works outs to 36,61,103 Equity Shares.
All the outstanding Equity Shares have been used for computing the entitlement of Small
Shareholders since the Promoter i.e. (the President of India, acting through Ministry of Petroleum and
Natural Gas, Government of India) also intends to offer Equity Shares held by them in the Buyback.
f) Based on the above and in accordance with Regulation 6 of the Buyback Regulations, 4,46,47,651
Equity Shares will be reserved for Small Shareholders. Accordingly, General Category shall consist of
25,30,03,355 Equity Shares.
g) Based on the above entitlements, the Ratio of Buyback for both categories is decided as below:
Category Ratio of Buyback
Reserved Category 111 Equity Shares out of every 297 fully paid-up Equity Shares held on the
Record Date
General Category 24 Equity Shares out of every 910 fully paid-up Equity Shares held on the
Record Date
The above Ratio of Buyback is approximate and providing indicative Buyback Entitlement. Any computation of
entitled Equity Shares using the above Ratio of Buyback may provide a slightly different number due to rounding-
off. The actual Buyback Entitlement for Reserved Category is 37.3760953875413 % and General Category is
2.63755208660921 %.
If the Buyback Entitlement, after applying the abovementioned ratios to the Equity Shares held on Record
Date, is not a round number (i.e. not in the multiple of 1 (one) Equity Share) then the fractional entitlement
shall be ignored for computation of Buyback Entitlement to tender Equity Shares in the Buyback Offer, for
both categories of Eligible Shareholders.
On account of ignoring the fractional entitlement, those Small Shareholders who hold 2 (two) or less Equity
Shares as on Record Date will be dispatched a Tender Form with zero entitlement. Such Small Shareholders
are entitled to tender Additional Equity Shares as part of the Buyback Offer and will be given preference in
the Acceptance of one Equity Share, if such Small Shareholders have tendered for Additional Equity Shares.
The Company shall make best efforts subject to Buyback Regulations in accepting Equity Shares tendered by
such Eligible Shareholder to the extent possible and permissible.
19.6 Basis of Acceptance of Equity Shares validly tendered in the Reserved Category
Subject to the provisions contained in this Letter of Offer, the Company will accept the Shares tendered in the
Buyback Offer by the Small Shareholders in the Reserved Category in the following order of priority:
a) Full acceptance (i.e. 100%) of Shares from Small Shareholders in the Reserved Category who have
validly tendered their Shares, to the extent of their Buyback Entitlement, or the number of Shares
tendered by them, whichever is less.
b) Post the acceptance as described in paragraph 19.6 (a) above, in case, there are any Shares left to be
bought back from Small Shareholders in the Reserved Category, the Small Shareholders who were
entitled to tender zero Shares (on account of ignoring the fractional entitlement), and have tendered
Additional Shares, shall be given preference and one Equity Share each from the Additional Shares
tendered by these Small Shareholders shall be bought back in the Reserved Category.
c) Post the acceptance as described in paragraph 19.6 (a) and (b) above, in case, there are any validly
tendered unaccepted Shares in the Reserved Category (“Reserved Category Additional Shares”) and
Shares left to be bought back in Reserved Category, the Reserved Category Additional Shares shall be
accepted in a proportionate manner and the acceptances shall be made in accordance with the Buyback
Regulations, i.e. valid acceptances per Shareholder shall be equal to the Reserved Category Additional
Shares tendered by the Shareholder divided by the total Reserved Category Additional Shares and
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multiplied by the total number of Shares remaining to be bought back in Reserved Category. For the
purpose of this calculation, the Reserved Category Additional Shares taken into account for such Small
Shareholders, from whom one Equity Share has been accepted in accordance with paragraph 19.6 (b)
above, shall be reduced by one.
d) Adjustment for fractional results in case of proportionate acceptance, as described in paragraph 19.6 (c)
above, will be made as follows:
For any Small Shareholder, if the number of Additional Shares to be accepted, calculated on a
proportionate basis is not in the multiple of 1 and the fractional acceptance is greater than or
equal to 0.50, then the fraction would be rounded off to the next higher integer.
For any Small Shareholder, if the number of Additional Shares to be accepted, calculated on a
proportionate basis is not in the multiple of 1 and the fractional acceptance is less than 0.50,
then the fraction shall be ignored.
19.7 Basis of Acceptance of Equity Shares validly tendered in the General Category
Subject to the provisions contained in this Letter of Offer, the Company will accept the Shares tendered in the
Buyback Offer by Eligible Shareholders (other than Small Shareholders) in the General Category in the
following order of priority:
a) Full Acceptance (i.e.100%) of Shares from Eligible Shareholders in the General Category who have
validly tendered their Shares, to the extent of their Buyback Entitlement, or the number of Shares
tendered by them, whichever is less.
b) Post the acceptance as described in paragraph 19.7 (a) above, in case, there are any validly tendered
unaccepted Shares in the General Category (“General Category Additional Shares”) and Shares left
to be bought back in General Category, the General Category Additional Shares shall be accepted in a
proportionate manner and the acceptances shall be made in accordance with the Buyback Regulations,
i.e. valid acceptances per Eligible Shareholder shall be equal to the General Category Additional
Shares validly tendered by the Eligible Shareholders divided by the total General Category Additional
Shares and multiplied by the total number of Shares remaining to be bought back in General Category.
c) Adjustment for fractional results in case of proportionate acceptance, as described in paragraph 19.7 (b)
above, will be made as follows:
For any Eligible Shareholder, if the number of Additional Shares to be accepted, calculated on a
proportionate basis is not in the multiple of 1 (one) and the fractional acceptance is greater than
or equal to 0.50, then the fraction would be rounded off to the next higher integer.
For any Eligible Shareholder, if the number of Additional Shares to be accepted, calculated on a
proportionate basis is not in the multiple of 1 (one) and the fractional acceptance is less than
0.50, then the fraction shall be ignored.
a) After acceptances of tenders, as mentioned in 19.6 and 19.7 above, in case, there are any Shares left to
be bought back in one category („Partially filled Category„), and there are additional unaccepted
validly tendered Shares („Further Additional Shares‟) in the second Category („Over Tendered
Category‟), then the Further Additional Shares in the Over Tendered Category shall be accepted in a
proportionate manner i.e. valid Acceptances per Shareholder shall be equal to the Further Additional
Shares validly tendered by an Eligible Shareholder in the Over Tendered Category divided by the total
Further Additional Shares in the Over Tendered Category and multiplied by the total Shares left to be
bought back in the Partially filled Category.
b) If the Partially Filled Category is the General Category and the Over Tendered Category is the
Reserved Category, then any Small Shareholder who has tendered Additional Shares shall be eligible
for priority acceptance of one Equity Shares before acceptance in paragraph 19.8(a) above out of the
Shares left to be bought back in the Partially Filled Category, provided no acceptance could take place
from such Shareholder in accordance with paragraph 19.6.
c) Adjustment for fraction results in case of proportionate acceptance, as defined in paragraph 19.8(a)
above:
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For any Eligible Shareholder, if the number of Further Additional Shares to be accepted, calculated
on a proportionate basis is not in the multiple of 1 and the fractional acceptance is greater than or
equal to 0.50, then the fraction would be rounded off to the next higher integer.
For any Eligible Shareholder, if the number of Further Additional Shares to be accepted, calculated
on a proportionate basis is not in the multiple of 1 and the fractional acceptance is less than 0.50,
then the fraction shall be ignored.
19.9 For avoidance of doubt, it is clarified that the Shares accepted under the Buyback Offer from each Eligible
Shareholder, in accordance with above clauses, shall be lower of the following:
19.10 For the avoidance of doubt, it is clarified that the Equity Shares tendered by any Eligible Shareholder over
and above the number of Shares held by such Eligible Shareholder as on the Record Date shall not be
considered for the purpose of Acceptance in accordance with above clauses.
In order to ensure that the same Eligible Shareholders with multiple demat accounts/ folios do not receive a
higher entitlement under the Small Shareholder category, the Registrar to the Buyback Offer will club
together the Equity Shares held by such shareholders with a common PAN for determining the category
(Small Shareholder or General Category) and the Buyback Entitlement. In case of joint shareholding, the
Company will club together the Equity Shares held in cases where the sequence of the PANs of the joint
shareholders is identical. In case of shareholders holding Physical Shares, where the sequence of PANs is
identical and where the PANs of all joint shareholders are not available, the Registrar to the Buyback Offer
will check the sequence of the names of the joint holders and club together the Equity Shares held in such
cases where the sequence of the PANs and name of joint shareholders are identical. The shareholding of
institutional investors like mutual funds, pension funds/ trusts, insurance companies etc., with common PAN
will not be clubbed together for determining the category and will be considered separately, where these
Equity Shares are held for different schemes and have a different demat account nomenclature based on
information prepared by the Registrar to the Buyback as per the shareholder records received from the
Depositories.
20.1 The Buyback is open to all Eligible Shareholder(s) holding Shares either in physical and/or dematerialized
form on the Record Date.
20.2 The Company proposes to effect the Buyback through Tender Offer process, on a proportionate basis. This
Letter of Offer and Tender Form, outlining the terms of the Buyback Offer as well as the detailed disclosures
as specified in the Buyback Regulations, will be mailed to Eligible Shareholders whose names appear on the
register of members of the Company, or who are beneficial owners of Equity Shares as per the records of
Depositories, on the Record Date and who have their email IDs registered with the Depositories and for all
remaining Eligible Shareholders who do not have their email IDs registered with the Depositories, the Letter
of Offer along with Tender Form will be sent physically. However, on receipt of a request by the Registrar to
the Buyback to receive a copy of Letter of Offer in physical format from such Eligible Shareholder to whom
Letter of Offer and Tender Form were emailed, the same shall be sent physically.
20.3 The Company will not accept any Equity Shares offered for Buyback where there exists any restraint order of
a Court for transfer / disposal/ sale or where loss of share certificates has been notified to the Company or
where the title to the Equity Shares is under dispute or otherwise not clear or where any other restraint
subsists.
20.4 The Company shall comply with Regulation 24(v) of the Buyback Regulations which states that the Company
shall not buyback the locked-in Equity Shares and non-transferable Equity Shares till the pendency of the
lock-in or till the Equity Shares become transferrable.
20.5 Eligible Shareholders‟ participation in Buyback will be voluntary. Shareholders can choose to participate, in
part or in full, and get cash in lieu of the Shares accepted under the Buyback or they may choose not to
participate and enjoy a resultant increase in their percentage shareholding, post Buyback, without additional
investment. Shareholders may also tender a part of their Buyback Entitlement. Shareholders also have the
option of tendering Additional Shares (over and above their Buyback Entitlement) and participate in the
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shortfall created due to non-participation of some other Shareholders, if any. Acceptance of any Shares
tendered in excess of the Buyback Entitlement by the Shareholder, shall be in terms of procedure outlined in
paragraph 19 (Process and Methodology for the Buyback) of this Letter of Offer.
20.6 The Company shall accept all the Equity Shares validly tendered for the Buyback by Eligible Shareholders, on
the basis of their Buyback Entitlement as on the Record Date.
20.7 Eligible Shareholders will have to transfer the Equity Shares from the same demat account in which they were
holding the Equity Shares as on the Record Date and in case of multiple demat accounts, Eligible Shareholders
are required to tender the applications separately from each demat account. In case of any changes in the
demat account in which the Equity Shares were held as on Record Date, such Eligible Shareholders should
provide sufficient proof of the same to the Registrar, and the such tendered shares may be accepted subject to
appropriate verification and validation by the Registrar.
20.8 As elaborated under Paragraph 19.4(b) above, the Equity Shares proposed to be bought as a part of the
Buyback is divided into two categories: (a) Reserved Category for Small Shareholders and (b) the General
Category for other Eligible Shareholders, and the Buyback Entitlement of an Eligible Shareholder in each
category shall be calculated accordingly.
20.9 After accepting the Equity Shares tendered on the basis of Buyback Entitlement, Equity Shares left to be
bought as a part of the Buyback, if any, in one category shall first be accepted, in proportion to the Equity
Shares tendered, over and above their Buyback Entitlement, by Eligible Shareholders in that category, and
thereafter, from Eligible Shareholders who have tendered over and above their Buyback Entitlement, in other
category.
20.10 The Buyback shall be implemented by the Company using the “Mechanism for acquisition of shares through
Stock Exchange” notified by SEBI vide circular CIR/CFD/POLICYCELL/1/2015 dated April 13, 2015,
circular no. CFD/DCR2/CIR/P/2016/131 dated December 09, 2016, Notice Number 20170202-34 dated
February 02, 2017, from BSE and following the procedure prescribed in the Companies Act, 2013 and the
Buyback Regulations and as may be determined by the Board (including the Committee authorized to
complete the formalities of the Buyback) and on such terms and conditions as may be permitted by law from
time to time.
20.11 The maximum tender under the Buyback by any Eligible Shareholder cannot exceed the number of Equity
Shares held by the Eligible Shareholder as on the Record Date.
20.12 For implementation of the Buyback, the Company has appointed IDBI Capital Markets & Securities Limited
as the registered broker to the Company (the “Company's Broker”) through whom the purchases and
settlements on account of the Buyback would be made by the Company. The contact details of the Company‟s
Broker are as follows:
20.13 The Company will request BSE to provide a separate Acquisition Window to facilitate placing of sell orders
by the Eligible Shareholders who wish to tender Equity Shares in the Buyback. BSE would be the Designated
Stock Exchange for this Buyback Offer. All Eligible Shareholders may place orders in the Acquisition
Window, through their respective stock brokers (“Shareholder Broker”).
20.14 In the event Shareholder Broker(s) of Eligible Shareholder is not registered with BSE then that Eligible
Shareholder can approach any BSE registered stock broker and can make a bid by using quick Unique Client
Code (“UCC”) facility through that BSE registered stock broker after submitting the details as may be
required by that stock broker to be in compliance with the SEBI regulations. In case Eligible Shareholder is
not able to bid using quick UCC facility through any other BSE registered stock broker then the Eligible
Shareholder may approach Company‟s Broker to bid by using quick UCC facility.
20.15 The Eligible Shareholder approaching BSE registered stock broker (with whom he does not have an account)
may have to submit following details:
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(a) In case of Eligible Shareholder being an Individual or HUF
(i) If Eligible Shareholder is registered with KYC Registration Agency (“KRA”):
A. Forms required:
Central Know Your Client (CKYC) form
Know Your Client (KYC) form
A. Forms required:
CKYC form
KRA form
KYC form
It may be noted that other than submission of above forms and documents in person verification may be
required.
A. Form required:
KYC form
A. Forms required:
KRA form
KYC form
Additionally, registered Equity Shareholders holding Equity Shares in Physical form must also provide the
documents mentioned in paragraph 20.21.
It may be noted that above mentioned list of documents is an indicative list. The requirement of documents
and procedures may vary from broker to broker.
20.16 At the beginning of the Tendering Period, the order for buying Equity Shares shall be placed by the Company
through the Company‟s Broker. During the Tendering Period, the order for selling the Shares will be placed in
the Acquisition Window by Eligible Shareholders through their respective Shareholder Broker during normal
trading hours of the secondary market. In the tendering process, the Company‟s Broker may also process the
orders received from the Shareholders.
20.17 Shareholder Broker can enter orders for demat Shares as well as physical Shares.
20.18 Modification / cancellation of orders and multiple bids from a single Eligible Shareholder will be allowed
during the Tendering Period of the Buyback offer. Multiple bids made by single Eligible Shareholder for
selling the Shares shall be clubbed and considered as „one‟ bid for the purposes of Acceptance.
20.19 The cumulative quantity tendered shall be made available on BSE website- www.bseindia.com throughout the
trading session and will be updated at specific intervals during the Tendering Period.
20.20 All documents sent by the Eligible Shareholders will be at their own risk. Eligible Shareholders are advised to
safeguard adequately their interests in this regard.
20.21 Procedure to be followed by Eligible Shareholders holding Equity Shares in the electronic/
dematerialised form
Eligible Shareholders who desire to tender their Equity Shares in the electronic form under the Buyback
would have to do so through their respective Shareholder Broker by indicating to the concerned Shareholder
Broker, the details of Equity Shares they intend to tender under the Buyback. The Shareholder Broker would
be required to place a bid on behalf of the Eligible Shareholders who wish to tender Equity Shares in the
Buyback using the acquisition window of the BSE.
The Eligible Shareholder would need to transfer the tendered Equity Shares to the special account of India
Clearing Corporation Limited (“Clearing Corporation” / “ICCL”), by using the early pay in mechanism as
prescribed by the BSE or the Clearing Corporation prior to placing the bid by the Shareholder Broker. This
shall be validated at the time of order/bid entry. The details of the settlement number for the Buyback shall be
informed in the issue opening circular that will be issued by BSE/ Clearing Corporation.
Modification/cancellation of orders will be allowed during the Tendering Period. The details of the special
account of the Clearing Corporation shall be informed in the issue opening circular that will be issued by the
BSE and/or the Clearing Corporation.
For custodian participant orders for demat Equity Shares, early pay-in is mandatory prior to confirmation of
order/bid by custodians. The custodian shall either confirm or reject the orders not later than closing of trading
hours on the last day of the Tendering Period (Buyback Closing Date). Thereafter, all unconfirmed orders
shall be deemed to be rejected. For all confirmed custodian participant orders, any order modification shall
revoke the custodian confirmation and the revised order shall be sent to the custodian again for confirmation.
Upon placing the bid, the Shareholder Broker shall provide a Transaction Registration Slip (“TRS”) generated
by the exchange bidding system to the Eligible Shareholder on whose behalf the bid has been placed. TRS
will contain details of order submitted like Bid ID No., Application No., DP ID, Client ID, Number of Equity
Shares tendered etc.
Eligible Shareholders who have tendered their Equity Shares in the Buyback may deliver the Tender Form
duly signed (by all Shareholders in case shares are in joint names) in the same order in which they hold the
shares, along with the TRS generated by the exchange bidding system either by registered post or courier or
hand delivery to the Registrar to the Buyback Offer at the address mentioned on the cover page of this Letter
of Offer not later than 2 (two) days from the Closing Date i.e. February 6, 2019 (by 5 PM). The envelope
should be superscribed as “IOCL Buyback Offer 2018”. In case of non-receipt of the completed Tender
Form and other documents, but receipt of Shares in the special account of the Clearing Corporation and a
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valid bid in the exchange bidding system, the Buyback shall be deemed to have been accepted, for demat
Shareholders.
The Eligible Shareholders will have to ensure that they keep the DP Account active and unblocked to receive
credit in case of return of Equity Shares due to rejection or partial acceptance.
Excess demat Equity Shares or unaccepted demat Equity Shares, if any, tendered by the Eligible Shareholders
would be returned to them by Clearing Corporation. If the securities transfer instruction is rejected in the
depository system, due to any issue then such securities will be transferred to the Shareholder Broker‟s
depository pool account for onward transfer to the Eligible Shareholder. In case of custodian participant
orders, excess demat Shares or unaccepted demat Shares, if any, will be returned to the respective custodian
depository pool account.
Eligible Shareholders shall also provide all relevant documents, which are necessary to ensure transferability
of the Equity Shares in respect of the Tender Form to be sent. Such documents may include (but not be limited
to):
i. Duly attested power of attorney, if any person other than the Eligible Shareholder has signed the
Tender Form; and
ii. In case of companies, the necessary certified corporate authorizations (including board and/ or general
meeting resolutions).
20.22 Procedure to be followed by Registered Eligible Shareholders holding Equity Shares in the Physical
form
Eligible Shareholders who are holding physical Equity Shares and intend to participate in the Buyback will be
required to approach their respective Shareholder Broker along with the complete set of documents for
verification procedures to be carried out before placement of the bid. Such documents will include:
a) The Tender Form duly signed (by all Shareholders in case shares are in joint names) in the same order
in which they hold the shares.
c) Valid share transfer form(s) i.e. SH 4 duly filled and signed by the transferors (i.e. by all registered
Shareholders in same order and as per the specimen signatures registered with the Company) and duly
witnessed at the appropriate place authorizing the transfer in favor of the Company.
f) In addition to the above, if the address of the Shareholder has undergone a change from the address
registered in the Register of Members of the Company, the Shareholder would be required to submit a
self-attested copy of address proof consisting of any one of the following documents: valid Aadhar
Card, Voter Identity Card or Passport.
Based on these documents, the concerned Shareholder Broker shall place a bid on behalf of the Shareholders
holding Equity Shares in physical form who wish to tender Equity Shares in the Buyback, using the
acquisition window of BSE. Upon placing the bid, the Shareholder Broker shall provide a TRS generated by
the Exchange Bidding System to the Shareholder. TRS will contain the details of order submitted like Folio
No., Certificate No., Distinctive No., No. of Equity Shares tendered etc.
Any Shareholder Broker who places a bid for physical Equity Shares, is required to deliver Tender Form,
TRS, original share certificate(s), valid share transfer form(s) & other documents (as mentioned in Paragraph
hereinabove) either by registered post or courier or hand delivery to the Registrar to the Buyback Offer at the
address mentioned on the cover page of this Letter of Offer not later than 2 (two) days from the Buyback
Closing Date i.e. February 6, 2019 (by 5 PM). The envelope should be superscribed as “IOCL Buyback
Offer 2018”. One copy of the TRS will be retained by Registrar to the Buyback Offer and it will provide
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acknowledgement of the same to the Shareholder Broker.
Eligible Shareholders holding physical shares should note that physical Equity Shares will not be accepted
unless the complete set of documents is submitted. Acceptance of the physical Equity Shares for Buyback by
the Company shall be subject to verification as per the Buyback Regulations and any further directions issued
in this regard.
Registrar to the Buyback Offer will verify such bids based on the documents submitted on a daily basis and
till such verification, BSE shall display such bids as „unconfirmed physical bids‟. Once Registrar to the
Buyback Offer confirms the bids, they will be treated as „Confirmed Bids‟.
In case any person has submitted Equity Shares in physical form for dematerialisation, such Eligible
Shareholders should ensure that the process of getting the Equity Shares dematerialised is completed well in
time so that they can participate in the Buyback Offer before the Buyback Closing Date.
a) While tendering their Equity Shares under the Buyback Offer, all Eligible Shareholders being Non-
resident Shareholders should provide relevant confirmations/ declarations vide the duly filled-in and
signed (by all shareholders in case the Equity Shares are held in joint names) Tender Forms (including
a copy of the permission received from RBI wherever applicable). In the event relevant confirmations
/ declarations are not provided in the Tender Forms or there is ambiguity in the information provided,
the Company reserves the right to reject such Tender Forms.
b) FII/FPI shareholders should also enclose a copy of their SEBI registration certificate.
c) In case the Equity Shares are held on repatriation basis, the Non-Resident Shareholders should enclose
documents in support of the same. Such documents should include:
• a copy of the permission received by them from RBI at the time of the original acquisition of
Shares
• a letter from the Shareholder‟s authorized dealer/bank confirming that at the time of acquiring the
said Equity Shares, payment for the same was made by the Non-resident shareholder from the
appropriate account as specified by RBI in its approval.
• Any other document which evidences repatriability of sale proceeds in respect of the tendered
Shares.
In case the Non-resident shareholder is not in a position to produce supporting documents towards
enabling repatriation, the Shares would be deemed to have been acquired on non-repatriation basis and
in that case the Non-Resident Shareholder shall submit a consent letter addressed to the Company,
allowing the Company to make the payment on a non-repatriation basis in respect of the valid Shares
accepted under the Offer i.e. by way of credit to an non-repatriation bank account or issuance of Rupee
demand draft.
d) If any of the above stated documents, as applicable, are not enclosed along with the Tender Form, the
Equity Shares tendered under the Buyback Offer are liable to be rejected.
20.24 Non-receipt of the Letter of Offer by, or accidental omission to dispatch the Letter of Offer to any Eligible
Shareholder, shall not invalidate the Buyback Offer in any way. Shareholders not receiving the Letter of Offer,
if they so desire, may also apply on the Tender Form downloaded from SEBI website (www.sebi.gov.in) or
obtain a duplicate copy of the same by writing to the Registrar to the Buyback Offer. Please note that the
Company shall accept Equity Shares validly tendered for the Buyback Offer on the basis of their holding and
entitlement as appearing in the records of the Company as on the Record Date.
20.25 The acceptance of the Buyback Offer made by the Company is entirely at the discretion of the Eligible
Shareholders of the Company. The Company does not accept any responsibility for the decision of any
Eligible Shareholder to either participate or to not participate in the Buyback Offer. The Company will not be
responsible in any manner for any loss of Share certificate(s) and other documents during transit and the
Eligible Shareholders are advised to adequately safeguard their interest in this regard.
20.26 The instructions and authorizations contained in the Tender Form constitute an integral part of the terms of this
Buyback Offer.
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20.27 In case of non-receipt of the Letter of Offer / Tender Form:
a) In case the Equity Shares are in dematerialised form: An Eligible Shareholder may participate in the
Offer by downloading the Tender Form from the website of the Company i.e. www.iocl.com or send an
application in writing on plain paper signed by all Eligible Shareholders (in case of joint holding), stating
name and address of Shareholder(s), number of Equity Shares held as on the Record Date, Client ID
number, DP Name/ID, beneficiary account number, number of Equity Shares tendered for the Buyback.
b) In case the Equity Shares are in physical form: An Eligible Shareholder may participate in the
Buyback Offer by providing an application in writing on a plain paper signed by all Eligible Shareholders
(in case of joint holding) stating name, address, folio number, number of Equity Shares held, share
certificate number, number of Equity Shares tendered for the Buyback Offer and the distinctive numbers
thereof, enclosing the original share certificate(s), copy of Eligible Shareholders‟ PAN card(s), executed
share transfer form in favour of the Company and other necessary documents. The transfer form SH-4 can
be downloaded from the Company‟s website i.e. www.iocl.com Shareholders/ Shareholder Broker must
ensure that the Tender Form, along with TRS and the requisite documents, reach the Registrar to the
Buyback Offer no later than 2 (two) days from the Buyback Closing Date February 6, 2019 (by 5 P.M). If
the signature(s) of the Eligible Shareholders provided in the plain paper application differs from the
specimen signature(s) recorded with the Registrar of the Company or are not in the same order (although
attested), such applications are liable to be rejected under this Buyback Offer.
Eligible Shareholder(s) who intend to participate in the Buyback using the „plain paper‟ option as
mentioned in this paragraph are advised to confirm their entitlement from the Registrar to the
Buyback Offer, before participating in the Buyback.
Please note that Eligible Shareholder(s) who intend to participate in the Buyback will be required to
approach their respective Shareholder Broker (along with the complete set of documents for
verification procedures) and have to ensure that their bid is entered by their respective Shareholder
Broker or broker in the electronic platform to be made available by BSE before the Buyback Closing
Date, otherwise the same are liable to be rejected.
The Registrar shall provide details of order Acceptance to Clearing Corporation within specified timelines.
(i) The Company will pay the consideration to the Company‟s Broker on or before the pay-in date for
settlement. For Equity Shares accepted under the Buyback, the Shareholder will receive funds payout
in their bank account from Clearing Corporation. The payment of consideration to all Shareholders
validly participating in the Buyback will be made in Indian National Rupees.
(ii) The Equity Shares bought back in the demat form would be transferred directly to the escrow account
of the Company (the “Demat Escrow Account”) provided it is indicated by the Company‟s Broker or
it will be transferred by the Company‟s Broker to the Demat Escrow Account on receipt of the Equity
Shares from the clearing and settlement mechanism of the BSE.
(iii) Excess demat Equity Shares or unaccepted demat Equity Shares, if any, tendered by the Eligible
Shareholders would be returned to them by Clearing Corporation. If the securities transfer instruction
is rejected in the depository system, due to any issue then such securities will be transferred to the
Shareholder Broker‟s depository pool account for onward transfer to the Shareholder. In case of
custodian participant orders, excess demat Shares or unaccepted demat Shares, if any, will be returned
to the respective custodian participant. The custodian participants would return these unaccepted
shares to their respective clients on whose behalf the bids have been placed.
(iv) Equity Shares in Physical form, to the extent tendered but not accepted, will be returned back to the
concerned Shareholders directly by Registrar to the Buyback Offer. The Company will issue a new
single share certificate for all the unaccepted and excess physical shares and return the same to the
sole/first Shareholder (in case of joint Shareholders). Share certificates in respect of unaccepted and
excess / rejected Shares and other documents, if any, will be sent by Registered Post / Speed Post at
the Shareholders‟ sole risk to the sole/first Shareholder (in case of joint Shareholders), at the address
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recorded with the Company, not later than February 6, 2019.
(v) Every Shareholder Broker who puts in a valid bid on behalf of an Eligible Shareholder, would issue a
contract note and pay the consideration for the Equity Shares accepted under the Buyback and return
the balance unaccepted Equity Shares to their respective clients. Company‟s Broker would also issue a
contract note to the Company for the Equity Shares accepted under the Buyback.
(vi) Shareholders who intend to participate in the Buyback should consult their respective Shareholder
Broker for payment to them of any cost, applicable taxes, charges and expenses (including brokerage)
that may be levied by the Shareholder Broker upon the selling Eligible Shareholders for tendering
Equity Shares in the Buyback (secondary market transaction). The Buyback consideration received by
the selling Shareholders from their respective Shareholder Broker, in respect of accepted Equity
Shares, could be net of such costs, applicable taxes charges and expenses (including brokerage) and
the Manager to the Buyback Offer and Company accepts no responsibility to bear or pay such
additional cost, charges and expenses (including brokerage) incurred solely by the selling
Shareholders.
(vii) The Equity Shares lying to the credit of the Demat Escrow Account and the Equity Shares bought back
and accepted in physical form will be extinguished in the manner and following the procedure
prescribed in the Buyback Regulations and Companies Act, 2013.
The settlements of fund obligation for dematerialised and physical Equity Shares shall be effected as per the
SEBI circulars and as prescribed by Exchange and Clearing Corporation from time to time.
For Equity Shares accepted under the Buyback, the Eligible Shareholders holding Equity Shares in
dematerialised form will receive funds payout in the Shareholder‟s bank account as provided by the
Depository system from Clearing Corporation and in case of physical shares the Clearing Corporation will
release the funds to the Shareholder Broker(s) as per secondary market pay out mechanism. If Eligible
Shareholders‟ bank account details are not available or if the funds transfer instruction is rejected by
RBI/Bank, due to any issue then such funds will be transferred to the concerned Shareholder Brokers‟
settlement bank account for onward transfer to their respective Eligible Shareholders.
The details of transfer of the dematerialised Equity Shares to the special account by trading member or
custodians shall be informed in the issue opening circular that will be issued by the BSE or ICCL.
The Equity Shares tendered by Eligible Shareholders would be liable to be rejected on the following grounds:
a. the Shareholder is not a Eligible Shareholder of the Company as on the Record Date; or
b. if there is a name mismatch in the dematerialised account of the Shareholder.
For Eligible Shareholders holding Equity Shares in the physical form if:
a. The documents mentioned in the Tender Form for Eligible Shareholders holding Equity Shares in
physical form are not received by the Registrar on or before the close of business hours of February 6,
2019 (Wednesday) by 5:00 p.m.;
b. If there is any other company share certificate enclosed with the Tender Form instead of the share
certificate of the Company;
c. If the transmission of Equity Shares is not completed, and the Equity Shares are not in the name of the
Eligible Shareholders;
d. If the Eligible Shareholders bid the Equity Shares but the Registrar does not receive the physical Equity
Share certificate; or
e. In the event the signature in the Tender Form and Form SH-4 do not match as per the specimen signature
recorded with Company or Registrar.
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21. NOTE ON TAXATION
Disclosures in this paragraph are based on expert opinion obtained by the Company.
SHAREHOLDERS ARE ADVISED TO CONSULT THEIR TAX ADVISORS FOR THE APPLICABLE
TAX PROVISIONS INCLUDING THE TREATMENT THAT MAY BE GIVEN BY THEIR
RESPECTIVE ASSESSING OFFICERS IN THEIR CASE, AND THE APPROPRIATE COURSE OF
ACTION THAT THEY SHOULD TAKE. THE COMPANY DOES NOT ACCEPT ANY
RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE ACCURACY OR OTHERWISE OF SUCH ADVICE.
THE SUMMARY OF THE TAX CONSIDERATIONS IN THIS SECTION ARE BASED ON THE
CURRENT PROVISIONS OF THE TAX LAWS OF INDIA AND THE REGULATIONS
THEREUNDER, THE JUDICIAL AND THE ADMINISTRATIVE INTERPRETATIONS THEREOF,
WHICH ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE OR MODIFICATION BY SUBSEQUENT LEGISLATIVE,
REGULATORY, ADMINISTRATIVE OR JUDICIAL DECISIONS. ANY SUCH CHANGES COULD
HAVE DIFFERENT TAX IMPLICATIONS.
THE COMPANY DOES NOT ACCEPT ANY RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE ACCURACY OR
OTHERWISE OF SUCH ADVICE. THEREFORE, SHAREHOLDERS CANNOT RELY ON THIS
ADVICE AND THE SUMMARY TAX IMPLICATIONS RELATING TO THE TREATMENT OF
INCOME TAX IN THE CASE OF BUY BACK OF LISTED EQUITY SHARES ON THE STOCK
EXCHANGE SET OUT BELOW SHOULD BE TREATED AS INDICATIVE AND FOR GUIDANCE
PURPOSES ONLY.
The below provisions of Income Tax Act, 1961 (“Income Tax Act”):
1. General
The basis of charge of Indian income-tax depends upon the residential status of the taxpayer during a tax year.
The Indian tax year runs from April 1 until March 31. A person who is an Indian tax resident is liable to
taxation in India on his worldwide income, subject to certain tax exemptions, which are provided under the
Income Tax Act, 1961 (“the Income Tax Act”).
A person who is treated as non-resident for Indian income-tax purposes is generally subject to tax in India only
on such person‟s India sourced income or income received by such person in India. In case of shares of a
Company, the source of income from shares would depend on the “situs” of such shares. As per judicial
precedents, generally the “situs” of the shares is where company is “incorporated” and where its shares can be
transferred. Accordingly, since Indian Oil Corporation Limited is incorporated in India, the shares of Indian
Oil Corporation Limited would be “situated” in India and any gains arising to a non-resident on transfer of
such shares should be taxable in India under the Income Tax Act. Further, the non-resident can avail the
beneficial provisions of the Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement („DTAA‟) between India and the
respective jurisdiction of the shareholder subject to meeting relevant conditions and providing and maintaining
necessary information and documents as prescribed under the Income Tax Act.
The Income Tax Act also provides for different tax regimes/ rates applicable to the gains arising on buyback
of shares, based on the period of holding, residential status and category of the shareholder, nature of the
income earned, etc. The summary tax implications on buyback of listed equity shares on the stock exchange is
set out below. All references to equity shares in this note refer to listed equity shares unless stated otherwise.
i. Based on the provisions of the Income Tax Act, shares can be classified under the following two
categories:
Shares held as investment(Income from transfer taxable under the head“ Capital Gains”)
Shares held as stock-in trade (Income from transfer taxable under the head “Profits and Gains from
Business or Profession”)
Gains arising from the transfer of shares may be treated either as “capital gains” or as “business income”
for tax purposes, depending upon whether such shares were held as a capital asset or trading asset (i.e.
stock-in-trade). Traditionally, the issue of characterisation of income arising from sale of shares has been
a subject matter of litigation with the tax authorities. There have been various judicial pronouncements on
whether gains from transactions in securities should be taxed as “business profits” or as “capital gains”.
However, these pronouncements, while laying down certain guiding principles have largely been driven
by the facts and circumstances of each case. Central Board of Direct Taxation (CBDT), the apex body of
Income-Tax has issued Circular No. 6 of 2016, as per which, if the taxpayer opts to consider the shares as
stock-in-trade, the income arising from the transfer of such shares would be treated as its business income.
Also, if such shares are held for a period of more than 12 months, if the taxpayer desires to treat the
income arising from the transfer thereof as “capital gains”, the same shall not be put to dispute by Income
Tax Authorities. However, the choice on characterization, once taken by the taxpayer should be
consistent, and shall apply for subsequent years as well.
Further, investments by FIIs in any securities in accordance with the regulations made under the Securities
Exchange Board of India Act, 1992 would be treated as capital asset under the provisions of the Income
Tax Act.
As per the provisions of the Income Tax Act, where the shares are held as investments, income arising from
the transfer of such shares is taxable under the head “Capital Gains”. Capital gains on buyback of shares are
governed by the provisions of Section 46A of the Income Tax Act and would attract capital gains in the
hands of shareholders as per provisions of Section 48 of the Income Tax Act. The provisions of Buyback tax
under Section 115QA in Chapter XII-DA of the Income Tax Act do not apply for shares listed on the stock
exchange.
i) Period of holding
Depending upon the period for which the shares are held, the capital gain would be taxable as Short Term or
Long Term
Where a capital asset, being listed equity shares of the Company being bought back, is held for a period
of less than or equal to 12 months prior to the date of transfer, the same shall be treated as a short-term
capital asset, and the gains arising therefrom shall be taxable as short-term capital gains(STCG).
Similarly, where listed equity shares are held for a period of more than 12 months prior to the date of
transfer, the same shall be treated as a long-term capital asset and the gains arising there from shall be
taxable as long-term capital gains (LTCG).
Where transaction for transfer of such equity shares (i.e. buyback) is executed through a recognized stock
exchange, they are liable to Securities Transaction Tax („STT‟). STT is a tax payable in India on the value of
securities on every purchase or sale of securities that are listed on the Indian Stock Exchange. Currently, the
STT rate applicable on the purchase or sale of shares on the stock exchange is 0.1% of the value of security.
The taxability of buyback proceeds in the hands of the eligible shareholder should be as under:
As per the provisions of the Income Tax Act as amended by the Finance Act, 2018, the exemption to
LTCG provided u/s. 10(38) of Income Tax Act has been withdrawn and tax is levied on LTCG
exceeding ₹1 Lac in a financial year arising on transfer of listed equity shares @ 10% without allowing
the benefit of indexation. However, gains accrued on such equity shares till 31st January, 2018 have
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been exempted by providing that the cost of acquisition in respect of such equity shares which would be
transferred on or after 1st April, 2018 shall be higher of i) the actual cost of acquisition of such equity
shares acquired before 1st February, 2018 or ii) the lower of a) the highest price of such equity shares
quoted on the recognised stock exchange on the 31st January, 2018; or b) the actual sale value of such
equity shares.
However, as per a notification no 60/2018 dated 1/10/2018 an exemption from the requirement of
STT being paid at the time of acquisition of shares, is sought to be provided to certain modes of
acquisition including acquisition of shares by a non-resident under the FDI policy.. If acquisition
is made in such specified modes, the rates specified above shall continue to apply, even if no STT
was paid at the time of acquisition of the shares.
If STT is not paid at the time of acquisition of the shares being bought back, entire LTCG
arising to the shareholder shall be subject to tax @ 10% under Section 112 of the IT Act (or 20%
after claiming indexation benefit which is relevant in case of resident shareholders).
STCG arising from such transaction would be subject to tax @ 15% under Section 111A of the Income
Tax Act.
Further, in case of resident Individual or HUF, the benefit of maximum amount which is not chargeable to
income-tax is considered while computing the tax on such STCG taxable under Section 111A of the Income
Tax Act. In such cases, where the total income as reduced by such STCG is below the maximum amount not
chargeable to tax, then such STCG shall be reduced by the amount by which the total income as so reduced
falls short of the maximum amount which is not chargeable to income tax and on the balance of STCG, if
any, income tax @ 15% is charged. In addition to the above STCG tax, surcharge, health and education cess
are leviable
Further, resident corporate shareholders would also be subject to Minimum Alternate Tax under section
115JB of the Income Tax Act at the rate of 18.50%. This would however be available for offset against taxes
payable by such corporate shareholders under normal tax provisions (subject to conditions).
For non-residents, taxability of capital gains would be subject to beneficial provisions of applicable Double
Taxation Avoidance Agreement (“DTAA”) entered into by India with relevant country in which the
shareholder is resident but subject to fulfilling relevant conditions and submitting/ maintaining necessary
documents prescribed under the Income Tax Act.
As an overall point, since the buyback is undertaken on the stock exchange, such transaction is chargeable to
Securities Transaction Tax (“STT”). STT is a tax payable in India on value of securities on every purchase
or sale of securities that are listed on the Indian Stock Exchange and presently current rate of STT is .1% of
transaction value.
i. If the shares are held as stock-in-trade by any of the shareholders of the Company, then the gains would be
characterized as business income and taxable under the head “Profit and Gains from Business or profession”. In
such a case, the provisions of section 46A of the Income Tax Act would not apply.
For individuals, HUF, AOP, BOI, profits would be taxable at slab rates.
Domestic company having turnover or gross receipts not exceeding Rs. 250 Crore in the previous
year i.e. 2016 -17 would be taxable @ 25%
For persons other than stated above, profits would be taxable at the rate of 30%.
For Non Residents, taxability of profits as business income would be subject to beneficial provisions of
applicable DTAA entered into by India with relevant shareholder country but subject to fulfilling relevant
conditions and submitting/ maintaining necessary documents prescribed under the Income Tax Act.
In absence of any specific provision under the Income Tax Act, the Company is not required to deduct tax on
the consideration payable to resident shareholders pursuant to the said Buyback.
Since the buy-back is through the stock exchange, the responsibility of discharge of the tax due on the gains (if
any) is primarily on the non-resident shareholder. It is thereof recommended that non-resident shareholder may
consult their custodians/authorized dealers/tax advisors appropriately to compute gains (if any) and immediately
pay taxes in India (either through deduction at source or otherwise) in consultation with their custodians/
authorized dealers/ tax advisors appropriately
The non-resident shareholders undertake to indemnify the Company if any tax demand is raised on the
Company on account of gains arising to the non-resident shareholders on buyback of Equity Shares by the
Company. The non-resident shareholders also undertake to provide the Company, on demand, the relevant
details in respect of the taxability / non-taxability of the proceeds arising on buyback of Equity Shares
by the Company, copy of tax return filed in India, evidence of the tax paid etc.
In addition to the basic tax rates Surcharge and Health and Education cess are leviable as under:
i. Surcharge:
In case of domestic companies: Surcharge @ 12% is leviable where the total income exceeds Rs.10 crores
and @ 7% where the total income exceeds Rs. 1 crore but upto Rs.10 crores.
In case of companies other than domestic companies: Surcharge @ 5% is leviable where the total income
exceeds Rs.10 crores and @ 2% where the total income exceeds Rs.1 crore but upto Rs.10 crores.
In case of Firms, Local Authorities or Cooperative Societies: Surcharge @12% is leviable where the total
income exceeds Rs.1 crore.
In case of Individuals, HUF , AOP, BOI: Surcharge @10% is leviable where the total income exceeds
Rs. 50 Lakhs but not more than Rs.1 crore and Surcharge @15% is leviable where the total income
exceeds Rs.1 Crore.
ii. Cess:
Health and education cess @ 4% is leviable on Income tax and surcharge, as applicable.
8. General
a) The above note on taxation sets out the provisions of law in a summary manner only and is not a complete
analysis or listing of all potential tax consequences of the disposal of equity shares.
b) Several of these benefits are dependent on the shareholders fulfilling the conditions prescribed under the
provisions of the relevant sections under the relevant tax laws.
c) This Note is neither binding on any regulators or nor there be any assurance that they will not take a position
contrary to the comments mentioned herein. Hence, you should consult with your own tax advisors for the tax
provisions applicable to your particular circumstances.
SHAREHOLDERS ARE ADVISED TO CONSULT THEIR TAX ADVISORS FOR THE TREATMENT
THAT MAY BE GIVEN BY THEIR RESPECTIVE ASSESSING OFFICERS IN THEIR CASE, AND
THE APPROPRIATE COURSE OF ACTION THAT THEY SHOULD TAKE. THE COMPANY DOES
NOT ACCEPT ANY RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE ACCURACY OR OTHERWISE OF SUCH
ADVICE.
This note is neither binding on any regulators nor can there be any assurance that they will not take a position
contrary to the comments mentioned herein. Hence you should consult with your own tax advisors for the tax
provisions applicable to your particular circumstances.
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22. DECLARATION BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Declaration as required under clause (ix) and clause (x) of Schedule I to the Buyback Regulations, as under:
The Board of Directors made the below mentioned declaration as on the date of passing the board resolution
approving the Buyback i.e. December 13, 2018:
i. The Board of Directors of the Company confirms that there are no defaults subsisting in the repayment of
deposits or interest payment thereon, redemption of debentures or interest payment thereon or redemption of
preference shares or payment of dividend due to any shareholder, or repayment of any term loans or interest
payable thereon to any financial institution or banking company.
ii. The Board of Directors of the Company confirms that it has made a full enquiry into the affairs and
prospects of the Company and has formed an opinion that:
a. immediately following the date of the Board Meeting on December 13, 2018 approving the Buyback,
there will be no grounds on which the Company can be found unable to pay its debts;
b. as regards the Company‟s prospects for the year immediately following the date of the Board Meeting
having regard to the Board‟s intentions with respect to the management of the Company's business
during the said year and to the amount and character of the financial resources which will in the Board‟s
view be available to the Company during the said year, the Company will be able to meet its liabilities as
and when they fall due and will not be rendered insolvent within a period of one year from the date of the
Board Meeting approving the Buyback; and
c. in forming an opinion as aforesaid, the Board has taken into account the liabilities as if the Company
were being wound up under the provisions of the Companies Act, 1956 or Companies Act, 2013 or the
Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code 2016, as the case may be, including prospective and contingent
liabilities.
This declaration is made and issued by the Board of Directors in terms of the resolution passed at its meeting
held on December 13, 2018.
Sd/- Sd/-
Sanjiv Singh Arun Kumar Sharma
Chairman Director (Finance)
(DIN: 05280701) (DIN: 06665266)
Text of the Report dated December 13, 2018 received from S. K Mehta & CO., Chartered Accountants one of
the Joint Statutory Auditors of the Company addressed to the Board of Directors as given below:
Quote
Auditor‟s Report on buy back of shares pursuant to the requirement of Schedule I to the Securities and
Exchange Board of India (Buy Back of Securities) Regulations, 2018, as amended
To,
The Board of Directors
Indian Oil Corporation Limited
Indian Oil Bhavan
G-9, Ali Yavar Jung Marg, Bandra (East)
Mumbai - 400051
1. This Report is issued in our capacity as one of the Joint Statutory Auditors of Indian Oil Corporation
Limited (hereinafter referred to as the “Company”).
2. In connection with the proposal of the Company to buy back its equity shares in pursuance of the
provisions of Section 68, 69 and 70 of the Companies Act, 2013 (the “Act”) and The Securities and
Exchange Board of India (Buy Back of Securities) Regulations, 2018, as amended (the “Regulations”), and
in terms of the resolution passed by the Board of Directors of the Company in their meeting held on
December 13, 2018, we have been engaged by the Company to perform a reasonable assurance
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engagement on the statement of determination of the amount permissible capital payment (the“ Statement”)
, which we have initialled for identification purposes only.
3. The preparation of the statement determining the amount permissible to be paid for the buy back is the
responsibility of the Board of Directors of the Company, including the preparation and maintenance of all
accounting and other relevant supporting records and documents. This responsibility includes the design,
implementation and maintenance of internal control relevant to the preparation and presentation of the
Statement and applying an appropriate basis of preparation; and making estimates that are reasonable in the
circumstances.
4. The Board of Directors are responsible to make a full inquiry into the affairs and prospectus/ offer
document of the Company and to form an opinion that the Company will not be rendered insolvent within
a period of one year from the date of board meeting and such declaration has to be signed by at least two
directors.
Auditor‟s Responsibility
5. Pursuant to the requirements of the Regulations, it is our responsibility to provide reasonable assurance on
the following “Reporting Criteria”:
(i) Whether the amount of capital payment for the buy back is within the permissible limit and computed in
accordance with the provisions of Section 68 of the Act;
(ii) Whether the Board of Directors has formed the opinion, as specified in Clause (x) of Schedule I to the
Regulations, on a reasonable grounds that the Company having regard to its state of affairs will not be
rendered insolvent within a period of one year from date of the board meeting; and
(iii) Whether we are aware of anything to indicate that the opinion expressed by the Directors in the
declaration as to any of the matters mentioned in the declaration is unreasonable in circumstances as at
the date of declaration.
6. The financial statements for the year ended March 31, 2018 have been audited by us along with other joint
Statutory Auditors , on which we issued an unmodified audit opinion vide our report dated 22 nd May, 2018.
Our audits of these financial statements were conducted in accordance with the Standards on Auditing as
specified under Section 143(10) of the Act and other applicable authoritative pronouncements issued by the
Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. Those Standards require that we plan and perform the audit to
obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement.
7. We conducted our examination of the Statement in accordance with the Guidance Note on Reports or
Certificates for Special Purposes issued by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. The Guidance
Note requires that we comply with the ethical requirements of the Code of Ethics issued by the Institute of
Chartered Accountants of India.
8. We have complied with the relevant applicable requirements of the Standard on Quality Control (SQC) 1,
Quality Control for Firms that Perform Audits and Reviews of Historical Financial Information, and Other
Assurance and Related Services Engagements.
i) We have inquired into the state of affairs of the Company in relation to its audited financial statements
for the year ended March 31, 2018;
ii) Examined authorization for buy back from the Articles of Association of the Company;
iii) Examined that the amount of capital payment for the buy back as detailed in Annexure A is within
permissible limit computed in accordance with section 68 of the Act;
iv) Examined that the ratio of debt owned by the Company, is not more than twice the capital and its free
reserve after such buy back;
v) Examined that all shares for buy back are fully paid-up;
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vi) Examined resolutions passed in the meetings of the Board of Directors;
vii) Examined Director‟s declarations for the purpose of buy back and solvency of the Company;
viii) Obtained necessary representations from the management of the Company.
Opinion
10. Based on our examination as above, and the information and explanations given to us, in our opinion,
(i) the Statement of permissible capital payment towards buyback of equity shares, as stated in Annexure A,
is in our view properly determined in accordance with Section 68 of the Act; and
(ii) the Board of Directors, in their meeting held on December 13, 2018, have formed the opinion, as
specified in clause (x) of Schedule I of the Regulations, on reasonable grounds, that the Company will
not, having regard to its state of affairs, be rendered insolvent within a period of one year from date of
board meeting and we are not aware of anything to indicate that the opinion expressed by the Directors
in the declaration as to any of the matters mentioned in the declaration is unreasonable in circumstances
as at the date of declaration.
Restriction on Use
11. The certificate is addressed to and provided to the Board of Directors of the Company pursuant to the
requirements of the Regulations solely to enable them to include it (a) in the public announcement to be
made by the Company, (b) in the draft letter of offer and letter of offer to be filed with the Securities and
Exchange Board of India, the stock exchanges, the Registrar of Companies as required under the
Regulations, the National Securities Depository Limited, the Central Depository Securities (India) Limited
and providing to the parties including manager to the offer in connection with buyback and should not be
used by any other person or for any other purpose. Accordingly, we do not accept or assume any liability or
any duty of care for any other purpose or to any other person to whom this report is shown or into whose
hands it may come without our prior consent in writing. We have no responsibility to update this report for
events and circumstances occurring after the date of this report.
Sd/-
ROHIT MEHTA
Partner
M. No 091382
Place of Signature – New Delhi
Date – 13.12.2018
ANNEXURE A
The amount of permissible capital payment towards buy-back of equity shares (including premium) in question as
ascertained below (as per standalone accounts as on 31st March 2018) in our view has been properly determined in
accordance with Section 68(2) of the Companies Act, 2013 and Regulation 4 of Buyback Regulations:
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24. DOCUMENTS FOR INSPECTION
The following material documents are available for inspection by shareholders of the Company at the Registered
Office: Indian Oil Bhavan, G-9 All Yavar Jung Marg, Bandra (East) Mumbai Maharashtra- 400 051 India, from
10:00 a.m. IST to 5:00 p.m. IST on all working days except Saturday, Sunday and public holidays, during the
Tendering Period.
Investor may contact the Compliance Officer for any clarification or to address their grievances, if any, during
office hours i.e. 10:00 a.m. IST to 5:00 p.m. IST on all working days except Saturday, Sunday and public
holidays.
i. In case of any grievances relating to the Buyback (i.e. non-receipt of the Buyback consideration, Share
certificate, demat credit, etc.) the investor can approach the Compliance Officer and/or Manager to the
Buyback and/or Registrar to the Buyback for redressal.
ii. If the Company makes any default in complying with the provisions of Section 68, 69, 70 of the Companies
Act, 2013, or the rules made thereunder, the Company or any officer of the Company who is in default shall
be punishable with imprisonment for a term and its limit, or with a fine and its limit or with both in terms of
the Companies Act, 2013.
iii. The address of the concerned office of the Registrar of Companies is as follows:
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27. DETAILS OF INVESTOR SERVICE CENTRE
In case of any query, the shareholders may also contact the Registrar & Transfer Agent on any day except
Saturday, Sunday and Public holidays between 10:00 AM and 5:00 PM at the following address:
As per Regulation 24(i)(a) of the Buyback Regulations, the Board of Directors of the Company accept full
responsibility for the information contained in this Letter of Offer and confirms that the information in this Letter
of Offer contain true, factual and material information and does not contain any misleading information. The
Letter of Offer is issued under the authority of the Board of Directors by the Buyback Committee through
Resolution passed by the Buyback Committee meeting held on January 11, 2019.
Enclosure:
1. Tender Form for Demat Shareholders
2. Tender Form for Physical Shareholders
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