Kaveri Seed Company Limited Buyback 2024
(i) Kaveri Seeds today is India’s largest agriculture company specializing in Hybrid Seeds for Key Indian crops. Founded in 1976 by Sri G.V. Bhaskar Rao and later became a public limited company in 2007. It’s now one of India’s largest agriculture companies specializing in Hybrid Seeds in Key Indian crops, led by Mr. G.V. Bhaskar Rao.
(ii)With over 125 high-quality hybrids and varieties across various crops, Kaveri Seed has a diverse and risk-mitigated portfolio. It’s known for its leading hybrids in BT cotton, maize, pearl millet, sunflower, sorghum, rice, and vegetables, catering to different agro-climatic zones in India and exporting globally.
(iii)The company has earned significant goodwill among farmers and distributors, thanks to its commitment to seed innovation and a strong grower network across 12 different agro-climatic zones in India.
(iv)Kaveri Seed operates seven modern processing plants in key Indian locations, a large maize cob drying facility, extensive warehouse and storage capabilities, and advanced greenhouses for pest, disease, and Bt cotton containment.
Buy Back Offer Deal:
| Buyback Type: | Tender Offer |
| Buyback Record Date: | Feb 23 2024 |
| Buyback Opening Date: | Feb 29 2024 |
| Buyback Closing Date: | Mar 06 2024 |
| Buyback Offer Amount: | ₹ 325 Cr. |
| Date of Board Meeting approving the proposal: | Jan 05 2024 |
| Date of Public Announcement: | Jan 05 2024 |
| Buyback Offer Size: | 8.01% |
| Buyback Number of Shares: | 44,82,7 58 |
| Price Type: | Tender Offer |
| FV: | 2 |
| Buyback Price: | ₹ 725 Per Equity Share |
Details of Buyback:
Salient financial parameters:
| Particulars (In Cr) | Mar 2019 | Mar 2020 | Mar 2021 | Mar 2022 | Mar 2023 |
| Sales + | 808 | 929 | 1,033 | 968 | 1,068 |
| Expenses + | 596 | 676 | 735 | 765 | 816 |
| Operating Profit | 212 | 253 | 298 | 203 | 252 |
| OPM % | 26% | 27% | 29% | 21% | 24% |
| Other Income + | 43 | 46 | 46 | 41 | 55 |
| Interest | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Depreciation | 23 | 26 | 22 | 21 | 21 |
| Profit before tax | 231 | 273 | 321 | 223 | 286 |
| Tax % | 6% | 5% | 3% | 4% | 5% |
| Net Profit + | 217 | 260 | 311 | 213 | 273 |
| EPS in Rs | 34.45 | 42.94 | 51.47 | 36.43 | 48.59 |
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Dividend Payout %
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9% | 7% | 8% | 11% | 8% |
How to Participate in buyback?
Profit from the buyback on the bases of acceptance Ratio:
| Acceptance Ratio | 33% | 50% | 75% | 100% |
| Amount Invested in Buyback | 1,81,500 | 1,81,500 | 1,81,500 | 1,81,500 |
| No. of Shares Buyback | 90 | 137 | 206 | 275 |
| Buyback Profit | 5,850 | 8,905 | 13,390 | 17,875 |
| Profit% | 3.22% | 4.91% | 7.38% | 9.85% |
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I have tendered 65 shares of kavari but not a single share has been accepted. What could be the reason?. I bought 10 days before the record date
If you bought on Feb 13 and held the shares in your demat account on Feb 23, you should have received an email confirming your entitlement . Did you get it ? Did you get an email after the buyback stating 0 shared were accepted ?
Have you successfully participated in other buybacks before ? Do any special circumstances like being a non resident in India apply to you ?
If you believe you were eligible , it is best to contact the RTA agent to ask why your shares were not accepted .
Yes, I have participated in many buyback earlier. According to my broker they have send request for buyback to registrar but it was rejected. The reason was buyback was done BSE and i have purchases shares in NSE and BSE segment was not active in my account. I have also received message from NSDL about 65 shares debited from my account.
I can see returned remaining share in my groww account but can’t sell its says no holding.
What should I do , shares should be credited back today itself so I can sell but can’t sell.
Acceptance Ration 65.7%, still decent. Market condition really bad, but be giving chance…
Money would be in account till tomorrow and shares latest by tomorrow
Sumit ji,
Yes, a good AR. 184/280 in my case. I wish n hope that everything is fine. I am rather occupied with some other activities. Hence not active on the site. Good to see your post.
Good to see your encouraging and positive comment in this bad times, Sumit ji.Very soothing indeed. I would like to share the loss and sorrows of all the members of the group who think they lost their money during the past few days.Please don’t panic.What falls fast will also rise, may be a bit slowly.
AR Would be around 45-50%.
I think it would be higher.
Hoping for AR above 70%. Let us see how it goes.
ER is nearly 20% for retailers
It is 25%
ER 37 out of 150 in my case. Expecting AR of 45-50 percent.
66 percent ar
Very good ar
E-voting for buyback is completed yesterday. Record date will be announced soon.
Record date: 23 Feb 2024
Bough more at 647.45 for buyback….
Take your own decision…..
I have purchased some @ Rs.650/-. But the purchase order for Rs. 645/- has not been executed. You have succeeded. Congratulations,Sir. God blesses you with all the best.
Thanks SRK ji, but 5 -10 Rs here & there would not make much difference.
Important and Still not able to understand the sudden rally and then fall from 760 to 647.. .Results are not good, but not very bad and its still a good company.. Hopefully would appreciate after release of Buyback program.
Mr.Sumit, Nice time to buy. The results are not good why there is a steep rally? There is no occurrence of bulk deals in the recent past. BSE had a similar rally last year too. The number of public shareholders is 49.166 accommodating around 39% of shares.
Did anyone have an update about record date?
The whole agricultural sector is under pressure because of the global business outlook. Look at other companies like UPL, Dhanuka, etc.
Is every other process like Postal ballot voting completed? We are just waiting for a record date announcement and maybe a price revision.
Hello sir as per prospectus promotor willing to participate in buybck aggregating upto 22 lakh shares and total shares for acceptance is around 44 lakh so considering this acceptance ratio will be impacted
Average results.. Not much trigger.. Some trigger may be from budget… Good for people who have quit…
Lets see the record date… Difficult to have higher rate of buyback at the moment..
Wow, what an amazing rise and phenomenal fall in two days.Could exit in part only because of my tragic experience with BSE in the recent past.
Mr.Sumit, How did you come to conclusion about 100% AR?
What are the probability of revision of buyback price? Did anyone have any information about record date?
Rahul ji, when I posted message the market price was 760 and Buyback was 725, so anyone can have surrendered and have got 100%AR… But it’s market…
:- ) 🙂 :- )
My bad I added fund for kaveri seeds but seeing record date is after chambal buyback I bought chambal and later will buy kaveri seeds😢
Now chambal is in loss and ER also too less while kaveri seeds is above buyback price.
Take it as learning. FYI – Kaveri seeds has fallen to 685.
Yes thanks for info
KSCL crossed 760. All those who have bought for Buyback can have a decent exit. Risky investors can hold till tomorrow for result.
So its 100% AR 🙂
Booked today
Does anyone have a full list of buybacks where share price went higher than the buyback price ? Recently, in Arnold, BSE and Jagran Prakashan the buyback price was not changed , whereas in L&T it was. Any other examples that I am missing ?
The price finally crossed the buyback price. I think they will wait until the last day to decide whether to increase the price. If the price is substantially higher than the buyback price just around the record date, they might increase it so that it is slightly higher than the market price at that time.
Hopefully KSCL would cross the Buyback price of 725 in Market and price revision would be done…
Experts kindly suggest your comment..
Share price revision is very unlikely. The promoters are probably still going to tender their shares. Revision rarely happens. In a professionally managed company like L&T it can happen, but I would be surprised to see in happen in a family owned/managed company, unless the share price goes significantly higher.
The Buyback committee has the right to revise the price. We can hope for revision only when the share price is significantly higher than the buyback price.
The provision is standard, I think, but rarely exercised. L&T is the only example I can think of. In recent cases I remember, in BSE and Jagran Prakashan, buyback price was not revised despite share price being significantly higher than market price.
Agrees Trinity ji and Rohit ji, yet if the company wants to make Buyback successful there should be at least 3-4% difference .
For share holder it is advantageous to sell in Buyback then in market , due to the tax been paid by the company and not by the share holder.
Lets see, but even with current rate the AR can be definitely very high >80%
Sumit ji, keeping the price lower will benefit those who want higher AR rather than higher profit per share, because higher price will be offset by fewer shares being bought . Promoters’ cost of acquisition will be around face value. So, for them, unlike those who bought recently, the tax benefit will make sense even if the market price is significantly higher than market price. It is probably at least a couple of weeks to the record date. The share price might have moved a lot in either direction. Let us see what happens.
Trinity Ji, I agree but please consider that current market price gap with BB price is directly proportional to the AR. With small gap or negative gap, very less people would apply and therefore High AR,
Further, results are around the corner and expected to be good. Also the PE and growth story is good, so lets see if operator wins in collaboration with promoter.. or Promotor against operator,,,
I feel currently KSCL is in sweet spot.. Thanks for your comments…
Sumit ji, I agree KSCL is in a sweet spot and own the shares from several months ago. However, I think it will be risky for someone to buy at these levels only on the hope that the buyback price will be revised up.
Trinity ji, Absolutely right and neatly worded!!! Thanks.
Let us wait and see.For the time being enjoying the gain is the main thing.I sold a small portion of my holding and booked profit. Apart from L& T,BSE made a small revision of buyback price which turned out to be insignificant very soon. Have not come across any other case. Control PR crossed the buyback price in between, but retreated by record date as per my memory. Sharing the joy of the moment with all the unseen friends of the zone.
Best of the recent buyback. Company PE & growth is also good.. Looking to add more at 654 or lower,…
What could be expected record date?
My guess it will be around Feb mid.
Okay thanks
Buyback price and cmp gap is very narrow
Expected Minimum Entitlement Ratio for Small Shareholders (below Rs 2 lakhs):
Dhampur Sugar Jan 2024: 2.25 %
Kaveri Seeds Jan 2024: 30.04 %
Chambal Fertilisers Jan 2024: 11.22 %
Bajaj Auto Jan 2024 : 15 %
Hi Aankit. how did you calculate for Kaveri seeds 30.04%.Pls explain fully
@ MANOJ
Kaveri Seeds Buy Back Jan 2024:
Offer Size: 8.01 % of equity
Reserved for Small Share holders: 1.2 % of euity
As on 31st March, 2023:
(1) 1-500 Category: 5.91 % equity or 33 lakhs shares held by 56,257 share holders (average holding to be 59 shares)
(2) Share holders having less than 275 to 307 shares (assuming closing price on record date to be between 650 to 725 Rs) will be considered as Small Share holders (having shares less than Rs 2 lakhs)
(3) I have assumed share holders (having shares between 307 to 500) to be 1.91 % & 4 % equity to be held by investors holding shares between 1 to 307.
(4) Point no 3 is Pure Guess Work. Any one can have their own guess. There is NO FOOL PROOF WAY to find out exact no of equity held by Small Share holders before release of Actual Offer Letter.
(5) Expected Entitlement Ratio Calculation : 1.2 x 100 / 4 = 30%
I hope I could explain rationale behind my calculation and assumption.
Hi Ankit, u should not consider the share holder holding pattern as of 31st March 2023.. u should consider as of 30/31st December. If u see for Dec quarter close to 70 lakh shares are now hold by ppl less than 2 lakhs. Even company has published dec holding data while announcing buyback. As per me entitlement would be around 15-20% max.
Already moved out from this @ 670.82 with a nominal profit of 4%.
What is the criteria you follow. I mean minimum percentage compared to CMP
As per my previous experience, if the buyback is at a premium of 15-20% with a decent buyback size then it will be profitable otherwise you will end in very nominal profit or loss as I sold all of my shares on the same day once the unaccepted shares credit to the demat account.
Hello @ROHIT AGARWAL,
When did you buy the stock(Kaveri Seed)? Do you follow any pattern like once got the buyback news? or any other criteria?
Sorry for not replying earlier. I bought it on the day of when the annoucement is made for the board meeting for the purpose of buyback. Yes, generally I bought it at the time of release of buyback news.
Rohit ji what’s your thoughts?
Will it may fall as premium from CMP is only 9% so risk is high now.
Waiting for some price fall is good I guess
Sorry for not replying earlier. I bought it for the buyback purpose and moved out as the premium is not good. I think I will buy again if available near to 625 as I expect the ER will be around 20%.
Hope to get a chance to buy it near to Rs 625
Thanks ji
Buyback Price :- 725
No of Share:- 44,82,758
Record Date:- Yet to Announce
Open or tender
Tender
Percentage?
The companies can opt for Open Market buyback this financial year and next. However the size of the Open Market buyback shall reduce drastically.
Phasing out of Buy-back from the open market through stock exchanges– Open market buy-backs through stock exchanges will be completely phased out from April 1, 2025. The gradual phase-out of the open market buy-backs through stock exchanges, shall be achieved by limiting the quantum of buy back permitted to less than: (a) fifteen percent of the paid up capital and free reserves of the company till March 31, 2023; (b) ten percent of the paid up capital and free reserves of the company till March 31, 2024; and (c) five percent of the paid up capital and free reserves of the company till March 31, 2025.
Thank you Gaurav ji for the details.
Just confirming, It’s only for open market and tender route can come with 15% or any value right?
Could someone confirm is open market buybacks are still allowed, or are allowed with more stringent conditions, or banned?
What is the likelohood of Kaveri seeds being a tender offer?
It’s 50:50 if the company decides to do open market or tender buyback. They can also vote against buyback altogether as well. If company decides to not do buyback or decides to do open market buyback then on monday stock could see some selling pressure.
Open Market Buybacks allowed till 1st April 2025.
Good to see two companies with very nice financial parameters announcing their intention to buyback shares. Hope the offer will be attractive. Waiting eagerly for the outcome of the Board meeting.
Hello Gopi, both seems to be good companies. However Kaveri seeds last 2 buybacks were open market buyback. Need to see this time
Kaveri Seeds has been doing open market operations which SEBI has been thinking of banning because of possible misuse/manipulation. I hope they know that. Sugar may be sweet and I have bought some already. I don’t have to go for penny stocks atleast now. So I am happy.
Tender offer me acceptation ratio kitna tha.