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Staying conservative can




            be rewarding as well…








            How BCML’s                  We could have acquired   We selected to remain in our
            conservative business       whatever acquisition     known territory and acquired assets
                                        opportunity came to us.
            model has been a win-                                commensurate with our managerial
            win proposition for all                              bandwidth instead.
            stakeholders…

                                                                 We paid a cumulative D421.67 crore
                                        We could have only
                                        reinvested in the        through three buyback offers, D309.08
                                        business all the profit   crore through dividends (including
                                        generated.               dividend tax) and repaid D726.12 crore of
                                                                 long-term loans in four years instead.




                                        We could have ‘played’   We liquidated our sugar inventory as
                                        the market to maximise   and when we were allocated export
                                        profits                  quotas, maximising cash flows in the
                                                                 organisation instead.














                        730.74             2488.10                    5                 0.19

                            D crore              D crore





                         Payouts through      Cumulative cash    Number of times the   Long-term debt-
                         three buybacks +    profit generated in   Company remained   equity ratio as on
                           dividends         five years ending   profitable in the past   31st March 2020
                                                 2019-20             five years









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