No, Aspire doesn't buy. They give money, and CTIX prints shares out of thin air for that money. Aspire then sells a portion or all of those shares, and hopes to get above what they "pay" for them.
Maybe Menon didn't have the money to pay, so shares was the only or best way. To think Aruda won't sell a portion would be naive.
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