ICICI Lombard IPO subscribed 27% on day one

Receives bids for 1.66 crore shares

The initial public offer (IPO) of ICICI Lombard General Insurance Company (ICICI Lombard) received bids for 1.66 crore shares on the first day of bidding for the IPO, data on NSE showed as at 17:15 IST. The IPO was subscribed 0.27 times. The IPO opened for subscription today, 15 September 2017 and closes on 19 September 2017. The price band for the IPO is Rs 651-661 per share.

Ahead of the opening of the IPO, the IPO committee of the board of directors of the company at its meeting held yesterday, 14 September 2017, finalized allocation of 2.45 crore equity shares in aggregate, to 64 anchor investors at Rs 661 per share. Anchor investors include Kuwait Investment Authority, BlackRock, Russell Investment Co., Abu Dhabi Investment Authority, SBI Life Insurance, Nomura, Amansa, Franklin Templeton, FIL Mauritius, Goldman Sachs, CitiGroup, HDFC Std Life Insurance and Master Trust Bank of Japan among others.

The offer comprises sale of up to 8.62 crore equity shares of the company, representing about 19% of its equity share capital for cash, through an offer for sale by ICICI Bank and FAL Corporation. The offer would constitute 19% of the post-offer paid-up equity share capital and the net offer shall constitute 18.05% of post-offer paid-up equity share capital.

The Offer for Sale (OFS) is of up to 3.17 crore equity shares by ICICI Bank and up to 5.44 crore shares by FAL. The entire proceeds from the OFS will be paid to selling shareholders.

ICICI Lombard is the largest private-sector non-life insurer in India based on gross direct premium income (GDPI) for last fourteen straight years, after being one of the first few private-sector companies to commence operations in the sector in FY2002.

ICICI Lombard's profit after tax rose 27.01% to Rs 641.82 crore on 35.82% total income to Rs 983.65 crore in the year ended 31 March 2017 over the year ended 31 March 2016.

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