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Industrial machinery manufacturer Lohia Corp Ltd on Monday said it has fixed a price band of Rs 404-425 per equity share for its upcoming Initial Public Offering (IPO), valuing the company at around Rs 4,500 crore at the higher end. The company's Rs 1,102 crore IPO will open for public subscription on July 23 and conclude on July 27, while the bidding for anchor investors will open on July 22, according to a public announcement. The IPO is entirely an OFS of up to 2.59 crore equity shares by existing shareholders. Since the issue is an OFS, the company will not receive any proceeds from the public offering. At the upper end of the price band, the IPO is valued at around Rs 1,102 crore. Investors can bid for a minimum of 35 equity shares and in multiples thereafter. Qualified Institutional Buyers (QIBs) have been allocated 75 per cent of the net offer, while 15 per cent has been reserved for Non-Institutional Investors (NIIs) and 10 per cent for retail investors. The equity shares
The primary market will remain active next week, with four public issues, including the InvIT of Cube Highways Trust and the initial public offerings (IPOs) of Indo MIM, Lohia Corp and Xtranet Technologies, set to open for subscription. Cube Highways Trust will open its Rs 5,000-crore InvIT public issue on July 22 and close on July 24. The price band has been fixed at Rs 151-152 per unit, while anchor investor bidding will take place on July 21. The issue is a 100 per cent book-built offer for sale by existing unitholders as the trust transitions from a privately listed InvIT to a publicly listed platform. Ahead of the public issue, Cube Highways Trust raised Rs 1,250 crore from strategic investors through unit subscription agreements. The IPOs of Indo MIM, Lohia Corp and Xtranet Technologies will open on July 23 and close on July 27. Anchor investor bidding for the three mainboard issues are slated for July 22. Precision engineering components maker Indo MIM's IPO comprises a fre
Cube Highways Trust is planning to launch its Rs 5,000-crore initial public offering, comprising entirely an offer-for-sale component, this month, as it looks to broaden its investor base and improve liquidity, people familiar with the matter said. The proposed issue is structured entirely as an offer for sale (OFS), according to the draft papers. Cube Highways Trust (Cube InvIT), which owns a portfolio of highway assets across India, had 27 operational assets spanning 8,754 lane kilometres across 12 states and one Union Territory as of March 31, 2026, with an average residual concession life of 18 years. In a message to unitholders in the FY26 annual report, its Chief Executive Officer Vinay C Sekar said the trust's strategy remains focused on disciplined acquisitions, predictable distributions, financial prudence and operational efficiency. About 85 per cent of the portfolio comprises toll road assets that benefit from traffic growth and inflation-linked toll revisions, and the .
Akasa Air plans to come out with its initial share sale in the next two to four years, depending on achieving various milestones, its Chief Financial Officer Ankur Goel said on Tuesday as he stressed that the airline's IPO is "not a question of if but a question of when". After taking to the skies in August 2022, the airline is slowly expanding its presence and currently flies to 34 destinations, including 7 international cities. The nearly four-year-old carrier, now, has a fleet of 39 planes and aims to have 226 aircraft by 2032. Responding to queries about the Initial Public Offering (IPO) at a briefing in the national capital, Goel said the time frame is going to be 2-4 years, depending on achieving various milestones such as being EBITDA positive, cash flow and profitability. "IPO will happen for us, it is not a question of if, it is a question of when, we are not creating an airline to do an IPO, we are creating an airline that really creates value...," he said, and also ...