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Neogen Chemicals will raise Rs 253 crore through an issue of preferential shares to investors to expand business. In a regulatory filing on Wednesday, the company informed that the Board of Directors considered and approved the allotment of 14,42,358 equity shares of face value of Rs 10 each at a price of Rs 1754.07 per share, aggregating up to Rs 252.99 crore on a preferential basis. SBI Large and Midcap Fund, SBI Contra Fund, SBI Equity Savings Fund, Quant Small Cap Fund, TATA India Tax Saving Fund, India Acorn Fund Ltd, Ashoka India Equity Investment Trust PLC, Invesco India Small Cap Fund and Alchemy Long term Ventures Fund have been allotted these preference shares. The equity shares allotted by the company to these investors will be listed on the stock exchanges. "The company is in the business of manufacturing specialty Chemicals. The Company anticipates growth opportunities in its existing organic/ inorganic business and continues to evaluate various avenues for growth and
The initial public offering of Neogen Chemicals received good response from investors as the issue was subscribed 41.14 times on the final day of bidding Friday. The Rs 132-crore initial public offering (IPO) received bids for 17,80,95,125 shares against the total issue size of 43,29,038 shares, according to an update on the NSE at 19:30 hrs. The category reserved for qualified institutional buyers (QIBs) was subscribed 30.42 times, non-institutional investors 114.73 times and retail individual investors 15.67 times, said merchant banking sources. The IPO comprises a fresh issue of up to Rs 70 crore and an offer-for-sale of up to 29,00,000 equity shares, including an anchor portion of 18,46,715 equity shares. The price range for the offer, which was opened for subscription on Wednesday, has been fixed at Rs 212-215 per share. Inga Advisors Pvt Ltd and Batlivala & Karani Securities India Pvt Ltd are the book-running lead managers to the offer. Equity shares of the company are ...