The initial share sale of Juniper Hotels, which runs hotels under the Hyatt brand, received 23 per cent subscription on the second day of offer on Thursday. The Initial Public Offering (IPO) received bids for 66,03,040 shares against 2,89,47,367 shares on offer, as per NSE data. The category for Retail Individual Investors (RIIs) got subscribed 87 per cent, quota for non-institutional investors received 14 per cent subscription, and the portion for Qualified Institutional Buyers (QIBs) received a mere 6 per cent subscription. On Tuesday, Juniper Hotels said it has garnered Rs 810 crore from anchor investors. The IPO is entirely a fresh issue of equity shares worth Rs 1,800 crore and the price band is Rs 342-360 apiece. Funds to the tune of Rs 1,500 crore will be utilised for repayment of debt availed by the company and subsidiaries -- Chartered Hotels Pvt Ltd and Chartered Hampi Hotels Pvt Ltd. Besides, a portion of the proceeds will be used for general corporate purposes. The .
EV chargers maker Exicom Tele-Systems Ltd on Thursday said it has fixed a price band of Rs 135-142 per share for its Rs 429 crore Initial Public Offering (IPO). The initial share sale will be open for public subscription during February 27-29 and the bidding for anchor investors will open for a day on February 26, the company said. The maiden public issue comprises a fresh issue of equity shares aggregating up to Rs 329 crore and an Offer For Sale (OFS) component of up to 70.42 lakh equity shares worth Rs 100 crore, at the upper end of the price band, by promoter NextWave Communications. At present, NextWave Communications holds a 76.55 per cent stake in the company and HFCL, part of the promoter group, owns 7.74 per cent shareholding. Overall, promoters hold 93.28 per cent stake in Exicom Tele-Systems. Proceeds of the fresh issue will be used towards setting up production lines at the manufacturing facility in Telangana, investment in R&D as well as product development, and ...
Bharat Highways InvIT, an infrastructure investment trust, on Thursday said it will launch its Rs 2,500 crore Initial Public Offering (IPO) on February 28. The InvIT's maiden public issue will conclude on March 1 and the price band has been set at Rs 98-100 per unit for the issue, Bharat Highways InvIT said in a statement. Proceeds from the issue will be utilised to provide loans to the Project SPVs (special purpose vehicles) for repayment of their outstanding loans. Bharat Highways InvIT is an infrastructure investment trust established to acquire, manage, and invest in a portfolio of infrastructure assets in India and to carry on the activities of an infrastructure investment trust under Sebi's InvIT rule. Its initial portfolio consists of seven road assets, all operating on HAM (Hybrid Annuity Model) basis, in Punjab, Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, and Uttar Pradesh consisting of about 497.292 km of constructed and operational roads. Additionally, the InvIT has entered
Q4 2023 witnessed a staggering 72% increase in IPOs compared to the same period in 2022, signaling robust market activity.
City-based builder Arkade Developers will be investing around Rs 700 crore in three projects in the megapolis that are expected to be completed over the next three to four years. Last week, the company received the regulatory nod to launch a Rs 430 crore initial share sale and part of the proceeds will be used for the investment. "We have earmarked Rs 698 crore for three new projects in the city -- Arkade Nest in Mulund (West), Deep Shikhar C Unit in Goregaon (East) and Prachi in Vile Parle (East). "Phase 1 of Arkade Nest is a luxury project and is already on. Going forward, our focus is on blended model of greenfield and redevelopment. The Goregaon and Malad projects are redevelopment units," Amit Jain, Chairman and Managing Director of Arkade, told PTI on Monday. Currently, the company has five ongoing projects. Arkade Nest is a Rs 427 crore-project while Prachi and C Unit projects will be worth Rs 178 crore and Rs 94 crore, respectively, totalling the overall investment at Rs
The initial share sale of healthcare products distributor Entero Healthcare Solutions received a 19 per cent subscription on the second day of bidding on Monday. The Rs 1,600 crore-Initial Public Offering (IPO) got bids for 13,85,604 shares against 71,50,100 on offer, as per NSE data. The category for Retail Individual Investors (RIIs) got subscribed 88 per cent while the quota for non-institutional investors received 9 per cent subscription. The portion for the Qualified Institutional Buyers (QIBs) have almost remained unsubscribed. The IPO is a combination of fresh issue of up to Rs 1,000 crore and an Offer For Sale (OFS) of up to 47,69,475 equity shares, aggregating up to Rs 600 crore at the upper end of the price band. Price range for the offer is Rs 1,195-1,258 per share. Entero Healthcare Solutions has collected Rs 716 crore from anchor investors. Proceeds from the fresh issue will be used towards payment of debt, funding working capital requirements, pursuing inorganic gr
Gopal Snacks Ltd, piping solutions provider Dee Development Engineers and construction firm SRM Contractors have received Sebi's go-ahead to raise funds through initial public offering (IPO). The three companies, which filed their preliminary IPO papers with the markets regulator between October and November 2023, obtained its observations during February 7-9, an update with the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) showed on Monday. In Sebi's parlance, receiving observations from the regulator means its go-ahead to float the maiden public issue. According to the draft red herring prospectus (DRHP), Gopal Snacks' proposed issue is entirely an Offer For Sale (OFS) of equity shares worth Rs 650 crore by promoters and other selling shareholders. The OFS comprises sale of shares worth up to Rs 100 crore by Bipinbhai Vithalbhai Hadvani, up to Rs 540 crore by Gopal Agriproducts Pvt Ltd and up to Rs 10 crore by Harsh Sureshkumar Shah. Founded in 1999, Gopal Snacks is a fast-movin
Engineering, procurement and construction firm Atmastco Ltd on Monday said it will raise a little over Rs 56 crore through an initial public offering that will open for subscription on February 15. Post the completion of the Initial Public Offering (IPO), shares of the Bhilai- headquartered company will be listed on the National Stock Exchange's Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) platform -- NSE Emerge. The company's IPO is a combination of fresh issue of 54.8 lakh equity and an Offer For Sale (OFS) of 18.25 lakh shares with a fixed price of Rs 77 apiece, according to a statement. At this price, the company will mobilise Rs 42.2 crore through the fresh issue and Rs 14.06 crore by way of OFS. Proceeds from the fresh issue will be primarily used for funding the working capital requirements of the company. Besides, some amount will be used for repayment of loans and general corporate purposes. The maiden public issue opens for subscription on February 15 and will conclude on February
The initial public offering of Jana Small Finance Bank received 18.50 times subscription on the closing day of share sale on Friday. Private equity majors TPG and Morgan Stanley-backed company's IPO received bids for 18,71,96,580 shares as against 1,01,16,284 shares on offer, as per NSE data. The portion for Qualified Institutional Buyers (QIBs) fetched 38.75 times subscription while the category for non-institutional investors got subscribed 25.05 times. The Retail Individual Investors (RIIs) part received 5.46 times subscription. The Bengaluru-headquartered firm's Initial Public Offering (IPO) had a fresh issue of up to Rs 462 crore and an Offer For Sale (OFS) of up to 2,608,629 shares. It had a price range of Rs 393-414 apiece. Jana Small Finance Bank on Tuesday garnered Rs 167 crore from anchor investors. The bank will use the money from the fresh issue to augment its core capital to meet future capital requirements and improve its capital adequacy ratio. Axis Capital, ICICI
The initial share sale of healthcare products distributor Entero Healthcare Solutions received 10 per cent subscription on the first day of bidding on Friday. The Rs 1,600 crore-Initial Public Offering (IPO) got bids for 6,89,678 shares against 71,50,100 shares on offer, as per NSE data. The category for Retail Individual Investors (RIIs) got subscribed 45 per cent while the quota for non-institutional investors received 4 per cent subscription. The IPO is a combination of fresh issue of up to Rs 1,000 crore and an Offer For Sale (OFS) of up to 47,69,475 equity shares, aggregating up to Rs 600 crore at the upper end of the price band. Price range for the offer is Rs 1,195-1,258 a share. Entero Healthcare Solutions has collected Rs 716 crore from anchor investors. Proceeds from the fresh issue will be used towards payment of debt, funding working capital requirements, pursuing inorganic growth initiatives through acquisitions and general corporate purposes. ICICI Securities, Dam
The initial public offer of information and communications technology products distributor Rashi Peripherals got fully subscribed on the first day of bidding on Wednesday. The IPO received bids for 1,54,17,936 shares against 1,42,37,289 shares on offer, garnering a 1.08 times subscription, as per NSE data. The portion for non-institutional investors subscribed 1.87 times, while the quota for retail individual investors (RIIs) received 1.36 times subscription. The category for qualified institutional buyers (QIBs) got subscribed 1 per cent. The Rs 600-crore initial public offer (IPO) is in a price range of Rs 295-311 a share. The IPO is completely a fresh issue of equity shares. Rashi Peripherals on Tuesday mobilised Rs 180 crore from anchor investors. Of the IPO proceeds, funds worth Rs 326 crore will be utilised for payment of debt and Rs 220 crore for funding working capital requirements and general corporate purposes. Last month, Rashi Peripherals raised Rs 150 crore from ...
Esconet Technologies said on Wednesday it has secured an order from National Informatics Centre Services Inc (NICSI) to deliver servers and object storage for the Immigration, Visa and Foreigners Registration & Tracking application of the FRRO. The servers and object storage will transform the user experience and provide seamless access to the e-FRRO service, the company said in a release. Esconet, a homegown IT solutions provider firm, will deliver servers and object storage for Immigration Visa Foreigner Registration Tracking application of Foreigners Regional Registration Officer (FRRO), a Ministry of External Affairs agency. "e-FRRO is a web-based application aimed at building a centralised online platform for foreigners for visa-related services. It provides faceless, cashless and paperless services to foreigners with a swift and user-friendly experience," the release said. The IPO-bound Esconet has also got another order to establish a private cloud for CE Infosystems, which
Healthcare products distributor Entero Healthcare Solutions on Tuesday said it has fixed a price band of Rs 1,195-1,258 a share for its Rs 1,600 crore Initial Public Offering (IPO). The initial share sale will open for public subscription on February 9 and conclude on February 13 and the bidding for anchor investors will open on February 8, the company said. Entero Healthcare's IPO is a combination of a fresh issue of equity shares worth up to Rs 1,000 crore and an Offer For Sale (OFS) component of 47.69 lakh equity shares aggregating up to Rs 600 crore at the upper end of the price band. Those selling shares in OFS include Prabhat Agrawal, Prem Sethi, and OrbiMed Asia III Mauritius Ltd. Proceeds from the fresh issue will be used towards payment of debt, funding working capital requirements, pursuing inorganic growth initiatives through acquisitions and general corporate purposes. Entero Healthcare Solutions was founded in 2018 by Prabhat Agarwal and Prem Sethi. The company claims
Solar energy solutions provider Alpex Solar Ltd on Monday said it has fixed a price band of Rs 109-115 apiece for its Rs 75-crore initial public offering (IPO). The issue will open for public subscription on February 8 and conclude on February 12. The bidding for anchor investors will open for a day on February 7, the Greater Noida-based company said in a statement. The maiden public issue comprises a fresh issue of 64.8 lakh equity shares. At the upper end of the price band, the company aims to mobilise Rs 74.52 crore. Of the IPO proceeds, Alpex plans to utilise Rs 19.55 crore to upgrade and expand its solar module manufacturing facility and increase its capacity from 450 MW to 1.2 GW. Further, Rs 12.94 crore will be used to set up a new manufacturing unit for its solar modules' aluminium frame; Rs 20.49 crore to meet its working capital requirements and the remaining for general corporate expenses. Post the completion of the issue, shares of the company will be listed on the NSE
Capital Small Finance Bank on Friday fixed Rs 445-468 per share as the price band for its Rs 523-crore initial public offer opening on February 7. The issue consists of Rs 450 crore of fresh issue and the remaining Rs 73 crore of offer for sale through which promoters and external investors will dilute 5 per cent of their pre-issue holdings. The Jalandhar-based bank, which began operations in 2016 after converting itself from a local area bank, is 24 per cent owned by the promoter family led by Sarvjit Singh Sarma and his family, which will come down by to 18.4 per cent post issue, its managing director and chief executive Sarma told PTI here. Oman India Joint Investment Fund II is the single largest external shareholder in the bank, with a 9.5 per cent stake, which will sell its 20 per cent or 8,36,728 shares of its pre-issue holding. External investors own 40 per cent of the bank. American Capital, which owns 5 per cent, will divest 10 per cent or 1,51,153 equity shares, and Amic
An expert committee formed by Sebi on Friday suggested to abolish the requirement of a mandatory security deposit with the exchanges before a public issue, a move that could make it easier for companies to access the primary market. Under the current rule, any company that is looking to launch a public or rights issue of equity shares has to deposit with the stock exchanges an amount equal to 1 per cent of the issue size. The deposit is returned to the company after the public issue. In the consultation paper issued by Sebi, the committee suggested that the requirement of 1 per cent security deposit for public or rights issues may be done away with. Explaining the rationale behind the move, the committee said that the requirement of 1 per cent security deposit was put in place for public/rights issues so that an issuer resolves investor complaints relating to the transaction such as for refund of application money, allotment of securities and dispatch of certificates. However, ...
Aadhar Housing Finance Ltd, which is backed by private equity major Blackstone, has filed preliminary papers with capital markets regulator Sebi to raise Rs 5,000 crore through an Initial Public Offering (IPO). The IPO is a combination of a fresh issue of equity shares worth Rs 1,000 crore and an offer-for-sale (OFS) of Rs 4,000 crore by promoter BCP Topco VII Pte Ltd, an affiliate of Blackstone Group Inc, according to the Draft Red Herring Prospectus (DRHP) filed on Wednesday. Currently, BCP Topco holds a 98.72 per cent stake in Aadhar Housing Finance. The company proposes to utilise the proceeds from the fresh issue to the tune of Rs 750 crore for meeting future capital requirements towards onward lending and a portion will also be used for general corporate purposes. Aadhar Housing Finance offers a range of mortgage-related loan products, including loans for residential property purchase and construction; home improvement and extension loans; and loans for commercial property ..
The Initial Public Offer (IPO) of BLS E-Services received a whopping 162.48 times subscription on the last day of bidding on Thursday. The Rs 311 crore IPO received bids for 2,22,63,80,472 shares against 1,37,02,904 shares on offer, as per NSE data. The part for non-institutional investors fetched 300.14 times subscription and the portion for Retail Individual Investors (RIIs) got subscribed 237 times. The category for Qualified Institutional Buyers (QIBs) received 123.30 times subscription. The initial share sale of BLS E-Services Ltd was fully subscribed within minutes of opening for bidding on Tuesday. The IPO of fresh issue of up to 2,30,30,000 equity shares had a price range of Rs 129-135 a share. BLS E-Services Ltd on Monday mobilised Rs 126 crore from anchor investors. The company is a leading technology-enabled digital service provider, offering business correspondent services to major banks in India, assisted e-services; and e-governance services at grass-root levels in
Rashi Peripherals, an information and communications technology products distributor, is set to float its Rs 600 crore-Initial Public Offering (IPO) on February 7. The issue will conclude on February 9 and the bidding for anchor investors will open for a day on February 6, according to the Red Herring Prospectus (RHP). The public issue is a completely fresh issue of equity shares to the tune of Rs 600 crore with no offer-for-sale component. Of the IPO proceeds, funds worth Rs 326 crore will be utilised for payment of debt and Rs 220 crore for funding working capital requirements and general corporate purposes. Mumbai-based Rashi Peripherals Ltd caters to brands like ASUS Global Pte. Ltd, Dell International Services India, HP India Sales and Lenovo India. The company aims to expand its geographic presence in non-metro cities, which includes tier I and tier II cities and other rural geographies which are becoming centres of consumption for ICT products such as personal computers, ..
BLS E-Services, an arm of visa application outsourcing firm BLS International, had reported net profit of Rs 15 crore on revenues of Rs 156 crore during the quarter ended September 2023