Integrated facilities management company Updater Services Ltd on Friday said it has raised Rs 288 crore from anchor investors days before the launch of its initial public offering (IPO). The firm has allotted 96 lakh equity shares to 18 funds at Rs 300 apiece, which is also the upper end of the price band, according to a circular uploaded on the BSE website late Friday night. Among the anchor investors that participated in the bidding are Nomura Singapore, Citigroup Global Markets Mauritius Pvt Ltd, BNP Paribas Arbitrage, Societe Generale, ICICI Prudential Mutual Fund (MF), Bandhan MF and Aditya Birla Sun Life Insurance Company. The initial share sale, with a price band of Rs 280-300 per share, will be open for public subscription during September 25-27. The Rs 640-crore IPO will comprise a fresh issue of equity shares aggregating up to Rs 400 crore and an Offer for Sale (OFS) of up to 80 lakh equity shares by a promoter and existing shareholders. Under the OFS, Tangi Facility ...
Inspire Films Ltd, a television content company, will launch an initial public offering (IPO) to raise Rs 21.22 crore. The IPO, which will open for subscription during September 25-27, comprises 35.98 lakh shares for Rs 59 a piece with a face value of Rs 10 each, said a statement from the company. A total of 10.24 lakh shares will be allotted to anchor investors and 6.82 lakh shares are reserved for Qualified Institutional Buyers (QIBs). While 5.14 lakh shares are reserved for high net-worth individuals (HNIs), 11.98 lakh shares are meant for retail investors and 1.80 lakh shares for market makers. "Following the IPO, the company's shares will be listed on the NSE Emerge platform on October 9, 2023," it added. The proceeds of the IPO will help Inspire Films to cater to the company's working capital requirements, and general corporate purposes facilitating strategic growth and development and covering the expenses. "With our IPO we will be able to expand our business further and cr
Pharmaceutical ingredient manufacturing firm Valiant Laboratories has decided to launch its initial share sale for public subscription on September 27. The Initial Public Offering (IPO), which is an entirely fresh issuance of 1.08 crore equity shares with no offer for sale component, will be concluded on October 3, according to the red herring prospectus filed with Sebi on Friday. Further, bidding for anchor investors will open on September 26. Proceeds of the issue will be utilised to set up a manufacturing facility for speciality chemicals in Gujarat through its subsidiary -- Valiant Advanced Sciences Private Ltd. -- and to meet the working capital requirements of the subsidiary company. Valiant Laboratories is an active pharmaceutical ingredient or bulk drug manufacturing company with its focus on manufacturing paracetamol, which is used in the treatment of headache, muscle ache, arthritis, backache, toothache, cold and fever. The paracetamol API industry grew from Rs 2,200 cr
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LED lighting solution provider IKIO Lighting Ltd on Thursday said it has fixed a price band of Rs 270-285 per share for its Rs 606-crore initial public offering (IPO). The issue will be open for public subscription during June 6-8 and the bidding for anchor investors will open on June 5, the Noida-based company said in a statement. The IPO consists of a fresh issue of equity shares worth up to Rs 350 crore and an offer-for-sale (OFS) of up to 90 lakh equity stocks by promoters Hardeep Singh and Surmeet Kaur. At the upper end of the price band, the initial share-sale will fetch Rs 606.5 crore. Proceeds from the fresh issuance worth Rs 50 crore will be used for debt payment, Rs 212.31 crore will be used in the company's wholly-owned subsidiary, IKIO Solutions, to set up a new facility at Noida, Uttar Pradesh, and for general corporate purposes. The company said that half of the issue size has been reserved for qualified institutional buyers (QIBs), 35 per cent for retail investors a
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TVS Supply Chain Solutions, seeking to raise around Rs 4,000 crore through a share sale, on Friday submitted an addendum to the DRHP that was filed with the markets regulator Sebi in February. TVS Supply Chain, present in over 25 countries and serving over 60 Fortune 500 companies, is among the largest player in terms of revenue. In the first six months of the current fiscal, its revenue jumped 27.8 per cent to Rs 5,419 crore from which it earned a net profit of Rs 38.05 crore against a loss of Rs 57.8 crore in the year-ago period, according to the addendum filed with the Sebi. Its operating profit continued to show a strong trajectory, generating Rs 332 crore in H1FY23 and Rs 613 crore in FY22. Revenue for FY22 was Rs 9,250 crore, which jumped 33.4 per cent from Rs 6,934 crore in FY21 and recorded losses to the tune of Rs 44.9 crore and Rs 73.9 crore, respectively. It further said revenue from domestic operations grew 52.3 per cent to Rs 1,627 crore, while global revenue jumped 1
The share offering would increase the company's public float from the current 27.4% level. Rival Reliance Industries' public float stands at around 49%
Under this mechanism, the information in the DRHP is made available only to the regulator, not to the public at large
Staffing firm FirstMeridian Business Services Ltd has received capital markets regulator Sebi's go ahead to raise up to Rs 800 crore through an initial public offering (IPO). The IPO will include a fresh issue of equity shares worth up to Rs 50 crore and an Offer for Sale (OFS) worth up to Rs 750 crore by promoters and existing shareholders, according to the draft red herring prospectus (DRHP). As a part of the OFS, promoter Manpower Solutions Limited will sell shares worth Rs 665 crore while existing shareholders New Lane Trading LLP and Seedthree Trading LLP would sell shares worth Rs 45 crore and Rs 40 crore, respectively. The company, which filed preliminary IPO papers with Sebi in May, obtained its observation letter on October 18, an update with the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) showed on Tuesday. In Sebi's parlance, obtaining an observation letter means its go ahead to float the IPO. The company, which counts Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone, Dell ...
IT company Happiest Minds Technologies board on Wednesday approved raising of up to Rs 1,400 crore through equity or debt bonds, the company said in a regulatory filing. "We wish to inform you that the board at its meeting held today i.e. October 5, 2022 has inter alia considered and approved the matter related to raising funds," the filing said. The company board has approved "raising of up to Rs 1,400 crore inclusive of premium amount, if any" by way of issuance of any instrument or securities, including equity shares, global depository receipts, American depository receipts, fully/partly convertible debentures, foreign currency convertible bonds, warrants, or any combination thereof. The company has permission to even opt for a public issue, preferential allotment, private placement etc for fund raise, according to the filing. Happiest Minds had reported about 57 per cent increase in consolidated net profit at Rs 53.34 crore in the first quarter ended June 30, 2022. The company
Manufacturer of LED lighting solutions IKIO Lighting Ltd has filed preliminary papers with capital markets regulator Sebi to raise funds through an initial public offering (IPO). The IPO consists of a fresh issue of equity shares worth up to Rs 350 crore and an offer-for-sale (OFS) of up to 75 lakh equity shares by promoters -- Hardeep Singh and Surmeet Kaur, according to the draft red herring prospectus (DRHP). Proceeds from the fresh issuance worth Rs 50 crores will be used for debt payment, Rs 236.68 crore will be used in the company's wholly-owned subsidiary, IKIO Solutions, to set-up a new facility at Noida, Uttar Pradesh, and for general corporate purposes. IKIO Lighting is a manufacturer of light emitting diode (LED) lighting solutions. It is primarily an original design manufacturer (ODM) and designs, develops, manufactures and supplies products to customers who then further distribute these products under their own brands. It has four manufacturing facilities with one loca
Two companies -- Enviro Infra Engineers Ltd and Udayshivakumar Infra Ltd -- have filed preliminary papers with capital markets regulator Sebi to raise funds through Initial Public Offerings (IPOs). With these, the total number of companies filing draft IPO papers with the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) reached 8 in this month. The IPO of Enviro Infra Engineers consists of sale of 95 lakh equity shares with no Offer-For-Sale (OFS) component, according to the Draft Red Herring Prospectus (DRHP). Funds raised through the issue will be used to meet the working capital requirements and general corporate purpose. Enviro Infra Engineers is engaged in designing, construction, operation and maintenance of Water and Wastewater Treatment Plants and Water Supply Scheme Projects for government authorities/bodies. Going by the draft papers, Udayshivakumar Infra's IPO consists of fresh issue of equity shares aggregating to Rs 60 crore. Proceeds of the issue will be used to fund .
The public issue with a face value of Rs 10 per equity share is a complete offer-for-sale (OFS) of up to 32,500,000 equity shares
Continuing with its consultative approach, the markets regulator, over the past one year has floated a number of discussion papers in areas such as IPO pricing, retail algo, and pricing of share sales
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