The initial public offering of Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) was subscribed 77.91 times so far on the final day of bidding on Thursday. The IPO to raise about Rs 645 crore received bids for 157 crore shares against the total issue size of 2 crore scrips, according to data available with the exchanges till 1530 hours. IRCTC's IPO was subscribed 3.25 times till the second day of bidding on Tuesday. Equity markets were closed on Wednesday on account of 'Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti'. The initial public offering (IPO) is in a price range of Rs 315-320 per share. The issue comprises an offer-for-sale of 2.01 crore shares of a face value of Rs 10 each. Out of the total issue size, 1,60,000 equity shares are reserved for eligible employees. The offer is being managed by YES Securities (India), SBI Capital Markets and IDBI Capital Markets & Securities.
In the first two days of the three-day offer, the IPO was oversubscribed by 325 per cent
The issue closes on Thursday
The initial public offering of Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) was subscribed about 81 per cent on the opening day of bidding on Monday. IRCTC's public offer to raise about Rs 645 crore received bids for 1.63 crore shares as against the total issue size of two crore shares, according to exchanges' data. The non-institutional investors category was subscribed 21 per cent and that of retail individual investors 2.23 times. Price range for the initial public offering (IPO) has been fixed at Rs 315-320 per share. The issue comprises an offer-for-sale of 2.01 crore shares of face value of Rs 10 each. Out of the total issue size, 1,60,000 equity shares are reserved for eligible employees. Bidding for the offer of the railways' tourism and catering arm will close on Thursday. Equity markets will be closed on Wednesday on account of 'Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti'. YES Securities (India), SBI Capital Markets and IDBI Capital Markets & Securities are the managers to the
IRCTC has had healthy revenue growth of 27.4 per cent in FY19, while the same over FY17-19 averaged 11 per cent
The IPO is part of the government's ambitious disinvestment programme that targets raising Rs 1.05 trillion via this route in financial year 2019-20 (FY20).
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The issue comprises an offer for sale of 2.01 crore shares of the face value of Rs 10
The Delhi-Lucknow and Mumbai-Ahmedabad Tejas Express trains will be the first trains to be run by the IRCTC
The IRCTC will levy a service charge of Rs 15 per ticket for non-AC classes and Rs 30 for AC classes, including first class, according to the August 30 order issued by IRCTC
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Passengers may have to pay Rs 15 and Rs 30 for non AC classes and AC classes as service charge from September 1
Market sources say the government plans to offload around 12 per cent stake through the IPO
The share sale could fetch between Rs 500 crore and Rs 600 crore and help the government with its disinvestment target
The service charges were withdrawn three years ago to promote digital payments
The court had in April this year ruled that the businesses and operation of the website and mobile application RailYatri were unauthorised.
The finance ministry earlier this year initiated the process of launching an IPO of IRFC but the company has told the railway ministry that their borrowing cost will go up if it gets listed
Under this new arrangement, IRCTC will have full control of the payment system because of its direct relationship with acquiring banks, card networks and other partners
This facility will be available for passengers irrespective of the class of tickets and for both domestic and international flights.
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