Hyderabad-based Azad Engineering‘s initial public offering (IPO) opened for subscription on Wednesday. The ₹740 crore issue will be up for subscription till Friday, December 22.
The company announced the price band of the IPO at ₹499-524. The issue comprises ₹500 crore offer for sale (OFS) component by promoters and external investors. “The remaining ₹240 crore will be raised through fresh issue of shares,” the company’s Chairman and Managing Director Rakesh Chopdar told PTI.
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He said the external investors who are existing the company are Piramal Structured Credit Opportunities Fund which will sell the shares for ₹261 crore. It had had invested ₹160 crore in August 2022.
The company proposes to utilise the proceeds from the offer to part fund capital expenditure for its ₹280 crore expansion by setting up two units towards the end of the next fiscal and for repaying/pre-paying debt of around ₹90 crore.
The company nets over 80 per cent of its revenue from exports to 15 global markets.
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The shares of Azad Engineering were being traded at a premium of ₹440 in the grey market. A grey market is an unofficial stock and applications market, where the investors trade for shares before they are officially listed in the stock market.
The estimated listing price of Azad Engineering IPO is ₹964, which is much higher than the IPO price of ₹524.
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