Indian Railway Finance Corporation (IRFC) will open its IPO for subscription today, January 18 2021. The price band is Rs 25-26 per share. The public issue will close on January 20. The company aims to raise Rs 4,633.4 crore at the higher end of the price band. Bids can be made for a minimum of 575 equity shares and in multiples of 575 shares thereafter.
The primary business of IRFC is financing the acquisition of rolling stock assets, which includes both powered and unpowered vehicles such as locomotives, coaches, wagons, trucks, flats, electric multiple units, containers, cranes, trollies of all kinds and other items of rolling stock components as enumerated in the Standard Lease Agreement, leasing of railway infrastructure assets and national projects of the Government of India and lending to other entities under the Ministry of Railways. IRFC is registered with the Reserve Bank of India as an NBFC and is classified under the category of an ‘Infrastructure Finance Company’ of the Reserve Bank of India Act.
The book running lead managers to the issue are DAM Capital Advisors, HSBC Securities and Capital Markets (India), ICICI Securities and SBI Capital Markets.
The price band: Rs 25-26 per share
Closes on: 20th January 2021
The initial public offering of up to 1,78,20,69,000 equity shares consists of a fresh issue of 1,18,80,46,000 equity shares and an offer for sale of 59,40,23,000 equity shares by the Government of India. The issue includes a reservation of equity shares worth Rs 50 lakh for subscription by eligible employees. The issue will constitute up to 13.64 per cent of the post-issue paid-up equity share capital of the company.
The dedicated market borrowing subsidiary of the Indian Railways is going to utilise net fresh issue proceeds for augmenting equity capital base to meet future capital requirements arising out of growth in the business and general corporate purposes. The company will not receive any proceeds from the offer for sale and the same will be received by the Government of India.
This would be the first IPO in calendar 2021.
