
The initial public offer (IPO) of Aditya Birla Sun Life AMC was fully subscribed on the second day of bidding on Thursday. The IPO received applications for 2,99,41,640 shares against the issue size of 2,77,99,200 shares, amounting a subscription of 1.08 times.
Retail portion was subscribed two times, high-networth individual portion submitted applications for 40 per cent of their portion and institutional investor portion of the IPO was subscribed 6 per cent.
The IPO involves sale of 3,88,80,000 equity shares through which the AMC plans to collect Rs 2,768.25 crore from the issue. TheĀ IPO will close on October 1.
The issue comprises an offer for sale of up to 28.51 lakh equity shares by Aditya Birla Capital and up to 3.6 crore equity shares by Sun Life AMC. The shares of Aditya Birla Sun Life AMC are likely to be listed on BSE and NSE on October 11.
On September 28, the AMC collected Rs 789 crore from anchor investors. Allotment of 1,10,80,800 shares was done for anchor investors at Rs 712 apiece, valuing the aggregate transaction at Rs 788.95 crore. ICICI Prudential Mutual Fund (MF), SBI MF, SBI Life Insurance Co Ltd, Axis MF, UTI MF BNP Paribas Arbitrage, Max Life Insurance Company and HSBC Global Investment Funds were among the anchor investors.
Shares in the offer are available at a price band of Rs 695-712 per share. The IPO is entirely an offer for sale, wherein two promoters -- Aditya Birla Capital and Sun Life (India) AMC Investments -- will divest their stake in the asset management firm.
The proposed sale of equity shares by Aditya Birla Capital and Sun Life India in the IPO will together constitute up to 13.50 per cent of the paid-up share capital of Aditya Birla Sun Life AMC.
Aditya Birla Sun Life AMC Ltd, the investment manager of Aditya Birla Sun Life Mutual Fund, is a joint venture between Aditya Birla Group and Sun Life Financial Inc of Canada.
A retail investor can buy 20 shares or one lot of the share sale at Rs 14,240. Bids can be made for a maximum of 14 lots or 280 shares by spending Rs 1,99,360. Peers of Aditya Birla Sun Life AMC such as Nippon Life India Asset Management, HDFC AMC and UTI AMC are already listed on the stock exchanges.
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