Thursday, March 28

Bandhan Bank IPO Subscribed Over 42% on Day 1

New Delhi: Bandhan Bank Ltd, an Indian banking, and financial services company headquartered in Kolkata received 42% initial public offering (IPO) subscription on the first day of bidding.

On Wednesday, Kolkata-based Bandhan Bank raised Rs 1,342 crore from anchor investors and is looking to raise a total amount of Rs 4,473 crore from the public issue of its shares.

The portion of shares reserved for institutional investors in the Bandhan Bank IPO was subscribed 1.26 times, while those for retail investors and high net-worth individuals (HNIs) saw a subscription of 12% and 1%, respectively.

The Bandhan Bank IPO received bids for 35,005,200 shares against the total issue size of 83,496,347 shares, NSE data showed.

The Bandhan Bank IPO is of up to 119,280,494 shares comprising fresh issue of up to 97,663,910 and an offer for sale of up to 21,616,584 shares, including anchor portion of 35,784,147 shares.

The issue, which will close on 19 March, is in a price band of Rs 370-375 per share.

Kotak Mahindra Capital Co. Ltd, Axis Capital Ltd, Goldman Sachs (India) Securities, JM Financial and JP Morgan India are managing the Bandhan Bank IPO. The equity shares are proposed to be listed on BSE and NSE.