(PTI) India Exposition Mart Ltd, a leading integrated exhibitions and conventions venue, has received capital markets regulator Sebi's go ahead to raise ₹600 crore through an initial public offering (IPO).
The initial share sale comprises fresh issue of equity shares aggregating up to ₹450 crore and an offer for sale (OFS) of up to 1,12,10,659 equity shares by existing shareholders, according to the draft red herring prospectus (DRHP).
Those offering shares in the OFS include Vectra Investments, MIL Vehicles & Technologies, Overseas Carpets, RS Computech, Navratan Samdaria, Dinesh Kumar Aggarwal and Pankaj Garg.
According to market sources, the company is likely to raise around ₹600 crore through the initial share sale.
The company, which filed the preliminary IPO papers with Sebi in March, obtained its "observations" letter on June 16, an update with the markets regulator showed on Monday.
In Sebi's parlance, its observations implies its go ahead to launch IPO.
Going by the draft papers, the company may consider a private placement of equity shares aggregating up to ₹75 crore. If such pre-IPO placement is undertaken, the fresh issue size will be reduced.
Of the ₹450-crore fresh issuance, the company is planning to use about ₹316.91 crore for expansion of its existing infrastructure facilities, ₹17 crore for the payment of debt, and for general corporate purposes.
Located in Greater Noida, India Exposition Mart is one of the country's major venue planners and providers, providing technology-driven, world-class facilities and safety standards for worldwide business-to-business exhibits, conferences, congresses, product launches, and promotional events, among other things.
India Exposition Mart had revenues of ₹13.30 crore in FY21 and for six months ended September 30, 2021, it had posted revenues of ₹10.66 crore which primarily includes income from space rent for fair and exhibitions and income from maintenance services.
Emkay Global Financial Services is the sole book-running lead manager and Kfin Technologies is the registrar to the offer.