BSE Limited –Oversubscribed 51.22 times, creates history in number of applications

The offer for sale from BSE Limited was oversubscribed 51.22 times. The company had through an offer for sale offered 1.54 cr shares in a price band of Rs 805-806. It had earlier allotted 46.28 lac shares to 25 anchor investors comprising of 38 entities at Rs 806.

The issue received excellent response from all quarters. What was really heartening was the response from retail investors where 11.95 lac applications were received resulting in oversubscription in terms of lots at 3.98 times. This effectively means that every fourth applicant in the retail category would be allotted one lot. The number of applications is a new record bettering the response received by L&T Infotech last year. Retail investors seem to be certainly back and enjoying the buoyancy in the market place. The QIB portion was subscribed 48.64 times and HNI 159 times.

The full details of subscription are given below: –

Bucket Size Shares Applied for Times oversubscribed
QIB 3085440 150060675 48.64
HNI 2314080 368011152 159.03
Retail 5399519 35008362 6.48
Total 10799039 553080189 51.22

It’s a great start to the oldest exchange in Asia and kudos to all involved in making this issue successful.

Markets range bound

The markets did nothing last week and cracked on Friday. The BSESENSEX lost 0.75% while NIFTY lost 0.61%. The US President was sworn in on Friday and his punch line was buy American, hire American. How this would affect the globe would be visible in the coming months but China on its exports and India on IT would need to keep a watch.

January series futures would expire on Wednesday the 25th of January with Thursday being a holiday on account of Republic Day. The current value is higher than December expiry by 245 points or 3.03%. It’s an advantage for Bulls currently but they will have to be on their guard.

The follow on fund offer from the CPSE-ETF received excellent response and is oversubscribed. Retail investors who have a preference in the issue saw about 2.58 lakh applicants subscribing to about Rs 2,300 crs. The total subscription is in the region of 13,450 crs against the offer size of Rs 6,000 crs. The balance of allotment would be made to pension funds and it appears that in this issue there would be no allotment to either HNI’s or QIB’s.

BSE Limited completed its allocation to anchor investors from its offer for sale of 1.54 cr shares in a price band of Rs 805-806. The company would collect Rs 1,243 crs from the offer for sale from selling shareholders. 25 anchor investors comprising of 38 entities have been allotted 46.28 lakh shares at Rs 806. The highest allocation of 8.68 lakh shares or 18.77% has been made to Smallcap World Fund. The issue is expected to be oversubscribed a number of times.

Markets would go nowhere and one should sit out and wait for opportunities.

BSE completes Anchor Allocation

BSE Limited, the 142 year old exchange which is Asia’s oldest exchange completed allocation to anchor investors. The company allotted 46,28,158 shares to 25 anchor investors comprising of 38 entities at Rs 806. The highest allocation of 8,68,500 shares or 18.775 was made to Smallcap World Fund.

The company is tapping the capital markets with its offer for sale of 1,54,27,197 shares in a price band of Rs 805-806. The issue size is Rs 1,243 crs. The company BSE Limited runs the Bombay Stock Exchange which is the oldest stock exchange in India. It is the world’s largest stock exchange in terms of listed number of companies. It is India’s largest and the world’s 10th largest in terms of market capitalisation of listed companies. The market capitalisation as of October 2016 was 1.7 trillion US Dollars.

The company had reported revenues of Rs 426.54 crs for the year ended March 2016 and Rs 242.18 crs for the half year ended September 2016. Its net profit after tax and exceptional items was Rs 159.15 crs for the full year and Rs 124.75 crs for the half year. The EPS was Rs 22.45 and Rs 19.22 respectively. The EPS for the half year is not annualised.

The full list of anchor investors with their allotment is given below: –

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