Hindustan Aeronautics Limited: Initial Public Offering Bidding to open on March 16, 2018 and to close on March 20, 2018 with Price Band : Rs. 1,215 to Rs. 1,240 per Equity Share

(L-R): Mr. Narayanan Sadanandan, SBI Capital Markets Ltd., Shri. G.V. Sesha Reddy (Company Secretary) Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd, Shri. M Mazhar Ali (Executive Director (Planning and Project)) Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd, Shri. V. M. Chamola (Officiating CMD) Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd, Shri. C. V. Ramana Rao (Director (Finance) and Chief Financial Officer) Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd, Shri. C.B. Ananthakrishnan (General manager (finance)) Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd, Ms. Mala Srinivasan (Addl. Gen. Manager (Accounts & Audit)) Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd and Mr. Salil Pitale, Axis Capital Ltd. At Hindustan Aeronautics Limited IPO Press conference held in Mumbai today.-Photo By Sachin Murdeshwar GPN
Mumbai : V M Chamola, Officiating CMD of Hindustan Aeronautics Limited with M Mazhar Ali, ED (Planning & Project) (L) and C V Ramana Rao, Director (Finance) (R) address during the announcement of theCompany IPO in Mumbai on Tuesday. Photo By Sachin Murdeshwar GPN / 13.03.2018

Mumbai : V M Chamola, Officiating CMD of Hindustan Aeronautics Limited with M Mazhar Ali, ED (Planning & Project) (L) and C V Ramana Rao, Director (Finance) (R) address during the announcement of theCompany IPO in Mumbai on Tuesday. Photo By Sachin Murdeshwar GPN / 13.03.2018.

Discount of Rs. 25 on Offer Price being offered to Retail Individual Bidders (“Retail Discount”) and to Eligible Employees bidding in the Employee Reservation Portion (“Employee Discount”)

Mumbai, March 13, 2018 (GPN) : Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (the “Company”) proposes to open on Friday, March 16, 2018, an initial public offering of Equity Shares 34,107,525 equity shares of face value of Rs. 10 through an offer for sale by the President of India, acting through the Department of Defence Production, Government of India (the “Selling Shareholder“) for cash at a price per Equity Share (the “Offer Price“) (the “Offer“). The Offer comprises a Net offer of 33,438,750 Equity Shares and an Employee Reservation Portion of up to 668,775 Equity Shares. The Offer and Net offer shall constitute 10.20% and 10% respectively of the Post-Offer paid-up equity share capital of the Company.

The Price Band has been fixed of Rs. 1,215 to Rs. 1,240 per Equity Share. A discount of Rs. 25 on Offer Price is being offered to Retail Individual Bidders (“Retail Discount”) and to Eligible Employees bidding in the Employee Reservation Portion (“Employee Discount”). Bids can be made for a minimum lot of 12 Equity Shares and in multiples of 12 Equity Shares thereafter.

The Bid/Offer Period will close on Tuesday, March 20, 2018.

The Equity Shares being offered through the Red Herring Prospectus dated March 7, 2018 (the “RHP”) are proposed to be listed on BSE and NSE.

The Book Running Lead Managers (“BRLMs”) to the Offer are SBI Capital Markets Limited and Axis Capital Limited.

The Offer is being made through the Book Building Process in accordance with Regulation 26(1) of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Issue of Capital and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2009, as amended (“SEBI ICDR Regulations”), wherein 50% of the Net Offer shall be available for allocation on a proportionate basis to Qualified Institutional Buyers (“QIB Portion”). Such number of Offered Shares (defined below) representing 5% of the QIB Portion shall be available for allocation on a proportionate basis to Mutual Funds only. The remainder of the QIB Portion shall be available for allocation on a proportionate basis to all QIBs, including Mutual Funds, subject to valid Bids being received from them at or above the Offer Price. However, if the aggregate demand from Mutual Funds is less than 5% of the QIB Portion, the balance Offered Shares available for allocation in the Mutual Fund Portion will be added to the remaining QIB Portion for proportionate allocation to QIBs. Further, not less than 15% of the Net Offer shall be available for allocation on a proportionate basis to Non-Institutional Bidders and not less than 35% of the Net Offer shall be available for allocation to Retail Individual Bidders in accordance with the SEBI ICDR Regulations, subject to valid Bids being received from them at or above the Offer Price. Further, up to 668,775 additional Equity Shares shall be available for allocation and Allotment on a proportionate basis to the Eligible Employees Bidding in the Employee Reservation Portion, conditional upon valid Bids being received from them at or above the Offer Price. All Bidders shall participate in the Offer mandatorily through the Applications Supported by Blocked Amount (“ASBA”) process by providing the details of their respective ASBA Accounts in which the corresponding Bid Amount will be blocked by the SCSBs.

 

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