Baazar Style Retail IPO: Rekha Rakesh Jhunjhunwala-backed Baazar Style Retail filed its initial public offering (IPO) papers with the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi). The IPO will be a mix of fresh shares of up to ₹185 crore and an offer-of sale (OFS) of up to 1.68 crore by the promoter group and other selling shareholders. Here are top 10 things you need to know about Baazar Style Retail IPO:
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- The offer for sale will include the sale of up to 27.2 lakh equity shares by Rekha Rakesh Jhunjhunwala, up to 22.4 lakh shares by Intensive Softshare, up to 14.9 lakh shares by Intensive Finance, up to 13.1 lakh shares by Chandurkar Investments, among others.
- Following the demise of Rakesh Jhunjhunwala, the equity shares held by him were transferred to his wife and nominee Rekha Rakesh Jhunjhunwala. Read more: Binny Bansal invests ₹200 crore more in startup Curefoods of ex-Flipkart executive: What we know
- The promoters of the company Baazar Style Retail are: Pradeep Kumar Agarwal, Rohit Kedia, Shreyans Surana, Bhagwan Prasad, Rajendra Kumar Gupta, Rajendra Kumar Gupta (HUF) and Sri Narsingh Infrastructure.
- The company could also consider a further issue of specified securities through a private placement, rights issue, preferential offer, or any other method aggregating to ₹37 crore. Read more: LIC share prices down 10% in 5 sessions. What's happening? Will it fall more?
- Net proceeds from the IPO will be utilised for prepayment or repayment of certain outstanding borrowings and general corporate purposes by the company.
- Axis Capital, Intensive Fiscal Services and JM Financial are the book-running lead managers of the IPO while Link Intime India is the registrar of the issue. Read more: Adani Group stocks today: All 10 Adani group companies trade lower. Here's why
- In the financial year 2023, Baazar Style Retail reported a standalone profit of ₹5.1 crore, up from a net loss of ₹8.01 crore in the previous year.
- In the same period, revenue from operations increased 43 per cent to ₹787.90 crore from ₹551.12 crore in the previous year.
- As of December 31, 2023, the company had 153 stores across 140 cities and is one of the leading players in the value retail market in West Bengal and Odisha.

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