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Tata Capital IPO fails to garner full subscription after two days of share sale
Tata Capital IPO has garnered 75% subscription after two days of share sale, indicating the cautious optimism around the Tata Group stock.
The initial public offering of Tata Capital Ltd. failed to garner full subscription after two days of share sale, even as that of LG Electronics India Ltd. got sold out on the first day itself.
Investors bid for 24,96,33,260 shares as against 33,34,36,996 shares on offer in the Tata Capital IPO, which translates into 75% subscription, according to data on the website of the National Stock Exchange on Tuesday. The non-banking financial company has so far raised ₹8,158.82 crore from 14,22,671 applications.
The demand was led by qualified institutional buyers who picked up 86% of the shares reserved for them. The quota for non-institutional investors (NIIs) garnered 76% subscription. The retail portion was subscribed 67%. Earlier on Friday, Tata Capital raised ₹4,642 crore from 68 anchor investors.
The issue was subscribed 50% on the first day.
Tata Capital IPO: Key Details
The first IPO from the House of Tata since Tata Technologies Ltd.'s nearly two years ago is offering 47.58 crore shares in a price band of ₹310-326 apiece to raise up to ₹15,512 crore. That makes the Tata Capital IPO the largest so far this year. The valuation is seen at ₹1.38 lakh crore.
Promoter Tata Sons Pvt. Ltd., which has an 88.6% stake in the company, is offloading 23 crore while International Finance Corporation with 1.8% stake is selling 3.58 crore shares.
The IPO proceeds will be used to strengthen the company's Tier-1 capital base and support future capital requirements.
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The IPO is being undertaken in line with the Reserve Bank of India's listing mandate for “upper-layer” NBFCs, which requires them to be listed within three years of classification. Tata Capital was designated as an upper-layer NBFC in September 2022.
Tata Capital is expected to make its stock market debut on 13 October.
