Kalyan Jewellers India on Thursday fixed a price band of Rs 86-87 a share for its Rs 1,175 crore-initial share-sale, which will open for public subscription on March 16.
Kalyan Jewellers designs, manufactures, and sells a wide range of gold, studded, and other jewellery products. At the end of June 2020, the company had 107 showrooms across 21 states and union territories in India, and 30 showrooms in the Middle East.
The three-day public issue would conclude on March 18 and the bidding for anchor investors would open on March 15, Kalyan Jewellers announced in a virtual press meet.
The IPO (initial public offer) comprises issuance of fresh equity aggregating up to Rs 800 crore and an OFS (offer for sale) worth Rs 375 crore.
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Kalyan Jewellers' promoter T S Kalyanaraman would be offloading shares worth up to Rs 125 crore, while Highdell Investment, an affiliate of Warburg Pincus, would sell up to Rs 250 crore worth of shares through the OFS route.
Half of the issue is reserved for qualified institutional buyers, 35 per cent for retail investors, and 15 per cent for non-institutional bidders.
Proceeds from the fresh issue of shares would be utilised for working capital requirements and general corporate purposes.
Axis Capital, Citigroup Global Markets India, ICICI Securities, and SBI Capital Markets are the global coordinators and book running lead managers to the offer. Last month, the capital markets watchdog had sought clarification from the merchant banker regarding the company's public issue.
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Kalyan Jewellers, which filed preliminary papers for IPO in August, obtained Sebi's go-ahead in October.
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