Updated Mar 16, 2021 | 10:03 IST
Kalyan Jewellers IPO: Although Kalyan Jeweller is the second-largest jeweller in India after Titan Company, its financial performance is nowhere close to Titan.
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New Delhi: Kalyan Jewellers India, the country's second-largest jeweller after Titan, wants to raise Rs 1,175 crore through an initial public offer (IPO) of shares. The IPO opens today (March 16) and will close on March 18 (Thursday). The company has priced its shares in a band of Rs 86-87.
Out of the IPO proceeds of Rs 1,175 crore, Rs 250 crore would go to Highdell, Warburg Pincus company, which was an early investor in the company. Now it wants to partially exit its investment. promoters of the company will get Rs 125 crore by diluting their stake, and the remaining Rs 800 crore (fresh issue) will go to the company to meet working capital requirements and for other corporate purposes. Following the IPO, promoter holding in the company will come down to 60.5% from 68%.