Digital payments and financial services firm- Paytm has fixed an offer price of Rs 2,150 apiece for its IPO. This will mark its stock debut in the market also making its IPO the fourth-largest in the fintech space, globally. Paytm had priced its shares at a price band of Rs 2,080-2,150 per share, valuing the company at Rs 1.39 lakh crore at the upper end of the price band.
Paytm IPO comprised a fresh issue of equity shares worth ₹8,300 crores and an offer for sale (OFS) of shares worth up to ₹10,000 crores.
A total of 9,14,09,844 Paytm shares were bid for as opposed to the 4,83,89,422 shares available. Paytm got total bids worth Rs 19,653 crore vs Rs 10,065 crore of the main book.
Paytm IPO has also created a record and became the largest fintech IPO in the Asia Pacific region, and the second-largest globally, with the Rs 18,300-crore share sale via its Initial Public Offering.
According to the prospectus, Paytm will be paying its Book Running Lead Managers( BRLMs) Rs 323.9 crore, which is about 1.8 per cent of the total issue size of Rs 18,300 crore which is amongst the largest ever cumulative BRLM payouts in India. Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs, Axis Capital, ICICI Securities, JP Morgan, Citi, and HDFC Bank are the BRLMs for Paytm.
Legal counsels in India and global capital markets, including Shardul Amarchand, Latham & Watkins, Khaitan & Co, and Shearman & Sterling have also acted under various capacities in the IPO.
Paytm’s IPO QIB portion was oversubscribed by 2.79 times with participation from foreign institutional investors, domestic financial institutions and mutual Funds. While the portion set aside for retail investors was oversubscribed 1.7 times and Paytm IPO offer price has also been fixed at the upper end of Rs 2,150 apiece
The shares of Paytm are expected to list on the stock market on November 18, according to the final prospectus filed by the company with the Registrar of Companies on Friday.
(Source- PTI News)
