Wednesday, December 12, 2007

Precision Pipes IPO

Precision Pipes IPO opens on Dec 17, price band Rs 140-150
Precision Pipes and Profiles Company, a Delhi-based OEM supplier to the automobile industry, is entering the capital market with an initial public offering (IPO) of 50-lakh shares.

The price band of the issue has been fixed between Rs 140 and Rs 150 per equity share of face value of Rs 10 each. The bids will open on December 17 and close on December 20, Mr Ajay Kumar Jain, Managing Director, Precision Pipes and Profiles Company Ltd, said while addressing a press conference here on Tuesday.

Expansion initiatives

The company is hoping to raise around Rs 75 crore from the issue to fund its expansion initiatives. Mr Jain said that of the total equity float, up to 50 per cent of the net issue will be allocated to qualified institutional buyers (QIBs) on a proportionate basis, out of which 5 per cent will be available only to mutual funds. “Fifteen per cent of the net issue shall be available for the allocation on a proportionate basis to non institutional bidders and around 35 per cent will be available to retail individual bidders,” he added.

According to Mr Abhishek Jain, Executive Director of the company, post the issue, the promoter and promoter group holding would be reduced to between 62.69 and 64.29 per cent.

New plant

“The company is currently in the process of increasing its production capabilities from 4.75 million kg to 9.14 million kg by 2008-09.

Apart from this, we are also setting up a new plant for manufacturing of auto components and also a new plant for electrical outlet system products for Power and Data Corporation Pty Ltd, Australia,” he said.

The total investment is expected to be around Rs 106 crore, out of which Rs 75 crore will be from the IPO, Rs 25 crore through term loans and the remaining Rs 6 crore from internal accruals.

The company for the financial year ended March 31, 2007, had a turnover of Rs 109.28 crore compared with Rs 80.35 crore posted during the same period of the previous year.

The net profit for the last financial year was at Rs 13.87 crore compared with Rs 7.99 crore recorded for the financial year ended March 31, 2006, reports The Hindu Business Line.

Subscribe to Brigade at lower band : Edelweiss Cap

Edelweiss Capital has come out with report on Brigade Enterprises IPO. The firm has recommended subscribing to the issue at the lower band of Rs 315.

Brigade Enterprises, a Bangalore-based real estate company focusing on the development of residential, commercial and hospitality properties, has opened for subscription with an initial public offering of 16,624,720 equity shares of Rs 10 each for cash at a price band of Rs 351-Rs 390 per equity share. The issue will close for subscription on December 13, 2007.

BGR Energy Systems IPO subscribed 92 times

The initial public offer of BGR Energy Systems, a supplier of systems and equipment for the power, oil & gas, refinery, petrochemical and process industries, proposes, has received powerful response from investors. It got bids for 84 crore shares as against 91.36 lakh equity shares on offer.


The issue was subscribed 92.06 times, till 4 pm, according to data available on NSE website.

Qualified institutional investors have given strong support to the issue, their reserved portion subscribed 19 times followed by HNIs and retail with subscription of 3.4 times and 5.8 times respectively, till yesterday.

Transformers IPO subscribed 66 times

The initial public offer of Transformers and Rectifiers (India), one of the major players in the Indian market manufacturing a wide range of transformers ranging from power generation, transmission, distribution transformers, industrial transformers and a wide range of speciality transformers, has closed for subscription. It was subscribed 65.63 times, till 4 pm, as per NSE website.

The issue got bids for 20 crore shares as against 29.95 lakh shares on offer.

Subscription Status till 3 pm

Qualified institutional investors's 74 times
HNIs - 28 times
Retail Investors - 17 times

Grey Market Premiums as of December 12 '07

Company NameOffer Price (Rs.)Premium (Rs.)Kostak
eClerx Services270 to 31540 to 45

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BGR Energy425 to 480340 to 350 (Buyer)2100 to 2200
Transformers & Rectifiers425 to 465360 to 370 (Buyer)1600 to 1700
Brigade Enterprise351 to 39050 to 60 (Seller)1400 to 1500
Jyothi Lab.690230 to 240-
Burnpur Cement Ltd.126 to 7-
Kolte Patil14580 to 85-
Kaushalya Infra6011 to 12-
Aries Agro120 to 13040 to 45-
Manaksia Ltd.140 to 16050 to 55-
Porwal Autocompotants68 to 7522 to 25-
Precision Pipes & Profiles140 to 15040 to 50-

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