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Press Release - Retail focused housing finance company, Aptus Value Housing Finance India Limited’s initial public offering of its equity shares (“IPO”) to open on August 10, 2021

 


Retail-focused housing finance company, Aptus Value Housing Finance India Limited’s initial public offering of its equity shares (“IPO”) to open on August 10, 2021, sets the price band at Rs. 346 – 353 per equity share

 

·         Price Band of Rs. 346 – Rs. 353 per equity share of the face value of Rs. 2 each (“Equity Shares”)

·         The Offer consists of Fresh Issue of Equity Shares aggregating up to Rs. 5,000 million and an offer for sale aggregating up to 64,590,695 Equity Shares by certain existing shareholders of the Company (“Selling Shareholders”).

·         Bid/Offer Opening Date – Tuesday, August 10, 2021, and Bid/Offer Closing Date – Thursday, August 12, 2021

·         Minimum Bid Lot is 42 Equity Shares and in multiples of 42 Equity Shares thereafter

·         The Floor Price is 173 times the face value of the Equity Share and the Cap Price is 176.50 times the Face Value of the Equity Share


Chennai, August 05, 2021: Aptus Value Housing Finance India Limited (“Company”), one of the largest housing finance companies in South India in terms of asset under management, as of March 31, 2021 (Source: CRISIL Report) and having the largest branch network in South India among the peer set, as of March 31, 2021 (Source: CRISIL Report), will open its initial public offering of Equity Shares (the “Offer”) on Tuesday, August 10, 2021, and close on Thursday, August 12, 2021. The price band for the Offer is Rs. 346 – Rs. 353 per Equity Share.

The Offer comprises fresh issuance of Equity Shares, aggregating up to Rs.5000 million, and an offer for sale of Equity Shares aggregating up to 64,590,695 Equity Shares by the Selling Shareholders.

The Net Proceeds from the Offer will be utilized towards augmenting the Company’s tier 1 capital requirements.

The Company, the Individual Promoter Selling Shareholder, and the Investor Selling Shareholders have, in consultation with the book running lead managers to the Offer (the “BRLMs”), consider participation by Anchor Investors, whose participation shall be on Monday, August 9, 2021, i.e., one Working Day prior to the Bid/ Offer Opening Date.

The Offer is being made in terms of Rule 19(2)(b) of the Securities Contracts (Regulation) Rules, 1957, as amended, read with Regulation 31 of the SEBI ICDR Regulations. The Offer is being made in accordance with Regulation 6(1) of the SEBI ICDR Regulations, through the Book Building Process wherein not more than 50% of the Offer shall be available for allocation on a proportionate basis to Qualified Institutional Buyers, not less than 15% of the Offer shall be available for allocation to Non-Institutional Bidders and not less than 35% of the Offer shall be available for allocation to Retail Individual Bidders.

ICICI Securities Limited, Citigroup Global Markets India Private Limited, Edelweiss Financial Services Limited, and Kotak Mahindra Capital Company Limited are the BRLMs to the Offer.

All capitalized terms used herein and not specifically defined shall have the same meaning as ascribed to them in the Red Herring Prospectus dated August 2, 2021, read together with the corrigendum to the Red Herring Prospectus - Notice to Investors dated August 4, 2021 (together, the "RHP") filed with the Registrar of Companies.

Disclaimers:  APTUS VALUE HOUSING FINANCE INDIA LIMITED is proposing, subject to receipt of requisite approvals, market conditions, and other considerations, to make an initial public issue of its equity shares bearing a face value of Rs. 2 each (“Equity Shares”) and has filed the RHP with the RoC and thereafter with SEBI and the Stock Exchanges. The RHP shall be available on the website of the SEBI at www.sebi.gov.in as well as on the websites of the BRLMs, i.e. ICICI Securities Limited at www.icicisecurities.com, Citigroup Global Markets India Private Limited at www.online.citibank.co.in/rhtm/citigroupglobalscreen1.htm, Edelweiss Financial Services Limited at www.edelweissfin.com and Kotak Mahindra Capital Company Limited at www.investmentbank.kotak.com. Investors should note that investment in equity shares involves a high degree of risk and for details relating to such risks, see "Risk Factors" on page 25 of the RHP. Potential investors should not rely on the Draft Red Herring Prospectus filed dated May 14, 2021, with SEBI for making any investment decision. The Equity Shares offered in the Offer have not been and will not be registered under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (“U.S. Securities Act”) or any state securities laws in the United States, and unless so registered may not be offered or sold within the United States, except pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the U.S. Securities Act and applicable state securities laws. Accordingly, such Equity Shares are being offered and sold (i) outside of the United States in offshore transactions in reliance on Regulation S under the U.S. Securities Act and the applicable laws of the jurisdiction where those offers and sales occur; and (ii) in the United States, to “qualified institutional buyers” (as defined in Rule 144Aunder the U.S. Securities Act), pursuant to Section 4(a) of the U.S. Securities Act

DISCLAIMER CLAUSE OF SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE BOARD OF INDIA (“SEBI): SEBI only gives its observations on the offer documents and this does not constitute approval of either the Offer or the specified securities stated in the Offer Document. The investors are advised to refer to page 341 of the RHP for the full text of the disclaimer clause of SEBI

 

DISCLAIMER CLAUSE OF BSEIt is to be distinctly understood that the permission given by BSE Limited should not in any way be deemed or construed that the RHP has been cleared or approved by BSE Limited nor does it certify the correctness or completeness of any of the contents of the RHP. The investors are advised to refer to page 343 of the RHP for the full text of the disclaimer clause of the BSE

 

DISCLAIMER CLAUSE OF NSE (Designated Stock Exchange): It is to be distinctly understood that the permission given by NSE should not in any way be deemed or construed that the Offer Document has been cleared or approved by NSE nor does it certify the correctness or completeness of any of the contents of the Offer Document. The investors are advised to refer to page 343 of the RHP for the full text of the disclaimer clause of NSE

 

DISCLAIMER CLAUSE OF NHB: The Company is having a valid Certificate of Registration dated 31-05-2010 issued by the National Housing Bank (NHB) under Section 29Aof the National Housing Bank Act, 1987. However, the NHB does not accept any responsibility or guarantee about the present position as to the financial soundness of the company or for the correctness of any of the statements or representations made or opinions expressed by the company and for repayment of deposits/ discharge of liabilities by the company. For details of the main objects of the Company as contained in its Memorandum of Association, see "History and Certain Corporate Matters" on page 185 of the RHP.



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