Data Patterns IPO to open on December 14; price band set at Rs 555-585 per share

Data Patterns IPO to open on December 14; price band set at Rs 555-585 per share

AgenciesUpdated: Thursday, December 09, 2021, 03:20 PM IST
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The initial share sale will open for public subscription from December 14-16. / Representational image |

Data Patterns (India) Ltd, which supplies electronic systems to defence and aerospace sector, on Thursday said it has fixed a price band of Rs 555-585 a share for its Rs 588 crore initial public offering.

The initial share-sale will open for public subscription from December 14-16.

The bidding for anchor investors will open on December 13, according to the company. The public issue comprises a fresh issue of shares worth Rs 240 crore and an offer for sale (OFS) of 59.52 lakh equity shares by promoters and individual selling shareholders.

The OFS includes sale of up to 19.67 lakh shares each by Srnivasagopalan Rangarajan and Rekha Murthy Rangarajan, up to 75,000 by Sudhir Nathan, up to 4.15 lakh equity shares by G.K. Vasundhara and up to 15.28 lakh equity shares by other existing shareholders.

The initial public offering (IPO) is expected to fetch Rs 588.22 crore at the upper end of the price band. The company intends to utilise net proceeds from the fresh issue for repayment of debt, funding its working capital and upgradation and expansion of its existing facilities besides general corporate purposes.

Half of the issue size has been reserved for qualified institutional investors, 35 per cent for retail investors, and the remaining 15 per cent for non-institutional investors. Investors can bid for a minimum of 25 equity shares and in multiples of 25 thereafter.

Data Patterns is backed by former Blackstone head Matthew Cyriac via Florintree Capital Partners LLP which holds 12.8 per cent stake in the company.

The company's order book has grown at a CAGR (compound annual growth rate) of 40.72 per cent over the last four years and as of July 2021 stood at Rs 582.30 crore. For FY21, the company's revenue from operations was at Rs 226.55 crore against Rs 160.19 crore in the preceding fiscal year. Its net profit for the period stood at Rs 55.57 crore as compared to Rs 21.05 crore in 2019-20. IIFL Securities and JM Financial are the book running lead managers to the issue.

(With inputs from PTI)

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