New Delhi: Staffing firm TeamLease Services has fixed Rs 785-850 per share as the price band for its initial public offer (IPO) which will hit the capital market on February 2. The IPO, which closes on February 4, would be made through a fresh issue aggregating up to Rs 150 crore and an offer for sale of up to 32.2 lakh equity shares, the company said in a public announcement.
The existing investors include Gaja Capital, India Advantage, HR Offshoring Ventures and GPE (India). A total of 10,000 shares have been reserved for the company’s employees in the public issue.
The company is expected to garner Rs 423 crore at the upper end of the price band. The proceeds of the IPO will be used for acquisitions and other strategic initiatives, upgradation of the existing IT infrastructure, working capital requirements and other general corporate purposes.
The company, which had filed draft papers with Sebi in September, for the proposed public offer, had received the regulator’s approval last month. TeamLease Services, which was established in 2002 with four offices, 20 clients and 40 employees, is now India’s largest and foremost people supply chain company with eight regional offices and 1,200 employees, according to the company’s website.
Shares of the company are proposed to be listed on BSE and NSE. The issue is being managed by IDFC Sec rities, ICICI Securities and Credit Suisse Securities (India) Pvt.
As of September 2015, the company’s total revenues stood at Rs 1,215.8 crore and profit after tax was at Rs 10.97 crore.
