The offer for sale indicated that the NSE Investments is going to offload its almost entire stake in CAMS via IPO.
Computer Age Management Services
(CAMS), the largest registrar and transfer agent of mutual funds, will open its
initial public offering on September 21, according to the RHP. The anchor
investors' book will open for a day on September 18.
The maiden public issue consists
of an offer for sale of 1,82,46,600 equity shares by NSE Investments. The offer
also includes a reservation of 1,82,500 equity shares for eligible employees.
The public offer, which would
constitute at least 37.40 percent of post-offer paid-up equity capital of the
company, will close on September 23.
The offer for sale indicated that
the NSE Investments is going to offload its entire stake in CAMS via IPO.

In compliance with the
requirements of the Sebi Letter, NSE intends to divest its entire shareholding,
held through NSE Investments, in CAMS by way of sale and transfer of (i)
1,82,46,600 equity shares pursuant to the offer; and (ii) the balance 38,400 Equity
Shares pursuant to the NSE Investments SPA (share purchase agreement), as per
its red herring prospectus filed with Sebi on September 11.
NSEIL (the subsidiary of National
Stock Exchange) held 37.48 percent stake in CAMS, HDFC 5.99 percent, HDFC Bank
3.33 percent, HDFC Trust 3.19 percent, Faering Capital India 4 percent and
Acsys 1.94 percent, as per the draft red herring prospectus filed with the Sebi
in January 2020.
Great Terrain, the wholly owned
by Harmony River Investment, is the promoter of CAMS with 43.53 percent
shareholding. Harmony River Investment is owned by private equity funds managed
by US-based Warburg Pincus.
Great Terrain has, pursuant to
the Great Terrain SPAs, agreed to sell and transfer 61,08,400 equity shares,
prior to the bid/offer opening date. After such transfer, Great Terrain will
hold 1,51,15,600 equity shares, i.e. 30.98 percent of the pre-offer and
post-offer paid-up capital.
These shares will be transferred
by NSE Investments (38,400 shares) and Great Terrain (61,08,400 shares) at Rs
1,230 per equity share, to insurance companies and mutual funds, as per the
RHP.
According to people familiar with
the IPO development, the higher end of IPO price band could be Rs 1,250 per
share and the issue size approximately Rs 2,258 crore, while one can bid for
minimum 12 equity shares and in multiples of 12 equity shares thereafter.
Chennai-headquartered CAMS is a
technology-driven financial infrastructure and services provider to mutual
funds and other financial institutions with over two decades of experience. The
company is India's largest registrar and transfer agent of mutual funds with an
aggregate market share of approximately 70 percent based on mutual fund average
assets under management (AAUM) managed by its clients and serviced by them
during July 2020.
This would be fifth IPO after
Rossari Biotech, Mindspace Business Parks REIT, Happiest Minds Technologies and
Route Mobile, to be launched in 2020. Chemcon Speciality Chemicals could also
launch its initial public offering on September 21, sources told Moneycontrol.
Equity shares are proposed to be
listed on the BSE.
Kotak Mahindra Capital Company,
HDFC Bank, ICICI Securities and Nomura Financial Advisory and Securities
(India) are the book running lead managers to the issue. Link Intime India is
the registrar to the issue.
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