Mahindra Holidays and Resorts India (MHRIL), one of the leading leisure hospitality providers in India offering quality family holidays and a part of Mahindra Group, is entering the capital market with an initial public offering of 92,65,275 equity shares of Rs 10 each for cash at a price to be decided through a 100% book-building process.

The bid/ issue will open on June 23, 2009, and close on June 26, 2009. The IPO price band is fixed at Rs 275-325 per share. The size of the issue will be Rs 301 crore at the upper end of the price band and Rs 255 crore at the lower end of the band. M&M (Mahindra and Mahindra) will raise Rs 90.7-123 crore from the sale of 33 lakh shares and it will hold 83% of the Mahindra Holidays post issue.

The issue has been assigned 4 out of 5 IPO grading by Fitch Ratings India Private Limited reflecting 'above average fundamentals’ of the issue relative to other listed equity securities. 

The issue comprises a fresh issue of 58,96,084 equity shares and an offer for sale of 33,69,191 equity shares by Mahindra and Mahindra (the “selling shareholder”). The issue would constitute 11.0% of the fully diluted post-issue paid-up capital of the company. 

The proceeds from MHRIL’s proposed issue are expected to be deployed in the setting up of new projects and expansion of some of the existing resorts, to provide a larger range of resorts, and hence a wider choice of holiday destinations to members.

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