Go Digit announces IPO price band at Rs 258-272 per share; total issue size at Rs 2,614 cr

Go Digit IPO

Virat Kohli and Anushka Sharma backed Go Digit General Insurance IPO is set to open for subscription on May 15. The price band of the public offer is fixed at Rs 258-272 per share and the company is likely to raise Rs 2,538 crore at the lower end of the price band and Rs 2,614 crore at the upper band.

In 2020, cricketer Virat Kohli bought 2.67 lakh shares of the company for Rs 2 crore while actress wife Anushka Sharma invested 50 lakh through a private placement. They are not selling their stake in this public issue. The Prem Watsa-backed insurance company includes a fresh issue of shares worth Rs 1,125 crore and an offer-for-sale (OFS) of up to 5.48 crore shares, by its promoters and existing shareholders.

According to the Red Herring Prospectus (RHP), anchor investors will be able to place their bids on May 14. The lot size may be around 55 shares and in multiple of that hereafter. The IPO for Go Digit received a go-ahead in March 2024 after delays over multiple compliance issues.

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The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) on May 4 imposed a penalty of Rs 1 crore on the company for non-disclosure of a change in the conversion ratio of compulsorily convertible preference shares (CCPS) issued by its parent company to Fairfax-owned FAL Corporation. At the time of the joint venture (JV) back in 2017, the correct and agreed-upon conversion ratio was "1 CCPS for 2.324 equity shares," which was later changed by the company to "2.324 CCPS for 1 equity share."

The insurance firm plans to utilise the net proceeds towards augmenting its capital base and maintaining the solvency levels.

ICICI Securities, Morgan Stanley India, Axis Capital, Edelweiss Financial Services, HDFC Bank, and IIFL Securities are the book-running lead managers for the IPO.