Hexaware Tech's Rs 8,750-crore IPO sees muted subscription on Day 1; check latest GMP

The initial public offer (IPO) of Hexaware Technologies saw a muted response on its first day of bidding on February 12, being subscribed only 3 percent. The global IT service provider aims to raise Rs 8,750 crore through its maiden issue, which is set to be the largest IPO by an Indian IT company, breaking the previous record held by TCS.

The IPO received bids for 30.78 lakh shares, as against the offer size of 9.14 crore shares, according to data on NSE. Retail investors booked 4 percent of their reserved portion, while that kept for employees was subscribed 11 percent. The portion reserved for non-institutional investors (NIIs) was booked 1 percent, while that kept for Qualified Institutional Buyers (QIBs) was subscribed 4 percent.

Hexaware Technologies has set a price band of Rs 674-708 per share for the IPO which will remain open for subscription from February 12 to February 14. The public offer of the US private equity giant Carlyle-backed company entirely consists of an offer-for-sale by its promoter CA Magnum Holdings. Hence, the offer proceeds will go to the said promoter and the company will not receive any funds.

The IPO share allotment will be finalised by February 17, and investors can start trading in the equity shares of the company on the bourses by February 19.

Investors can bid for a minimum of 21 equity shares, requiring a minimum investment of Rs 14,868 at the upper price band. Half of the public issue size is reserved for qualified institutional investors, 35 percent for retail investors, and the remainder 15 percent for non-institutional investors.

The book running lead managers handling the public issue are Kotak Mahindra Capital Company, Citigroup Global Markets India, JP Morgan India, HSBC Securities & Capital Markets, and IIFL Securities.

Before the IPO opened for public subscription, the company raised Rs 2,598 crore from 96 institutional investors via anchor book on February 11.

Global marquee investors like CLSA, as well as domestic institutional investors like SBI Mutual Fund, ICICI Prudential Mutual Fund, HDFC AMC and more invested in Hexaware via anchor book.

Ahead of the listing, the unlisted shares of the company were trading with a grey market premium (GMP) of around 0.28 percent at Rs 710 apiece, as per data on Investorgain on February 12.