IPO for General Public: Ingwa Hydropower to Issue 12,68,639 Unit IPO Shares from Baisakh 13
Wed, Apr 19, 2023 9:45 AM on Latest, IPO/FPO News,
Ingwa Hydropower Limited has published an offer letter to issue its Initial Public Offering (IPO) to the general public.
The company will be issuing 12,68,639 unit shares of Rs 100 face value from 13th Baisakh, 2080. The company intends to collect Rs 12.68 crore from this IPO. The early closing date of this issue is on 17th Baisakh and if the issue is not fully subscribed, it can be extended up to 27th Baisakh, 2080.
Earlier, the company had issued 6,00,000 unit shares worth Rs. 6 crores to the project-affected locals of Taplejung District out of which only 306,840 units were allotted to valid applicants. Thus, the remaining 293,160 units of unsubscribed shares of project-affected locals are added to 12,00,000 units (20% of the issued capital which is reserved for the general public) to make a total of 14,93,160 units for the general public.
Out of the total 14,93,160 units; 120,000 units have already been issued and allotted to Nepalese citizens working abroad, 5% of the total offered shares i.e. 74,658 units have been set aside for the mutual funds, and 2% or 29,863 units have been set aside for employees of the company. The remaining 12,68,639 units are for the general public.
Overall, 70% of shares are of the promoter shareholders in the company.
Nepal SBI Merchant Banking Limited has been appointed as the issue manager for the IPO issuance. Applications can be placed for a minimum of 10 units and a maximum of 20,000 units.
CARE Ratings Nepal Limited (CRNL) has reaffirmed the issuer rating of ‘CARE-NP BB (Is)’ assigned to Ingwa Hydropower Limited. Issuers with this rating are considered to offer a moderate risk of default regarding the timely servicing of financial obligations, in Nepal.
Ingwa Hydropower Limited was incorporated on June 23, 2009, as a Private Limited company, which was later converted into a Public Limited company on August 25, 2014. The company has been promoted by institutional promoters and individual businessmen of Nepal for setting up a 9.70 MW run-of-river, Upper Ingwa Khola hydroelectric project (UIKHP) in the Panchthar district of Nepal. The project is constructed under BOOT (Build, Own, Operate, and Transfer) mechanism.
