S Chand to make stock market debut on Tuesday

Updated - January 11, 2018 at 07:16 PM.

The IPO, which closed last month, saw solid investor demand and was oversubscribed 59.49 times.

Samir Khurana (left), Head-Strategy & Mergers and Acquisitions, S. Chand and Company Ltd, along with Himanshu Gupta, Managing Director, S Chand and Company Ltd, at a press conference to announce the company's IPO in Mumbai on April 19.

Textbooks publisher S Chand and Company, which successfully closed its initial public offer (IPO) late last month, will make its stock market debut tomorrow.

The IPO saw solid investor demand and was oversubscribed 59.49 times. The portion of Qualified Institutional Buyers (QIBs) was oversubscribed 44.27 times and that of non-institutional investors, a staggering 204.65 times.

Retail investors category was also oversubscribed 6.07 times.

The price band for the offer, open from April 26-28, was set at Rs 660-670 a share.

JM Financial Institutional Securities, Axis Capital and Credit Suisse Securities (India) Pvt were the merchant bankers to the offer.

Last year, the company had acquired 74 per cent of the outstanding share capital of Chhaya Prakashani Pvt.

The company offers 53 consumer brands across knowledge products and services, including S Chand, Vikas, Madhubun, Saraswati, Destination Success and Ignitor.

Published on May 8, 2017 09:03