IPO Knowledge Base
How is the IPO Retail Investor defined as?
Retail individual investor refers to an investor who applies or bids for securities of or for a value of not more than Rs.1,00,000.
Is there any preference while doing the IPO allotment?
The allotment to the Qualified Institutional Buyers (QIBs) is made on a discretionary basis. The discretion is left to the merchant bankers who first disclose the parameters of judgment in the Red Herring Prospectus. The merchant bankers are free to set their criteria and mention the same in the Red Herring Prospectus.
What is IPO Reserved Categories or reservation on competitive basis?
Reservation on competitive basis refers to allotment of shares made in proportion to the shares applied for by the concerned reserved categories. Reservation on competitive basis can be made in a public issue to the employees of the company, shareholders of the promoter companies in the case of a new company and shareholders of group [...]
What is allotment on firm basis in IPO?
A company making an issue to public is eligible to reserve some shares on ‘allotment on firm basis’ for certain categories. The shares to be allotted on ‘firm allotment category’ can be issued at a price different from the price at which the net offer to the public is made, provided that the price at [...]
Who decides the IPO price band?
The regulators do not play a role in setting the price for issues. The company decides the price or the price band in consultation with merchant bankers. The basis of issue price is disclosed in the offer document. The issuer is required to disclose in detail about the qualitative and quantitative factors justifying the issue [...]
What is a IPO price band?
The RHP may contain either the floor price for the securities or a price band within which the investors can bid. The spread between the floor and the cap of the price band shall not be more than 20 per cent. The price band can be revised also and any such revision is required to [...]
What are IPO fixed price offers?
An issuer company is allowed to freely price the issue. The basis of issue price is disclosed in the offer document where the issuer discloses in detail about the qualitative and quantitative factors justifying the issue price. The issuer company can mention a price band of 20 per cent (cap in the price band should [...]
