Bharti Hexacom IPO

Bharti Hexacom IPO is a book-built issue of Rs 4,275.00 crores. The issue is entirely an offer for the sale of 7.5 crore shares. The  IPO opens for subscription on April 3, 2024, and closes on April 5, 2024.

The price band for the IPO  is set at ₹542 to ₹570 per share and the minimum lot size for an application is 26 Shares.

Company Summary

This company is a communications solutions provider offering consumer mobile services, fixed-line telephone, and broadband services to customers in the Rajasthan and the North East telecommunication circles in India, which comprises the states of Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, and Tripura.

They also derive significant synergies from their relationship with their Promoter, Airtel, through the expansive digital infrastructure, digital experience, and the digital services it provides to its customers.

As of December 31, 2023, they were present in 486 census towns and had an aggregate of 27.1 million customers across the Rajasthan Circle and Northeastern Circle.

As of the same date, their customer base included 19,144 thousand data customers, of which 18,839 thousand were 4G and 5G customers, and data consumption per customer per month stood at approximately 23.1 GB during the nine months ended December 31, 2023.

Furthermore, As of December 31, 2023, they utilized 24,874 network towers, of which they owned 5,092 towers, and the remaining 19,782 towers were leased from tower companies.

They have an extensive distribution and service network across the regions they operate in and during the nine months that ended December 31, 2023, and the last three Fiscals, they have set up 51 retail outlets and 24 small format stores to reach 90 cities, as of December 31, 2023. As of December 31, 2023, their distribution network comprised 616 distributors and 89,454 retail touchpoints.

Company Strengths

They have a gamut of digital offerings to enhance customer engagement and differentiated customized offerings through family and converged plans under the Airtel Black proposition, which has resulted in the continuous improvement of their revenue market share during the last three Fiscals.

Their revenue market share for the Rajasthan circle was 40.4%, 39.2%, 39.5%, 36.7%, and 32.7%, while for the North East circle was 52.7%, 52.4%, 52.5%, 48.5%, and 42.0% during the nine months ended December 31, 2023 and 2022 and Fiscals 2023, 2022 and 2021.

Their customer market share has grown consistently in Rajasthan from 33.1% as of March 31, 2021, to 35.0% as of December 31, 2023, and in the North East from 43.6% to 49.8% between the same dates.

They have the highest number of Visitor Location Register (“VLR”) customers (6.4 million) and a VLR market share of 52.3% in the North East circle and the second highest in the Rajasthan circle with 23.2 million customers and a VLR market share of 38.7%, as of December 31, 2023.

Company Financials

Period Ended31 Dec 202331 Mar 202331 Mar 202231 Mar 2021
Assets19,603.0018,252.9016,674.3015,003.50
Revenue5,420.806,719.205,494.004,704.30
Profit After Tax281.80549.205,494.00-1,033.90
Net Worth3,978.803,972.203,573.201,898.70
Reserves and Surplus4,166.103,959.503,410.501,736.00
Total Borrowing6,253.006,269.307,198.305,975.20

Amount in ₹ Crore

Objectives of the issue

The Company will not receive any proceeds from the Offer and all the Offer Proceeds will be received by the Selling Shareholder post deduction of Offer-related expenses to be borne by the Selling Shareholder.

Promoters of the company

Bharti Airtel Limited is the Promoter of the Company. They hold 350,000,000* Equity Shares in the Company, representing 70.00%* of the pre-offer issued, subscribed, and paid-up equity share capital of the Company.

IPO details

IPO DateApril 3, 2024 to April 5, 2024
Listing DateFriday, April 12, 2024
Face Value₹5 per share
Price Band₹542 to ₹570 per share
Lot Size26 Shares
Total Issue Size75,000,000 shares (aggregating up to ₹4,275.00 Cr)
Offer for Sale75,000,000 shares of ₹5 (aggregating up to ₹4,275.00 Cr)
Issue TypeBook Built Issue IPO
Listing AtBSE, NSE

Lot Allocation details

ApplicationLotsSharesAmount
Retail (Min)126₹14,820
Retail (Max)13338₹192,660
Small-HNI(Min)14364₹207,480
small-HNI(Max)671742₹992,940
Large-HNI (Min)681768₹1,007,760

Allotment Schedule

Basis of Allotment

Monday, April 8, 2024

Initiation of Refunds

Wednesday, April 10, 2024

The credit of Shares to Demat

Wednesday, April 10, 2024

Listing Date

Friday, April 12, 2024

Cut-off time for UPI mandate confirmation

5 PM on April 5, 2024

IPO Reservation

Investor CategoryShares Offered
QIB Shares OfferedNot More than 75% of the Net Issue
Retail Shares OfferedNot more than 10% of the Net Issue
NII (HNI) Shares OfferedNot more than 15% of the Net Issue

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