Anchor Investors Show "Excellent" Response To LIC IPO: Official

Anchor buyers have proven good response to LIC's IPO, mentioned an official

Life Insurance Corporation's (LIC) preliminary public supply (IPO) on Monday noticed 'wonderful' response from anchor buyers, an official mentioned.

The authorities is promoting 22,13,74,920 shares in LIC at a worth band of Rs 902-949 a share, focusing on to boost about Rs 21,000 crore. The subject could be open for subscription for institutional and retail consumers from May 4-9.

The subject opened for anchor investor subscription on Monday and noticed 'wonderful' response, an official mentioned, including that the main points of worth bids could be recognized later within the day.

The LIC share sale could be the most important ever quantity raised via an preliminary public providing within the Indian inventory market. The earlier such excessive fund elevating was seen in IPO of PayTM in 2021 at Rs 18,300 crore and Coal India in 2010 at Rs 15,200 crore.

Of the over 22.13 crore LIC shares on supply, over 9.88 crore shares are reserved for certified institutional consumers and over 2.96 crore shares for non-institutional consumers.

Up to fifteen,81,249 shares and a couple of,21,37,492 shares are reserved for workers and policyholders.

While retail buyers and LIC staff will get a reduction of Rs 45 per share, LIC coverage holders bidding in IPO would get a reduction of Rs 60 a share.

LIC would begin buying and selling on the inventory exchanges on May 17.

LIC's embedded worth, which is a measure of the consolidated shareholders worth in an insurance coverage firm, was pegged at about Rs 5.4 lakh crore as of September 30, 2021, by worldwide actuarial agency Milliman Advisors.

Based on investor suggestions, the market worth of presidency owned LIC has been pegged at 1.1 occasions its embedded worth or Rs 6 lakh crore.

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