Issue subscribed 3.58 times
The initial public offer (IPO) of SBI Life Insurance Company (SBI Life) received bids for 31.55 crore shares, data on the National Stock Exchanged of India (NSE) showed. The IPO was subscribed 3.58 times. The IPO opened for subscription on 20 September 2017 and closed on Friday, 22 September 2017. The price band for the IPO was set at Rs 685 to Rs 700 per share.
Category wise, the qualified institutional buyers (QIBs) category was subscribed 12.56 times. The non institutional investors (NIIs) category was subscribed 0.7 times. The retail individual investors (RIIs) category was subscribed 0.85 times.
Ahead of the opening of the IPO, SBI Life had raised Rs 2226 crore by selling 3.18 crore shares to a total of 69 anchor investors. The shares were allotted to the anchor investors at Rs 700 per share, the top end of the Rs 685 to Rs 700 per share price band for the IPO.
SBI Life's public issue involved its promoters offloading up to 12 crore shares of face value of Rs 10 each through the offer of sale route. State Bank of India (SBI) diluted up to 8 crore shares while BNP Paribas Cardif SA will offload up to 4 crore shares. SBI holds 70.10% in SBI Life and BNP Paribas Cardif (BNPPC) holds 26%.
There was a discount of Rs 68 per share on offer price to eligible employees. The offer constituted up to 12% of the post-offer paid-up share capital and the net offer constituted 10.60% of the post-offer paid-up share capital.
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SBI Life Insurance Company is India's largest private life insurer in terms of new business premium (NBP) and a subsidiary of India's largest bank - State Bank of India in terms of deposits, advances and number of branches, which is also among world's top 50 banks in terms of assets. The company was established as a joint venture between the State Bank of India and BNPPC in 2001.
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