The firm, which gets over 91 per cent of its sales from the defence sector including the Coast Guard, has fixed a price band at Rs 1,215-1,240 per equity share for the offer that will hit the market on March 16 and close on March 20.
The sale is part of the government's Rs 75,000-crore divestment process, which for the first time in many years, has already crossed the target.
The IPO will see the company selling 34,107,525 equity shares of face value of Rs 10 through an offer for sale by the President, acting through the department of defence production under the defence ministry.
The offer comprises a net offer of 33,438,750 equity shares and an employee reservation of up to 668,775 shares.
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The IPO, being managed by SBI Caps and Axis Capital, will see 50 per cent of the net offer available for qualified institutional buyers, of which 5 per cent is reserved for mutual funds.
Hindustan Aeronautics, set up in 1940, produces over 27 types of light combat aircraft and helicopters and is the 39th largest aerospace company in the world.
Acting chairman VM Chamola said HAL has an order book of over Rs 68,000 crore, which covers the next three years and had a revenue of over Rs 5,300 crore in the first half of the current fiscal, which he attributed to the seasonal factors.
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