Wednesday, 17 August 2011

SRS Limited IPO

SRS Limited IPO.
Incorporated in 2000, SRS Limited is engaged in the business of Cinema Exhibition, Food & Beverages, Retail and Manufacturing & Retailing of Jewellery operations.
This IPO proceeds will be used for setting up of cinemas, setting up of food courts and restaurants, setting up of retail stores, setting up of jewellery manufacturing facility and jewellery retail stores, general corporate purposes and issue related expenses.
The equity shares offered through the IPO are proposed to be listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) and National Stock Exchange (NSE).

Objects of the Issue:
The objects of this Public Issue are to raise funds for:

1. Setting up of cinemas;
2. Setting up of food courts and restaurants;
3. Setting up of retail stores;
4. Setting up of jewellery manufacturing facility and jewellery retail stores;
5. General Corporate Purposes; and
6. Issue related expenses.

BRLM: Karvy/ IDBI Capital/ SPA Sec
Syndicate: ENAM/ SMC Sec/ HEM Sec

Issue Period: August, 23– August, 26 2011

Price Band: Will be announced two working days prior to the issue opens
Lot Size: Will be announced two working days prior to the issue opens

Registrar: Beetal Financial & Computer Services Private Limited.

 Retail Appl Size: Rs.2,00,000/-

Issue Size: 3,50,00,000 Equity Shares aggregating to a sum of Rs. 203.00 - 227.50 Crore(Face Value Rs.10 each).


ICRA has assigned an IPO Grade 3 to SRS Limited IPO. This means as per ICRA, company has 'Average Fundamentals'. ICRA assigns IPO grading on a scale of 5 to 1, with Grade 5 indicating strong fundamentals and Grade 1 indicating poor fundamentals.

Wednesday, 3 August 2011

What is a stock split?



A Stock split is a process where in the company decides to reduce the face value of the outstanding shares. This is usually done only when the stock is in a strong uptrend and the board of the company has a   comfortable anticipation that the stock will continue the same trend further. When a stock is quoting high in the market, there are worries that there will be fewer takers for the stock implying lower liquidity to the shares of the company. By this exercise, the company tries to provide more liquidity to the stock in the market. More often than not the when a company declares a stock split it means that particular firm is experiencing success

Mechanics of stock split:

To do a stock split it is important to know the requirements before a stock split, as well as the general profile of the company which is announcing a split of their stock. Naturally the  company must have enough unissued authorized shares to split the stock and then the board of directors must then meet and declare a stock split. If authorized shares need to be added, then the company must seek approval from shareholders, which requires a shareholder meeting for a vote to support additional shares being issued. At that point the company can announce the stock split and both the split and recording dates are set. When the split date does indeed arrive, additional shares are issued and the stock price per share is adjusted accordingly.

The average profile of a company that declares a stock split is one that is currently operating with increasing revenue and net earnings.  Typically the stock price is close to or  higher than the price of the last split, is in a general uptrend and of course is expected to continue to move northwards.  In addition, business is forecasted to be very good going forward, shareholder confidence is high and basically no major legal issues are pending reconciliation. In addition, a stock split announcement is typically accompanied by other major events which could be anything such as a bonus, dividend being paid, a stock buyback program or even changes to management.

Stock splits usually attract the interest of the retail and institutional participants as they arecertainly worth monitoring and when correctly identified, they provide low risk and high reward options strategies. In fact, if you can see a stock split coming when implied volatility is currently very low, then these particular situations have a tremendous chance of being highly profitable when coupled with the appropriate options strategy.

Sunday, 24 July 2011

Details of L&T Finance Holdings Limited IPO

The Issue
L & T Finance Holdings Limited
Sector
Financial Services
Transaction
Book Building
Issue Size
(*) equity shares of Rs 10 each aggregating to Rs 1245 crs
(*)% of the post issue paid-up capital
IPO Dates
July 27th 2011 – July 29th 2011
Price Band
Rs 51 to Rs 59
Bid Lot
100 equity shares and in multiples of 100
IPO Grading
CARE: 5/5 Strong Fundamentals
Exchanges
BSE; NSE
Global Co-ordinators
JM Financial Consultants Private Limited; Citigroup Global
& BRLM
Markets India Private Limited; HSBC Securities & Capital
Markets (India) Private Limited;
BRLM & Co-BRLM
Barclays Securities (India) Private Limited; Credit Suisse
Securities (India) Private Limited; Equirus Capital Private Limited
Registrar
Sharepro Services (India) Private Limited


 Objects of the Issue
ü  Repayment of inter-corporate deposit issued by the Promoter to the Company;
ü  To augment the capital base of L&T Finance and L&T Infra, to meet the capital adequacy requirements to support the future growth in their business;
ü  To achieve the benefits of listing on the Stock Exchanges;
ü  For other general corporate purposes including meeting the expenses of the Issue.

 The Business
They are a financial holding company offering a diverse range of financial products and services across the corporate, retail and infrastructure finance sectors, as well as mutual fund products and investment management services, through their direct and indirect wholly-owned subsidiaries.
Their Company is registered with the RBI as an NBFC-ND-SI.
They are promoted by Larsen & Toubro Limited ("L&T"), one of the leading companies in India, with interests in engineering, construction, electrical and electronics manufacturing and services, information technology and financial services.
They are headquartered in Mumbai, and have a presence in 23 states in India. As at May 31, 2011, they had 837 points-of-presence across India, comprising 117 branch offices, 269 meeting centers, 37 KGSK centers and 414 customer care centers across all of their business groups and segments.

Strategy
ü  Continue to expand their business to include new products and services, as well as entirely new lines of business
ü  Increase the market penetration of their existing products and services
ü  Continue to focus on two key Indian growth stories: infrastructure and rural development
ü  Develop their financial products distribution business segment
ü  Continue to attract and retain talented professionals
ü  Continue to focus on the growth of their retail loan portfolio







Rounded Rectangle: L & T Limited                                                                                   
 















Strengths
ü  Diversified and balanced mix of high growth businesses
ü  Strong distribution network, with a presence throughout India
ü  Experienced management team and employees with a proven track record of establishing and growing new lines of business
ü  High quality loan portfolio comprising the funding of mainly income-generating assets and activities
ü  Good financial and capital position, as well as access to multiple sources of capital
ü  Strong parentage and brand equity of L&T

Thursday, 21 July 2011

L&T Finance Holdings Ltd - Price Band fixed @ Rs: 51-59.

L&T Finance Holdings , a subsidiary of engineering and construction company L&T ,aims to garner Rs 1,075 crore through Initial Public Offering. The company on thursday, 20th Jul'2011 has fixed the price band of the IPO in between Rs 51 - 59 and the issue will be opened for subscription during July 27 and 29, 2011.

L&T Finance plans to sell shares worth about 1.60 billion rupees to anchor, or cornerstone, investors, said N. Sivaraman, senior vice president of financial services at Larsen & Toubro. This placement will reduce the net issue to the public.The issue, including the pre-IPO placement of shares and those to cornerstone investors, will result in a dilution of about 17% in the company's post-issue paid-up capital, said L&T Chief Financial Officer Y.M. Deosthalee.

The L&T Finance offering is being eagerly awaited as analysts term it a quality one with a strong parentage. Credit raiting agencies like CARE and ICRA have rated the IPO a full on 5/5, indicating that the fundamentals of the company are strong and indicate that he investors can apply for the shares of the company in the IPO. The ipo will be done through the book building process and the shares of the company will be listed on both the major stock exchanges of the country i.e., NSE and BSE

Monday, 18 July 2011

L&T Finance Holdings Ltd IPO

BRLM: JM Financial Consultants/Citigroup Global Markets/HSBC Securities and Capital Markets/Barclays Securities/Credit Suissue Securities/Equirus Capital.

Syndicate Member JM Financial Services P. Ltd/SMC Global Securities Ltd/ Karvy Stock Broking Ltd/IDBI Capital Market Services Ltd.

Issue Period: July, 27 to July, 29, 2011
Issue Size : Rs. 1245 cr
Price Band: Will be announced two working days prior to the issue opens
Lot Size: Will be announced two working days prior to the issue opens
Employee Discount : Will be announced two working days prior to the issue opens


Registrar: Sharepro Services (India) Private Limited
QIB Book: 50% of Net issue size
HNI Book: 15% of Net issue size
Retail Book: 35% of Net issue size

Monday, 11 July 2011

Apply IPOs through ASBA..!

Investment through the Initial Public offering (IPO) has been flair of the investors in India, for decades. This is also the primary step where in the investors learn investing in the stock market. Over the past decade it is observed that the participation of the retail investor for IPO has taken a large leap as they are proving to be an avenue to make quick money as the IPOs list at high premium to the issue price.
Retail investors are subscribing IPOs hand to hand and their increased participation is making the IPOs a success for the issuing company. Mostly the IPOs are oversubscribed i.e., more applications for the shares offered for sale by the company. It is almost certain that due to oversubscription, the investors will not get the number of shares they apply for in an IPO – most of the time two lots are alloted for four applied, one lot for five and sometimes nothing at all! Running in the race to apply for the shares in an IPO, investors run out of cheque leaves and also experience that the balance in the savings account has dip below the minimum balance required. Banks mostly charge penalties to the account holders who do not maintain a minimum balance. The securities market regulator and watch dog of the investor community in INDIA, the Securities and Exchange board of India (SEBI) has formulated a smarter way of investing in IPOs wherein you can make applications for IPOs with the amount residing in your account till the allotment is finalized. This way is called as “Application Supported by Blocked Amount” (ASBA). This facility can be an ‘Icing on the cake’ for the investors in the country.
ASBA- Application Supported by Blocked Amount is an application that authorizes the banker to block a specific sum of money in an individual's bank account for an IPO and debit the account only to the extent of the shares allotted to the individual. However, even as the blocked amount will not be available for use of the customer and he will continue to earn interest on it.
The benefits that an investor can derive from ASBA are
a) Cancelling and revising the bid is also possible.
b) The application amount is not debited from the savings account.
c) Keep earning interest on the amount parked in the Savings account.
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