Yes Bank closes its FPO with 95% subscription

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Yes Bank‘s follow-on public offer to increase Rs 15,000 crore has managed to sail via after getting subscribed 93 % on the last day of bidding on Friday. The Follow-On Public Offer (FPO) subscription would be 95 % after which include the anchor investors’ portion.


The bank would elevate the focused RS 15,000 crore with assist from SBI Capital Markets, which had underwritten the issue. The bank obtained subscriptions for shares worth ₹14,267 crore in the FPO, at the decrease end of the price band of ₹12-13 per share.

The issue has received bids for over 847.86 crore equity shares towards FPO dimension of extra than 909.97 crore equity shares, the data available on the exchanges showed. If we consist of the anchor book portion, then the subscription stood at 95.14 %

A total of 27 institutions bid for the QIB portion institutional investors that participated in the deal consist of SBI, LIC, IIFL, Edelweiss, Bajaj Allianz, HDFC Life, Punjab National Bank, HDFC MF, UOB, Bajaj Holdings, Avendus Wealth Management, IFFCO – Tokio General Insurance, Norges fund, Schonfled, Millennium Management Global, Aurigin Capital, Exodus Capital, Wellington Capital, Jane Street Capital, said a second person advising the bank.

Apart from institutional investors, demand from all different categories of buyers was once tepid.

The reserved portion of non-institutional investors has considered subscription of 63 % and that of retail 46.96 % and employees 32.62 %, while the component set apart for qualified institutional shoppers was once subscribed 1.90 times.

While the bank has managed to increase only Rs14,267 crore out of its complete goal of Rs15,000 crore, the shortfall is possibly to be funded with the aid of SBI.

The bank had entered into the first underwriting settlement dated July 7 with SBI Capital Markets and the Registrar, and pursuant to which, SBI Capital Markets had agreed to underwrite Rs 3,000 crore really worth of shares of FPO, at a price equal to the lowest end of the charge band.

So overall the financial institution has acquired dedicated subscription of worth extra than Rs 15,000 crore now.

The public issue has to obtain minimum subscription of 90 % of the offer, along with via devolvement of underwriters, if applicable, within 60 days from the date of bid/offer closing date, as per the phrases of the offer.


“We are pleased with the completion of our similarly public offering and would like to thank all the investors, partners and employees who have supported the issue. It is an necessary step in our journey of transformation and is a testament to the trust positioned in the institution,” said Prashant Kumar, managing director and chief executive of Yes Bank, in a statement.

Earlier on Tuesday, the lender informed inventory exchanges that it had disbursed 3.41 billion shares worth ₹4,098 crore to anchor traders a day before its follow-on public offering. The shares had been allotted to the anchor traders at ₹12 per share.

Tilden Park invested ₹2,250 crore to lead the anchor funding for its ₹15,000-crore FPO. The different anchor merchants consist of HDFC Life Insurance, Amanas Holdings, Jupiter India Fund, Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance, ICICI Lombard General Insurance, Reliance General Insurance, RBL Bank, Edelweiss Crossover Opportunities Fund, Edelweiss Finance, Elara Capital, and Hinduja Leyland Finance.

The money raised from its FPO will take care of it expand necessities for two years. The ₹15,000 crore will be used as buffer provisioning, noted Prashant Kumar, managing director and chief govt officer of Yes Bank in a press meet on Monday. He, however, mentioned the provisioning toward the effect of covid-19 will not be more than 100 bps.

The bank is aiming for a mortgage book combine of 60% for retail and small and medium firms (SMEs) and 40% for corporates, Kumar said. The non-public lender is focused on 1% return on assets over the subsequent 1-3 years and 1.5% over 3-5 years.

Following the FPO, the bank’s capital adequacy ratio will extend to 13% from the current 6.3%. SBI, the largest investor in Yes Bank, will make investments up to ₹1,760 crore in the FPO. SBI’s extra investment will make sure that its stake does not fall below 26% after the FPO.