Stove Kraft Ltd, manufacturer of kitchen appliances, has raised a little over 185 crore from anchor investors ahead
of its initial public offer, which will open for subscription on Monday.
A total of 48,22,290 shares have been allotted to 32 anchor investors at 385 apiece, which is the upper end of the
price band. At this price, the company raised 185.68 crore, according to a BSE circular issued late evening on last Friday.
Among the anchor investors are Goldman Sachs India, Nippon Life India Trustee, Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance
Company, IIFL Special Opportunities Fund, Integrated Core Strategies Asia Pte Ltd, Sundaram Mutual Fund A/C
Sundaram Equity Fund, Abakkus Emerging Opportunities Fund – I and Sundaram Mutual Fund.
“The initial public offering comprises of a fresh issue aggregating 950.00 million (“Fresh Issue”) and an offer for
sale of up to 8,250,000 equity shares comprising of up to 690,700 equity shares by promoter, Rajendra Gandhi, up to
59,300 equity shares by promoter, Sunita Rajendra Gandhi (together with Rajendra Gandhi, “Promoter Selling
Shareholders”), up to 1,492,080 equity shares by Sequoia Capital India Growth Investment Holdings I (“SCI-GIH”) and up to 6,007,920 equity shares by SCI Growth Investments II (“SCI”, together with SCI-GIH, “Investor Selling
Shareholders”) (the Investor Selling Shareholders together with the Promoter Selling Shareholders, the “Selling
Shareholders”),” the company said.
Stove Kraft’s initial share-sale offer comprises a fresh issue of equity shares aggregating up to 95 crore and an offer
for sale of up to 82.50 lakh equity shares.
The offer for sale comprises up to 6,90,700 shares by promoter Rajendra Gandhi; up to 59,300 shares by promoter
Sunita Rajendra Gandhi; up to 14,92,080 shares by Sequoia Capital India Growth Investment Holdings and up to
6,007,920 shares by SCI Growth Investments II.
The price band has been set at 384-385 per share for the initial share-sale, which would be open for public
subscription during 25-28 January.
At the upper end of the price band, the initial public offer (IPO) is expected to fetch 412.62 crore.
This would be the fourth company to launch an IPO in January, after Indian Railway Finance Corporation and Indigo
Paints which concluded this week, while that of Home First Finance Company is currently open for public
subscription.
Sequoia Capital-backed firm proposes to utilise the net proceeds from the fresh issue towards repayment or pre-
payment of certain borrowings availed by the firm and for other general corporate purposes.
The company is engaged in the manufacture and retail of a wide and diverse suite of kitchen solutions under Pigeon
and Gilma brands.
It is a kitchen solutions and an emerging home solutions brand. The kitchen solutions comprise cookware and
cooking appliances across brands, and home solutions comprise various household utilities, including consumer
lighting.
The book running lead managers to the offer are Edelweiss Financial Services and JM Financial. The company’s
shares are proposed to be listed on stock exchanges.
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