Rossari Biotech collects Rs 149 crore from anchor investors ahead of IPO

The company has fixed a price band of Rs 423-425 per equity share for its initial public offer (IPO) which will be open for public subscription from July 13-15.

Rossari Biotech's initial share-sale will end four months of inactivity in the IPO markets. SBI Cards & Payment Services was the last company to float IPO in March.

Rossari Biotech's IPO comprises fresh issuance of shares worth Rs 50 crore and the sale of 1,05,00,000 equity shares by the company's promoters through offer-for-sale route.

At the upper end of the price band, the IPO size is about Rs 496 crore.

The company has already raised Rs 100 crore in pre-IPO placement.

Net proceeds from the issue will be utilized for funding working capital requirements, repaying certain debt availed by the company, and for general corporate purposes.

Axis Capital and ICICI Securities are the merchant bankers for the share-sale. The equity shares will be listed on the NSE and BSE.

The company, which filed its draft papers with Sebi in December 2019, received clearance from the regulator in February to launch the IPO.

Rossari Biotech is a specialty chemical manufacturing firm with a focus on home and personal care, performance chemicals, textile specialty chemicals, and animal health and nutrition products.

Apart from India, it has operations in 17 countries, including Vietnam, Bangladesh, and Mauritius.

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