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7 cos get Sebi's nod for IPO

Anand Rathi Wealth, ESAF Small Finance Bank & Sapphire Foods in the list

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KFC, Pizza Hut operator Sapphire Foods' IPO to open on Nov 9

New Delhi: As many as seven companies, including ESAF Small Finance Bank, Sapphire Foods India and Anand Rathi Wealth, have received capital markets regulator Sebi's nod to raise funds through initial public offerings (IPOs).

In addition, PB Fintech, which operates an online insurance platform Policybazaar and credit comparison portal Paisabazaar, Paytm's parent firm One97 Communications, life sciences company Tarsons Products and HP Adhesives too received Sebi's clearance to float their IPOs. These companies, which filed their draft papers with Sebi between July and August, obtained the regulator's observations during October 18-22, an update with Sebi showed on Monday. In Sebi's parlance, the issuance of observation is equivalent to the regulator's approval. ESAF Small Finance Bank's Rs 997.78-crore public issue comprises a fresh issue of equity shares worth Rs 800 crore and an offer for sale of Rs 197.78 crore by existing shareholders, according to draft red herring prospectus (DRHP).

Under the offer for sale, the promoter will be selling shares worth Rs 150 crore, PNB MetLife would offload shares to the tune of Rs 21.33 crore, Bajaj Allianz Life will offer shares of Rs 17.46 crore, PI Ventures will sell Rs 8.73 crore worth shares and John Chakola will offer shares worth Rs 26 lakh. The IPO of Sapphire Foods India Ltd, which operates KFC and Pizza Hut outlets, will be entirely an offer of sale (OFS) of 17,569,941 equity shares by promoters and existing shareholders. As a part of the OFS, QSR Management Trust will sell 8.50 lakh shares, Sapphire Foods Mauritius Ltd will offload 55.69 lakh shares, WWD Ruby Ltd will divest 48.46 lakh shares and Amethyst will offer 39.62 lakh shares.

In addition, AAJV Investment Trust will sell 80,169 shares, Edelweiss Crossover Opportunities Fund will offload 16.15 lakh shares and Edelweiss Crossover Opportunities Fund-Series II will divest 6.46 lakh shares. The initial share-sale of Anand Rathi Wealth Ltd, part of Mumbai-based financial services group Anand Rathi, is completely an offer for sale of 1.2 crore equity shares by promoters and existing shareholders. Those offering shares in the offer for sale are -- Anand Rathi Financial Services Limited, Anand Rathi, Pradeep Gupta, Amit Rathi, Priti Gupta, Supriya Rathi, Rawal Family Trust, Jugal Mantri and Feroze Azee.

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