Raajmarg Infra’s Rs 6,000-cr IPO opens tomorrow

State-owned National Highways Authority of India-sponsored Raajmarg Infra Investment Trust (RIIT) on Monday said the anchor portion of its upcoming IPO will be allocated to only domestic investors. The anchor book will open for subscription on March 10.

“We are in advanced discussions with anchor investors regarding the investment. The anchor portion will be allocated to domestic investors,” NHAI Chairman Sathosh Kumar Yadav told reporters here ahead of its Rs6,000-crore initial public offering.

Of the issue size, over Rs 1,700 crore will be allocated to anchor investors. Raajmarg Infra Investment Trust’s maiden public offering will open on March 11 and close on March 13. This will be the first time, NHAI is opening its asset monetisation programme to retail investors.

The InvIT’s IPO price has been fixed between Rs 99 and Rs 100 per unit. The initiative marks an important step in broadening public participation in the National Highway infrastructure growth story. The public InvIT aims to unlock the monetisation potential of the National Highway assets while creating a high-quality, long-term investment instrument primarily targeting retail and domestic investors.

As per the Red Herring Prospectus (RHP), Raajmarg Infra Investment Trust’s IPO issue size aggregates up to Rs 6,000 crore. This was an increase from Rs 5,700 crore planned at the time of filing draft papers in January. The InvIT proposes to have an initial portfolio of five toll roads in Jharkhand, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, and Karnataka under the Toll Operate Transfer model, following the concessions granted by the NHAI to the project SPV.

The Toll Roads consists of five toll roads spanning a total length of over 260 km and form part of the Golden Quadrilateral project.