Home First Finance IPO Basis of Allotment

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Home First Finance Company India Limited

Our Company was incorporated as Home First Finance Company India Private Limited' at Bengaluru, Karnataka as a private limited company under the Companies Act. 1956, pursuant to the certificate of incorporation dated February 3, 2010 issued by the Registrar of Companies, Karnataka at Bengaluru. Subsequently, our Company was converted to a public limited company and consequently the name of our Company was changed to' Home First Finance Company India Limited' and a fresh certificate of incorporation dated March 14, 2018 was issued by the Registrar of Companies. Maharashtra at Mumbai ('RoC'). For details in relation to the change in the registered office of our Company, see 'History and Certain Corporate Matters' beginning on page 174 of the Prospectus dated January 27, 2021 filed with the RoC ('Prospectus')

Our Company has filed the Prospectus dated January 27, 2021 with the RoC, and the Equity Shares are proposed to be listed on the National Stock Exchange of India Limited ('NSE') and BSE Limited ('BSE') and trading is expected to commence on or about 1 February 3, 2021.

INITIAL PUBLIC OFFER OF 22,272,556 EQUITY SHARES OF FACE VALUE OF Rs. 2 EACH ('EQUITY SHARES') OF HOME FIRST FINANCE COMPANY INDIA LIMITED ('COMPANY') FOR CASH AT A PRICE OF Rs. 518 PER EQUITY SHARE (INCLUDING A SHARE PREMIUM OF Rs. 516 PER EQUITY SHARE) ('OFFER PRICE') AGGREGATING TO Rs. 11,537.19 MILLION COMPRISING A FRESH ISSUANCE OF 5,115,830 EQUITY SHARES AGGREGATING TO Rs. 2,650 MILLION BY OUR COMPANY ('FRESH ISSUE') AND AN OFFER FOR SALE OF 17,156,726 EQUITY SHARES AGGREGATING TO Rs. 8,887.19 MILLION COMPRISING 8,409,548 EQUITY SHARES AGGREGATING TO Rs. 4,356.15 MILLION BY TRUE NORTH FUND V LLP ('TN V LLP'), 5,623,222 EQUITY SHARES AGGREGATING TO Rs. 2,912.83 MILLION BY AETHER (MAURITIUS) LIMITED ('AETHER' AND TOGETHER WITH TN V LLP, THE 'PROMOTER SELLING SHAREHOLDERS'), 2,325,501 EQUITY SHARES AGGREGATING TO Rs. 1,204.61 MILLION BY BESSEMER INDIA CAPITAL HOLDINGS II LTD. (THE 'INVESTOR SELLING SHAREHOLDER'), 548,938 EQUITY SHARES AGGREGATING TO Rs. 284.35 MILLION BY P. S. JAYAKUMAR AND 249,517 EQUITY SHARES AGGREGATING TO Rs. 129.25 MILLION BY MANOJ VISWANATHAN (P. S. JAYAKUMAR AND MANOJ VISWANATHAN, THE 'INDIVIDUAL SELLING SHAREHOLDERS', AND TOGETHER WITH THE PROMOTER SELLING SHAREHOLDERS AND THE INVESTOR SELLING SHAREHOLDER, THE 'SELLING SHAREHOLDERS', AND SUCH EQUITY SHARES OFFERED BY THE SELLING SHAREHOLDERS, THE 'OFFERED SHARES') ('OFFER FOR SALE' AND TOGETHER WITH THE FRESH ISSUE, THE 'OFFER'). THE OFFER SHALL CONSTITUTE 25.49% OF THE POST-OFFER PAID-UP EQUITY SHARE CAPITAL OF THE COMPANY. THE FACE VALUE OF EQUITY SHARES IS Rs 2 EACH. THE OFFER PRICE IS 259 TIMES THE FACE VALUE OF THE EQUITY SHARES.

**The Company has undertaken (i) a preferential allotment of 2,240,639 Equity Shares to Orange Clove Investments B.V. ('Orange Clove') for cash at a price of Rs. 334.726 per Equity Share aggregating to approximately Rs. 750 million pursuant to the resolution of the board dated October 15, 2020; and (ii) a preferential allotment of 122,000 Equity Shares to certain of its employees for cash at a price of Rs. 334,726 per Equity Share aggregating to Rs. 40.84 million pursuant to the resolution of the board dated November 30,2020 (together, the 'Pre-IPO Placement'). The size of the Fresh Issue of up to Rs. 3,440.84 million was reduced by approximately Rs. 790.84 million pursuant to the Pre-IPO Placement, and accordingly, the Fresh Issue size was 12,650 million.

THE FACE VALUE OF THE EQUITY SHARES IS Rs. 2 EACH. THE OFFER PRICE IS Rs. 518 PER EQUITY SHARE AND IS 259.00 TIMES THE FACE VALUE OF THE EQUITY SHARES.

This Offer was made in terms of Rule 19(2)(b) of the Securities Contracts (Regulation) Rules, 1957. as amended ('SCRR') read with Regulation 31 of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Issue of Capital and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations. 2018, as amended ('SEBI ICDR Regulations') The Offer was made in accordance with Regulation 6(1) of the SEBIICDR Regulations and through a Book Building Process wherein not more than 50% of the Offer was available for allocation on a proportionate basis to Qualified Institutional Buyers ('QIBs', and such portion, the 'QIB Portion') Our Company and the Promoter Selling Shareholders, in consultation with the Book Running Lead Managers, allocated up to 60% of the QIB Portion to Anchor Investors on a discretionary basis in accordance with the SEBI ICDR Regulations ('Anchor Investor Portion'), out of which at least one-third was made available for allocation to domestic Mutual Funds only, subject to valid Bids being received from the domestic Mutual Funds at or above the Anchor Investor Allocation Price. Further. 5% of the Net QIB Portion was made available for allocation on a proportionate basis to Mutual Funds only, and the remainder of the QIB Portion was made available for allocation on a proportionate basis to ail QIB Bidders other than Anchor Investors, including Mutual Funds, subject to valid Bids being received at or above the Offer Price. Further, not less than 15% of the Offer was made available for allocation on a proportionate basis to Non-lnstitutional Bidders and not less than 35% of the Offer was made available for allocation to Retail Individual Investors in accordance with SEBI ICDR Regulations, subject to valid Bids being received at or above the Offer Price. All potential Bidders, other than Anchor Investors, were required to mandatory utilise the Application Supported by Blocked Amount ('ASBA') process by providing details of their respective bank account (including UPI ID in case of Retail Individual Investors which was blocked by the SCSBs, to participate in the Offer. Anchor Investors were not permitted to participate in the Anchor Investor Portion through the ASBA process. For details, see 'Offer Procedure' beginning on page 350 of the Prospectus.

The bidding for Anchor Investor opened and closed on Wednesday, January 20, 2021. The company received 51 Applications from 25 Anchor Investors (including 5 Mutual Funds through 26 Mutual Fund Schemes) for 73,54,396 Equity Shares. The Anchor Investor price was finalized at Rs. 518 per Equity Share. A total of 66,81,766 Equity Shares were allocated under the Anchor Investor Portion aggregating to Rs. 3,46,11,54,788.00. The Offer (excluding Anchor Investor Portion) received 13,54,513 applications for 40,86,96,624 Equity Shares (prior to technical rejections) resulting in 26.21 times subscription. The details of the applications received in the Offer from various categories are as under (before technical rejections).

The Offer received 13,54,564 applications (including Anchor Investor Portion) for 41,60,51.020 Equity Shares resulting in 18.68 times subscription. The details of the applications received in the Offer from Retail Individual Investors, Non-lnstitutional Investors, Anchor Investors and QIBs are as under (before technical rejections):

Final Demand

A summary of the final demand as per BSE and NSE as on the Bid/Offer Closing Date at different Bid prices is as under:

The Basis of Allotment was finalized in consultation with the Designated Stock Exchange, being NSE on January 29, 2021.

Please note : 1 additional Share shall be allotted to 27 Allottees from amongst 18803 Successful Applicants from the categories 56 - 364 (i .e. excluding successful applicants from Category 28) in the ratio of 27 : 18803

The IPO Committee of the Board of Directors of our Company at its meeting held on January 30,2021 has taken on record the basis of allotment of Equity Shares approved by the Designated Stock Exchange, being NSE and has allotted the Equity Shares to successful applicants. The Allotment Advice Cum Refund Intimation are being emailed or dispatched to the email id or dispatched to the address of the investors as registered with the depositories. Further, instructions to the SCSBs have been issued for unblocking of funds and transfer to the Public Offer Account on January 29, 2021 and the payments to non-syndicate brokers have been issued on February 1, 2021. In case the same is not received within ten days, investors may contact the Registrar to the Offer at the address given below. The Equity Shares allotted to the successful allottees have been uploaded on February 1, 2021 for credit into the respective beneficiary accounts subject to validation of the account details with the depositones concerned. The Company has received listing and trading approval from BSE and NSE, and trading is expected to commence on February 03, 2021.

Note: All capitalized terms used and not defined herein shall have the respective meanings assigned to them in the Prospectus.

INVESTORS PLEASE NOTE

These details of the Allotment made shall be hosted on the website of Registrar to the Offer, KFin Technologies Private Limited at www.kfintech.com

All future correspondence in this regard may kindly be addressed to the Registrar to the Offer quoting full name of the First/ Sole applicant. Serial number of the ASBA form, number of Equity Shares bid for, name of the Member of the Syndicate, place where the bid was submitted and payment details at the address given below:

KFin Technologies Private Limited

(formerly known as Karvy Fintech Private Limited)

Selenium Tower B, Plot 31-32. Gachibowli, Financial District. Nanakramguda, Serilmgampally, Hyderabad 500 032 Telangana, India. Tel: +91 406716 2222; E-mail: hffcl.ipo@kfintecri.com;

Investor grievance E-mail: einward.ris@kfintecri.com: Website: www.kfintecri.com;

Contact Person: Murali Krishna; SEBI Registration No.: INR000000221

THE LEVEL OF SUBSCRIPTION SHOULD NOT BE TAKEN TO BE INDICATIVE OF EITHER THE MARKET PRICE OF THE EQUITY SHARES ON LISTING OR THE BUSINESS PROSPECTS OF HOME FIRST FINANCE COMPANY INDIA LIMITED.

Home First Finance Company India Limited has filed a Prospectus with the RoC on January 27, 2021 and thereafter with SEBI and the Stock Exchanges. The Prospectus is available on the website of the SEBI at www.sebi.gov.in as well as on the websites of the book running lead managers, Axis Capital Limited, Credit Suisse Securities (India) Private Limited. ICICI Securities Limited and Kotak Mahindra Capital Company Limited at www.axiscapital.co.in, www.creditsuisse.com/in/en/investment-banking/regional-presenca/asiapaafic/india/ipo.html, www.icicisecurities.com and www.investmentbank.kotak.com, respectively and the Stock Exchanges at www.bseindia.com and www.nseindia.com. Investors should note that investment in equity shares involves a high degree of risk and for details relating to such risks, see 'Risk Factors' on page 24 of the Prospectus.

The Equity Shares offered in the Offer have not been and will not be registered under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended ('U.S. Securities Act') or any state securities laws in the United States, and unless so registered may not be offered or sold within the United States, except pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to. the registration requirements of the U.S. Securities Act and applicable state securities laws. Accordingly, such Equity Shares are being offered and sold (i) outside of the United States in offshore transactions in reliance on Regulation S under the U.S. Securities Act and the applicable laws of the jurisdiction where those offers and sales occur; and (ii) to 'qualified institutional buyers' (as defined in Rule 144A under the U.S. Securities Act), pursuant to Section 4(a) of the U.S. Securities Act.