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IPO Glossary - Definitions, Abbreviations, Terminology and Meaning

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• 0 Feedbacks 1. Allottee

  Allottee is the person to whom an allotment is made

• 0 Feedbacks 2. Anchor Investor

  A Qualified Institutional Buyer(QIB), applying in an IPO under the Anchor Investor Portion and who has Bid for an amount of atleast ₹10 Crore.

• 0 Feedbacks 3. Anchor Investor Bid/Offer Period

  One Working Day prior to the Bid/Offer Opening Date

• 0 Feedbacks 4. Anchor Investor Portion

  Up to 60% of the QIB Portion

• 0 Feedbacks 5. ASBA

  ASBA (Application Supported by Blocked Amount) is a way to apply in IPO by simply blocking the fund in the bank account.

• 0 Feedbacks 6. Bid/Offer Closing Date

  Last day on which the IPO issue is closed to the public for bidding.

• 0 Feedbacks 7. Bid/Offer Opening Date

  First day on which the IPO issue is open to the public for bidding.

• 0 Feedbacks 8. Book Running Lead Manager (BRLM)

  Lead manager is a financial institution who work as a lead coordinator in IPO process

• 0 Feedbacks 9. Brokerage Fee

  A brokerage fee is the fee that is charged by a broker for executing a transaction

• 0 Feedbacks 10. Floor Price

  The lowest price of the price band is called floor price.

• 0 Feedbacks 11. IPO (Initial public offering)

  An IPO is the first time sale of company shares to the public. Company's go to the public to raise funds. Once IPO shares allocated, they start trading on the exchanges.

• 0 Feedbacks 12. IPO Basis of Allotment

  Basis of Allotment is a document containing the basics on which Equity Shares are allotted to successful bidders.

• 0 Feedbacks 13. IPO Bid

  Bid represents the price at which someone is willing to buy shares in IPO.

• 0 Feedbacks 14. IPO Bid Lot

  An IPO Bid-Lot is the number of shares which have to be applied for an investor.

• 0 Feedbacks 15. IPO Cut-off Price

  IPO Cut-off price is the share price decided by the company based in the demand of IPO shares.

• 0 Feedbacks 16. IPO Draft Prospectus

  A draft prospectus is a first legal document that a company files to SEBI prior to proceeding with an initial public offering (IPO)

• 0 Feedbacks 17. IPO Listing Date

  The date on which shares officially quoted on the designated stock exchange for the trade

• 0 Feedbacks 18. IPO Lot Size

  Lot Size refers the total number of shares investor can buy in one transaction

• 0 Feedbacks 19. IPO Offer Document

  IPO Offer Document contains all the relevant information about the Issuer company and IPO.

• 0 Feedbacks 20. IPO Offer Price

  Final price of an IPO on which a company sells its shares to investors.

• 0 Feedbacks 21. IPO Oversubscription

  When the demand exceed supply in IPO subscription process is called oversubscription

• 0 Feedbacks 22. IPO Price Band

  The price band of a book building IPO is the price range in which investors can bid.

• 0 Feedbacks 23. IPO Revision Form

  Revision Form is the form which is used to revise the amount or quantity of Equity shares in IPO process

• 0 Feedbacks 24. IPO underwriters

  IPO underwriters are group of representatives from investment banks

• 0 Feedbacks 25. IPO Working Day

  Except Second and fourth Saturday, Sunday or a public holiday

• 0 Feedbacks 26. Non-institutional bidders (NII)

  An Investor who can bid for the value of more than Rs 200000

• 0 Feedbacks 27. Non-Institutional Bidders / NIBs

  Individual investors, NRI's, companies, trusts etc who bid for more than Rs 2 lakhs are known as Non-institutional bidders.

• 0 Feedbacks 28. QIBs / QIB Bidders / Qualified Institutional Buyers

  Financial Institutions, Banks, FII's and Mutual Funds who usually apply in very high quantities are called QIB's

• 0 Feedbacks 29. Red Herring Prospectus (RHP)

  Red Herring Prospectus is SEBI approve IPO prospectus document.

• 0 Feedbacks 30. Retail Individual Bidder(s) / RIB(s)

  An Investor who cannot bid for the value of more than Rs 200000

• 0 Feedbacks 31. Self Certified Syndicate Bank(s) or SCSB(s)

  SCSB is a bank which offers the facility of applying in IPO through the ASBA process.

• 0 Feedbacks 32. SME Platform

  SME platform is a trading platform offered by BSE and NSE for listing and trading of SME companies in India.

• 0 Feedbacks 33. Sub broker

  Sub Brokers is a SEBI authorized person who works on behalf of trading member

• 0 Feedbacks 34. Syndicate Members

  Syndicate members are commercial or investment banks responsible for underwriting IPO's.