IPO of Terhathum Power Company Oversubscribed 10 Times on First Day Itself

Terhathum Power Company Limited has opened the IPO issue of 8,00,000 units shares from today, i.e. Bhadra 9. The issue will close on Bhadra 13, 2078.

Out of the offered 8,00,000 units; 2% of the total offered shares to the general public i.e. 16,000 units have been set aside for the employees of the company and 5% for mutual funds. The remaining 7,44,000 units are for the general public.

The interested investors can place their applications for a minimum of 10 units and a maximum of 60,000 units. NIBL Ace Capital Limited has been appointed as the issue manager for the IPO issuance. According to CDSC, 5,46,368 applicants have applied for a total of 74,39,420 units. This is the data as of 5: 10 pm today. Thus, the issue is oversubscribed over 9.99 times on the first day itself. 

Out of the total 1,200,000 units, 4 lakh is already issued to the locals of the project affected area and the rest 20% i.e. 8 lakh units will be issued to the general public. 

Terhathum Power Company Limited Allots IPO Shares to Locals of Project-Affected Area

After the IPO is issued in two phases, first to locals and then to the public, the promoter: public shareholding ratio of the company will be 70:30, and paid-up capital will be Rs 40 crore.

The IPO proceeds have been planned to be utilized towards the development of the 7.5-MW Upper Khorunga Small Hydropower Project. ICRA Nepal has assigned a rating of [ICRANP] IPO Grade 4+ to the proposed IPO of Terhathum Power Company Limited (TPCL), indicating below-average fundamentals.

Incorporated on August 16, 2009, as a private limited company, Terhathum Power Company Limited (TPCL) was converted to a public limited company on June 21, 2018. The paid-up capital of the company as of mid-July 2019 was NPR 280 million, which is 100% promoter held. After the proposed IPO, the same would reach NPR 400 million and would be held in a ratio of 70:30 by the promoters and the public. The major shareholders include Mr. Mohan Kumar Dangi (8%), Mr. Bhupati Lal Shrestha (4%), Mr. Ganesh Prasad Kattel (4%), Mr. Pramod Shrestha (3%), Mr. Bijay Sambhample (3%), Mr. Dharma Raj Khadka (3%), Mr. Lachhuman Tiwari (3%), Mr. Shiva Nath Khapung (3%), Mr. Bhawani Prasad Khapung (3%), Mr. Yadav Khapung (2%) and Mr. Mohit Dangi (2%). The rest of the ~65% shares are held by 275 individual shareholders.

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