Adani Enterprises increases QIP size to Rs 15,000 crore, draws bumper 3.8x bids

Ahmedabad-based Adani Enterprises on Friday upsized its qualified institutional placement (QIP) to Rs 15,000 crore from a base size of Rs 10,000 crore, noticing huge investor demand for the issue. The share sale drew bids worth roughly Rs 38,000 crore, 3.8 times the base offer and among the strongest responses to a QIP in recent years.

The order book was fully pre-filled before the launch, allowing the ports-to-power conglomerate to execute the deal within 48 hours, including investor roadshows, according to sources.

Domestic institutional investors accounted for 65% of the subscription, while global investors made up the remaining 35%. Investors in the deal included Capital Group, HDFC Mutual Fund, ICICI Mutual Fund, Kotak Mutual Fund, SBI Mutual Fund, BlackRock, Blackstone, Tata Mutual Fund and Birla Mutual Fund.


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Adani Enterprises launched the share sale on Thursday, offering as many as 34.7 million shares to institutional investors at an indicative price of Rs 2,883 apiece. The transaction included an option to increase the size of the offering. The indicative price represented a discount of about 9.27% to the stock's Thursday closing price of Rs 3,177.50, and a 5% discount to the SEBI floor price of Rs 3,034.68.

The bluechip stock was trading around 1% lower at Rs 3150.55 on BSE this morning.

Jefferies Financial Group Plc, SBI Capital Markets Ltd., ICICI Securities Ltd. and IIFL Capital Services Ltd. are the book-running lead managers for the share sale.

Adani Enterprises plans to use the proceeds to fund capital expenditure at its businesses, including the construction of a polyvinyl chloride plant and the payment of concession fees for a road project, as well as to accelerate growth at its incubation businesses. The company may also use part of the funds to reduce debt at its solar, airport and copper businesses, repay loans, and fund inorganic growth opportunities through acquisitions or investments.

In December, Adani Enterprises raised Rs 25,000 crore through a rights issue of partly paid equity shares, issuing 138.5 million shares at Rs 1,800.

Adani Enterprises operates as the primary business incubator for the Adani Group, focusing on diverse infrastructure and emerging industrial sectors, according to its website. Its core operations include airport management, solar manufacturing, road and rail infrastructure, data centers, defense and aerospace, green hydrogen ecosystems, and mining services.