Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas (CAM) advised Indegene Limited (“Company”) and Manish Gupta, Dr. Rajesh Bhaskaran Nair, and Anita Nair (the “Individual Selling Shareholders”) on the Company’s initial public offering of equity shares aggregating to Rs. 10,817.59 million.
The transaction involved an issuance of 40,766,550 equity shares of face value of Rs. 2 each (“Equity Shares”) at a price of Rs. 452 per Equity Share, including a share premium of Rs. 450 per Equity Share, aggregating to Rs. 18,417.59 million comprising a fresh issue of 16,833,818 Equity Shares aggregating to Rs. 7,600 million and an offer for sale of 23,932,732 Equity Shares aggregating to Rs. 10,817.59 million (together, the “Offer”).
The Equity Shares commenced trading on the Stock Exchanges on May 13, 2024.
Indegene Limited is the first life sciences technology company to be listed on the stock exchanges of India and the Offer was subscribed over 70 times overall.
CAM provided extensive advisory services to the Company and the Individual Selling Shareholders, on the Offer, including the categorization of the Company as a professionally managed company, disclosures on key performance indicators, reservation of equity shares for subscription by eligible employees and the exemption application filed with SEBI on disclosure of financial information related to its group company, amongst others. Our expertise ensured regulatory compliance and facilitated the smooth execution of the Offer.
The Capital Markets and the General Corporate teams of Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas advised on the matter.
The transaction team representing the Company was led by Yash Ashar, Partner & Head Capital Markets; Vijay Parthasarathi, Partner& Regional Co-head Markets Practice (Southern Region); Saurav Das, Senior Associate; Vartika Bhatnagar, Associate; Prajna Kariappa, Associate; Anish Meduri, Associate; Anna Kallivayalil, Associate; and Kunal Badesra, Associate.
The transaction team representing the Individual Selling Shareholders was led by Vinay Sirohia, Partner; with support from Tanvi Kini, Principal Associate.
The team led by Bharath Reddy, Partner; Sindhushri Badarinath, Partner; with support from Dipti Khatri, Principal Associate; Simran Jain, Senior Associate Designate; advised on certain employment law and general corporate matters.
Other parties and advisors to the transaction included Kotak Mahindra Capital Company Limited, Citigroup Global Markets India Private Limited, J.P. Morgan India Private Limited, J.P. Morgan India Private Limited, Nomura Financial Advisory Securities (India) Private Limited, who acted as book running lead managers to the Offer; Sidley Austin LLP, who acted as the International legal counsel to the book running lead managers; Manian & Rao Chartered Accountants, acted as Chartered Accountants.
