Jio Platforms IPO closes at 22.19x subscription; allotment likely Oct 26, listing Oct 28

Jio Platforms' Rs 30,213-crore IPO closed at 22.19x subscription on Friday; QIBs bid 70.55x. Allotment likely Oct 26, listing Oct 28.
Jio Platforms' Rs 30,213-crore IPO closed on Friday with 22.19 times overall subscription, with investors bidding for 438.26 crore shares against 19.75 crore shares on offer.
Qualified institutional buyers led the demand, subscribing their portion 70.55 times, while the non-institutional investor and retail portions were booked 14 times and 2.72 times respectively. The employee and shareholder portions were subscribed 2.93 times and 7.60 times.
The issue, a fresh issuance of 27 crore shares in the Rs 1,065-1,119 band, will use Rs 27,500 crore of the proceeds to repay borrowings of Reliance Jio Infocomm. Allotment is likely on October 26, with listing expected on October 28.



