Hyundai India IPO Gets SEBI Nod For A Likely Pre-Diwali Listing

Hyundai India IPO is expected to be the biggest IPO in India's history.

Hyundai India IPO offers 14.2 crore shares, representing 17.5% stake, at a face value of Rs 10 each. (Image Source: NDTV Profit)

The Securities and Exchange Board of India on Monday said that it has approved the initial public offering of Hyundai Motor India Co. Ltd., in what is potentially the biggest IPO in India's history.

On offer in the Hyundai India IPO are 14.2 crore shares, equivalent to 17.5% stake, of face value Rs 10 each, according to the draft red-herring prospectus filed with the markets regulator in June this year. The South Korean carmaker will not issue new shares in the IPO.

A Hyundai India IPO would make the South Korean automaker the first carmaker to list in India since Maruti Udyog Ltd. in 2003. A successful listing will also peg Hyundai India’s market capitalisation at half of its parent—Hyundai Motor Co's—$47 billion valuation in Seoul.

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Hyundai, which entered the subcontinent with its best-selling Santro in 1998, is the second-largest carmaker today with 15% market share. It’s the only foreign player surviving in a hyper-competitive market dominated by Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. American carmakers Ford Motor Co. and General Motors Co. bowed out after years of attempting to carve out a piece of the world’s third-largest auto market.

Nearly one in four Hyundai cars is sold in India now. The company has been consistently clocking 60,000 units per month for some time now, except the last few months as the entire industry is in a bit of a funk.

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