NeoPolitan Pizza IPO Opens For Subscription — Check GMP, Price Band, Offer Size And More

NeoPolitan Pizza and Foods Ltd.'s IPO opened for subscription on Monday. The BSE SME issue will be available for bidding till Oct. 4. The Rs 12-crore fixed price offer consists of a fresh issue of 60 lakh shares of a face value of Rs 10 each.

The IPO price has been fixed at Rs 20 apiece. Retail investors can bid for a minimum single lot size of 6,000 shares, aggregating to an investment of Rs 1,20,000. On the other hand, High Networth Individuals can apply for 2 lots or 12,000 shares, which amounts to an investment of Rs 2,40,000.

The company has reserved 50% of the net issue for retail investors and the remaining 50% for other investor categories. The IPO offer size also includes a market maker portion of 3,00,000 shares.

The book running lead manager for the issue is Turnaround Corporate Advisors Pvt. Bigshare Services Pvt. has been appointed as the registrar for the issue. NeoPolitan Pizza and Foods IPO market maker is MNM Stock Broking.

NeoPolitan Pizza and Foods IPO share allotment status is likely to be decided on Oct. 7. After the share allotment status is decided, shares will be credited into the Demat accounts of successful bidders and refunds will be initiated for unsuccessful bidders on Oct. 8.

NeoPolitan Pizza and Foods Ltd.'s shares will be listed on the BSE SME platform. The tentative IPO listing date is Oct. 9.

NeoPolitan Pizza and Foods Ltd. promoters include Mukund Purohit and Arti Mukund Purohit. The promoters of the company held 72.68% stake in the company before the public issue. After the issue, the stake of the promoters will reduce to 47.03%.

NeoPolitan Pizza and Foods IPO’s Grey Market Premium was nil as of 09:56 a.m. on Monday. The GMP refers to the price at which the shares of an IPO are traded in the grey market compared to the issue price.

Investors should note that GMP is highly speculative and not the official price of the IPO shares.

NeoPolitan Pizza and Foods Ltd. was incorporated in February 2011. The company has two businesses. The company undertakes agricultural commodity trading and has a restaurant chain under the brand name 'Neopolitan Pizza'. The company's restaurant business is operated via its own restaurants and also through a franchise model.

The company plans to use the money raised via the public issue for expansion of its retail network by launching 16 new Quick Service Restaurants. The company will also use the proceeds for paying its security deposit and advance rent. A portion of the proceeds will also be used for funding brokerage charges, working capital requirements, issue expenses and general corporate purposes.

The company's total revenue for the nine-month period ended December 31, 2023, stood at Rs 30.33 crore and the company’s net profit for the same period stood at Rs 1.6 crore.

In fiscal 2023, NeoPolitan Pizza and Foods Ltd. posted total revenue of Rs 20.04 crore, a 23% year-on-year gain from Rs 16.3 crore in the preceding financial year. The company's net profit for fiscal 2023 stood at 1.16 crore, up over 533% from Rs 18.44 lakh in fiscal 2022.

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