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CRAYONS ADVERTISING IPO OVERSUBSCRIBED BY 147.61 TIMES, RECEIVES 63.14 CRORE BIDS AMOUNTING TO 4104.67 CRORE, SHARES TO BE LISTED ON NSE EMERGE ON JUNE 02, 2023
by Prashant Kapadia/NHN
New Delhi May 26,2023: Crayons Advertising Ltd, India’s end to end integrated ad – tech company, in the country, received an overwhelming response from the bidders, clocking a mind blogging 147.61 times subscription worth Rs. 4,104.67 Cr. The Retail portion of the issue has received a strong response and was subscribed 169.94 times. The company received bids for 36.33 crores shares against 21.38 Lakh shares on offer.
The Non-Institutional Investor category (NII) was subscribed 231.94 times, with company receiving for more than 21.29 crore shares against 9.18 lakh shares on offer. Finally, the Qualified Institutional Buyer (QIB) category was subscribed times with 5.51 crore shares received against 12.22 lakh shares on offer. The company offered a total of 42.78 lakh shares (Rs 10/- paid up) through the book-building process in the price band of Rs 62-65 per share. Of the 42.78 shares offered, 9.18 lakh shares are reserved for HNI’s, 12.22 lakh shares are reserved for QIB’s and 21.38 lakh shares will be offered to Retail Investors.
Prominent International Institutional Investor, including Europe’s bank Societe Generale ODI, and other international and domestic institutional funds, have subscribed to Crayons Advertising’s anchor book. The company had offered 18.30 lakhs shares to the anchor investors.
Societe Generale ODI has been allocated 4.62 lakh shares. Vikasa Global Fund PCC has been allocated 302,000 shares. Belgrave Investment Fund has been allocated 3.02 lakh shares; Aegis Investment Fund PCC has been allocated 3.02 lakh shares. Among other institutional investors, Rajasthan Global Securities has been allocated 1.54 lakh shares; NAV Capital Emerging Star Fund has been allocated 1.54 lakh shares, and Silver Stallion Fund has been allocated 1.54 lakh shares in the anchor book.
On listing on June 02, 2023, Crayons Advertising will be India’s first major homegrown integrated advertising agency to go public. Corporate Capital Venture Private Limited is the lead manager to issue and Skyline Financial Services is the Registrar to the issue. The shares of the company will be listed on NSE Emerge.
Incorporated in 1986, Crayons Advertising has been promoted by Mr. Kunal Lalani. The company provides a high-end ecosystem and end-to-end ad-tech communication solutions platform for advertising media services consisting of brand strategy, events, digital media, Print Media, and Outdoor (OOH) Media services, which cover advertisement modes such as Newspapers, Brochures, Magazines, Television Channels, FM channels and display of Outdoor Hoardings, etc.
The company plans to invest in setting up its own film and animation studios and enhance its existing foundation of Web3 capabilities to offer more dynamic Metaverse solutions, including AR, VR and other emerging immersive tech. It also plans to enhance a wide array of event offerings with new-age technology applications to allow omnipresence, scale up the OOH business and acquire talent from the international market. The public issue proceeds will be utilised for capital expenditure on infrastructure & cutting-edge technology.
About Crayons Advertising : Crayons Advertising Limited is a full-fledged innovative advertising solution with offices in Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata, and Lucknow. The company’s founder Mr. Lalani started the journey of advertising media services in 1986 by pitching advertisement assignments from renowned brands. Today, Crayons has transformed into an end-to-end ad-tech integrated marketing communications agency, offering 360-degree service solutions spanning across strategy, creative, traditional and digital media planning & buying, OOH services and on-ground activations. The team of award-winning reputed industry professionals in the agency consists of individuals with vast experience in the industry, having launched some of the most iconic campaigns for the largest brands with multinational agencies in the past. As India’s largest homegrown integrated agency, Crayons has handled some of the largest government projects, been the agency on record for many PSU brands, and helped build some of India’s largest market-leading private brands. The Company has delivered hundreds of stories in the form of advertising campaigns across multiple media in the past 36 years for marquee domestic and international clientele. The agency has won numerous awards across sectors and markets, highlighting its ability to deliver efficient, innovative, and creative mandates encompassing the sentiments of Bharat and India.