LG Electronics India’s subscription of its three-day initial public offer, is nearing five times the total shares on offer on the final day of bidding.This is the third-biggest IPO of 2025 so far, following HDB Financial and Tata Capital, which closed for subscription on Wednesday.The ₹11,607 crore IPO has received healthy investor interest over the first two days, with the issue being fully subscribed on the first day of bidding itself, and the subscription increased on the second day.
As of 11:30 AM on the final day of bidding, the issue is subscribed 4.86 times, with bids being placed for 34.16 crore shares, in comparison to the 7.13 crore shares on offer.The portions reserved for retail investors, non-institutional investors and qualified institutional buyers (QIBs), all saw full subscription of the shares reserved for them.The retail investor portion is subscribed 2.48 times so far, with bids for 8.82 crore shares, in comparison to the 3.55 crore shares on offer.
Non-institutional investors (NIIs) are leading the subscription of the IPO, with the portion being reserved for them being subscribed over 13.22 times. Non-institutional bidders have placed bids for 20.14 crore shares, more than the 1.52 crore allotted to them.Meanwhile, the portion for Qualified Institutional Bidders (QIBs) has seen overall subscription of 2.73 times. Institutions have placed bids for 5.54 crore shares compared to 2.03 crore shares so far.In the unlisted market, shares of LG Electronics India were trading 26% higher with a grey market premium of ₹298 per share, which has remained consistent since Wednesday. It must be noted that these are only speculative reports and the original listing price may vary from these rates.LG Electronics India shares will list on the stock exchanges next week on October 14. The entire issue is an offer for sale, with the parent company LG Electronics Inc selling its stake. Its India unit will not be receiving any proceeds from the issue.A total of 10.18 crore equity shares were on offer at a price band of ₹1,080 to ₹1,140 apiece, which implies a market capitalisation of around $8.7 billion, or roughly ₹77,000 crore at the upper end.Prior to the IPO, the company raised ₹3,474 crore from multiple anchor investors. its board had approved the issue of 3.04 crore equity shares to eligible anchor investors at the upper end of the IPO price band of ₹1,140 per share.Also Read: Tata Capital IPO allotment today — Here’s how to check status, listing date and other details
