HFCL raised 6 billion rupees through QIP issuance for expansion-India Business Line

2021-12-14 14:08:06 By : Mr. David Zhang

The fundraising committee of the company's board of directors decided to raise funds through QIP. The issuance will open on December 6th and end on December 9th, the company said-istock.com/bluebay2014

The fundraising committee of the company's board of directors decided to raise funds through QIP. The issuance will open on December 6th and end on December 9th, the company said-istock.com/bluebay2014

HFCL Limited (HFCL), a manufacturer of telecommunications equipment and fiber optic cable (OFC), said on Tuesday that it has raised Rs 6 billion through a Qualified Institutional Placement (QIP) offering for new manufacturing facilities and capacity expansion.

QIP received responses from institutional investors such as Reliance Ventures, Quant Mutual Fund, IIFL Wealth, Elara India, Discovery, Segantii, Millennium, etc., who participated in the company's fundraising plan.

The company said in a statement: "QIP proceeds will mainly be used to fund capital expenditure requirements for the establishment of new manufacturing facilities, capacity expansion, and R&D and product development expenditures."

Previously, the company’s board of directors passed an authorization resolution on September 3 to raise funds through private placement or priority issuance or public issuance or allotment or QIP or any other permitted method and/or its combination. The meeting held on September 30 The 34th Annual General Meeting of Shareholders also passed the resolution.

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The company said that the fundraising committee of the company's board of directors decided to raise funds through QIP. The issuance opened on December 6 and ended on December 9.

At its meeting on December 10, the Fundraising Committee of the Board of Directors approved an issue price of 68.75 rupees per share (including a premium of 67.75 shares) for a total of 6 billion rupees.

The newly allocated shares will start trading on the National Stock Exchange of India Limited and BSE Limited on Tuesday (December 14).

"With the establishment of new factories for manufacturing telecommunications products and the expansion of optical fiber and cable production capacity, as well as the expansion of our Goa and Chennai factories, the recent strengthening of the global leadership team and our new investment in product development, HFCL HFCL Director General Manager Mahendra Nahata said: "We are preparing to take advantage of the upcoming growth opportunities in the decade of digital transformation that we have seen in vertical industries. "

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He said that with the expansion of production capacity, the company will reap substantial returns in terms of revenue, market share and profitability.

Nahata added: "The government announced the PLI plan, the creation of the 5G network, the expansion of the BharatNet plan, the rapidly growing fiber-to-the-home segment, and the additional spectrum allocation to telecommunications companies will all expand our spectrum of opportunities."

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