Asha Laghubitta Bittiya Sanstha Limited (ALBSL) has successfully concluded its initial public offer (IPO) on Friday afternoon, 8th February 2019 (26th Magh 2075). The company had floated its IPO issues of 0.674 million unit shares worth of Rs 67.4 million at the face value of Rs 100 per unit share to the general public for four working days, starting from Friday 1st February 2019 (18th Magh 2075) lasting till Tuesday 5th February 2018 (22nd Magh 2075) just early this week.
According to Prabhu Capital Ltd., its issue manager, the IPO has been oversubscribed by about 18.39 times with an overwhelming public response, attracting over 309,782 applications worth Rs 1.58 billions (Rs 1.58 arabs) demanding over 11.58 million unit shares till the final day of the issue. Of the total applications, 677 applications for 32,900 unit shares were rejected due to errors and the remaining 309,105 valid applications were included in the allotment process of which only 62,993 (20.38%) lucky applicants are allocated the mandatory 10 unit shares through the lottery system, leaving the a larger number of remaining 2,46,122 (79.62%) applicants empty handed.
