- Price Band of ₹ 836.00 – ₹ 878.00 per equity share bearing face value of ₹ 10 each (“Equity Shares”).
- Bid/Offer Opening Date – Wednesday, 18 May, 2022 and Bid/Offer Closing Date – Friday, 20 May, 2022.
- Minimum Bid Lot is 17 Equity Shares and in multiples of 17 Equity Shares thereafter.
- The Floor Price is 83.60 times the face value of the Equity Share and the Cap Price is 87.80 times the face value of the Equity Share.
Chennai, May 11:Chandigarh-based Ethos Limited (“The Company” / “Ethos”) has fixed the price band at ₹ 836.00 to ₹ 878.00 per Equity Share for its maiden public offer. The initial public offering (“IPO” or “Offer”) of the Company will open on Wednesday, May 18, 2022, for subscription and close on Friday, May 20, 2022. Investors can bid for a minimum of 17 Equity Shares and in multiples of 17 Equity Shares thereafter.
The IPO consists of a fresh issue of equity shares aggregating to ₹ 37,500 lakhs (Rs 375 crore) and an offer for sale (OFS) of up to 1,108,037 equity shares.
Ethos has a sizeable portfolio of premium and luxury watches in India and retail to 50 premium and luxury watch brands like Omega, IWC Schaffhausen, Jaeger LeCoultre, Panerai, Bvlgari, H. Moser & Cie, Rado, Longines, Baume & Mercier, Oris SA, Corum, Carl F. Bucherer, Tissot, Raymond Weil, Louis Moinet and Balmain. It enjoys a healthy market share of 20% in the luxury watch retail segment and 13% in the premium and luxury watch retail segment in India.
Under the brand name “ETHOS, it opened Its first luxury retail watch store in January 2003 in the Union Territory of Chandigarh by its Promoter, KDDL Limited, with an experience in the watch industry. It established strong relationships with the global watch brands and further strengthened its business.
In addition to the premium and luxury watch retail, it has also undertaken retail of certified pre-owned luxury watches since Fiscal 2019. It has 50 physical retail stores in 17 cities in India in a multi-store format and offers an Omnichannel experience to its customers through its website and social media platforms. Through its Omnichannel approach, it is premised on its endeavour to provide experience, content, customisation, reach, and convenience to the customers through its website, which is India’s largest website for premium and luxury watches in terms of a number of brands and watches offered.
The Company’s revenue from operations stood at ₹ 38,657.07 lakhs (Rs 386.57 crore) for fiscal 2021, while its restated profit for the year was ₹ 578.53 lakhs (Rs 5.78 crore) for the same period. For the nine months ending December 2021, revenue from operations was ₹ 41,859.31 lakhs (Rs 418.59 crore) and restated profit for the period was ₹ 1,598.78 lakhs (Rs 15.98 crore).
In case of any revision to the Price Band, the Bid/Offer Period will be extended by at least three additional Working Days after such revision in the Price Band, subject to the Bid/Offer Period not exceeding 10 Working Days. In cases of force majeure, banking strike or similar circumstances, our Company may, in consultation with the BRLMs, for reasons to be recorded in writing, extend the Bid / Offer Period for a minimum of three Working Days, subject to the Bid/ Offer Period not exceeding 10 Working Days. Any revision in the Price Band and the revised Bid/Offer Period, if applicable, will be widely disseminated by notification to the Stock Exchanges, by issuing a public notice, and also by indicating the change on the respective websites of the Book Running Lead Managers and at the terminals of the Syndicate Member(s) and by intimation to the Designated Intermediaries and the Sponsor Banks, as applicable.
This is an Offer in terms of Rule 19(2)(b) of the Securities Contracts (Regulation) Rules, 1957, as amended (“SCRR”), read with Regulation 31 of the SEBI ICDR Regulations. The Offer is being made through the Book Building Process in terms of Regulation 6(1) of the SEBI ICDR Regulations, wherein not more than 50% of the Offer shall be available for allocation on a proportionate basis to Qualified Institutional Buyers (“QIBs”, and such portion, the “QIB Portion”). Our Company and the Selling Shareholders may, in consultation with the BRLMs, allocate up to 60% of the QIB Portion to Anchor Investors on a discretionary basis in accordance with the SEBI ICDR Regulations (“Anchor Investor Portion”), out of which at least one-third shall be available for allocation to domestic Mutual Funds only, subject to valid Bids being received from the domestic Mutual Funds at or above the Anchor Investor Allocation Price. In the event of under-subscription, or non-allocation in the Anchor Investor Portion, the balance Equity Shares shall be added to the Net QIB Portion. Further, 5% of the Net QIB Portion shall be available for allocation on a proportionate basis to Mutual Funds only, and the remainder of the Net QIB Portion shall be available for allocation on a proportionate basis to all QIB Bidders, including Mutual Funds, subject to valid Bids being received at or above the Offer Price. Further, not less than 15% of the Offer shall be available for allocation on a proportionate basis to Non-Institutional Bidders and not less than 35% of the Offer shall be available for allocation to Retail Individual Bidders (“RIBs”) in accordance with SEBI ICDR Regulations, subject to valid Bids being received at or above the Offer Price. The Equity Shares available for allocation to Non-Institutional Bidders under the Non-Institutional Portion, shall be subject to the following: (i) one third of the portion available to Non-Institutional Bidders shall be reserved for applicants with an application size of more than ₹ 2.00 Lakhs and up to ₹ 10.00 Lakhs and (ii) two third of the portion available to Non-Institutional Bidders shall be reserved for applicants with application size of more than ₹ 10.00 Lakhs, provided that the unsubscribed portion in either of the aforementioned sub-categories may be allocated to applicants in the other sub-category of Non-Institutional Bidders. All potential Bidders, other than Anchor Investors, are required to mandatorily utilise the Application Supported by Blocked Amount (“ASBA”) process by providing details of their respective bank accounts (including UPI ID in case of RIBs and individual investor with an application size of up to ₹ 5.00 lakhs in accordance with the UPI Circulars) which will be blocked by the SCSBs, to participate in the Offer. Anchor Investors are not permitted to participate in the Offer through the ASBA Process. For further details, see “Offer Procedure” on page 479 of the RHP.
