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B.S. Sponge Files ₹1,000 Crore IPO With Debt Repayment Plan
B.S. Sponge is a company that makes different kinds of steel products.
It wants to sell shares to the public through an IPO.
The proposed IPO could raise ₹1,000 crore.
Of this amount, ₹800 crore would come from new shares issued by the company.
Another ₹200 crore would come from promoters selling some of their existing shares.
The company plans to use ₹650 crore of the new money to repay debt and interest.
Any remaining money from the new shares would support general company needs.
Its operations include sponge iron, billets, slabs, bars, coils, wire rods, pipes, tubes and ferro alloys.
The company also has a 67-MW captive power plant.
B.S. Sponge Ltd has filed draft papers with SEBI for a ₹1,000 crore IPO.
The offering comprises an ₹800 crore fresh issue and a ₹200 crore promoter offer for sale.
The company plans to use ₹650 crore from the fresh issue to repay or prepay borrowings and accrued interest.
Remaining fresh-issue proceeds will be used for general corporate purposes.
B.S. Sponge operates across steel production, supported by a 67-MW captive power plant.
- Who
- B.S. Sponge Ltd, with its promoters offering existing shares.
- What
- The company filed draft papers for a proposed ₹1,000 crore initial public offering.
- Where
- The filing was made with the Securities and Exchange Board of India; the report is datelined Mumbai.
- When
- The draft prospectus was filed on Wednesday.
- Why
- To raise funds, including ₹650 crore for repaying or prepaying borrowings and accrued interest.
Key facts
- Proposed IPO size
- ₹1,000 crore
- Fresh issue
- Up to ₹800 crore
- Promoter offer for sale
- Up to ₹200 crore
- Debt repayment allocation
- ₹650 crore from the fresh issue proceeds
- Captive power capacity
- 67 MW
- Merchant bankers
- ICICI Securities and Motilal Oswal Investment Advisors
- Products
- Sponge iron, billets, slabs, thermo-mechanically treated bars, hot rolled coils, wire rods, electric resistance welded pipes and tubes, and ferro alloys










