Goyal Salt IPO: How to check the Allotment Status

Quick take on the IPO of Goyal Salt Ltd

The issue opened for subscription on 26th September 2023 and closed for subscription on 03rd October 2023; both days inclusive. The company has a face value of ₹10 per share and it is a book built issue. The price band for the book built IPO has been fixed in the range of ₹36 to ₹38 per share. The IPO of Goyal Salt Ltd has a fresh issue component but no offer for sale (OFS) portion. As part of the fresh issue portion of the IPO, Goyal Salt Ltd will issue a total of 49,02,000 shares (49.02 lakh shares), which at the IPO price upper band of ₹38 per share aggregates to a total fund raising of ₹18.63 crore. Since, there is no offer for sale portion, the fresh issue size will also be the total size of the IPO. Therefore, the total issue size of Goyal Salt Ltd will also entail the issue of 49,02,000 shares (49.02 lakh shares), which at the upper end of the IPO price band of ₹38 per share aggregates to ₹18.63 crore.

The minimum lot size for the IPO investment will be 3,000 shares. Thus, retail investors can invest a minimum of ₹114,000 (3,000 x ₹38 per share) in the IPO. That is also the maximum that the retail investors can invest in the IPO. HNI / NII investors can invest a minimum of 2 lots comprising of 6,000 shares and having a minimum lot value of ₹228,000. There is no upper limit on what the QIBs as well as what the HNI / NII investors can apply for. The issue is lead managed by Holani Consultants Private Ltd and the registrar to the issue is Bigshare Services Private Ltd. 

Checking the allotment status of Goyal Salt Ltd

How to check the allotment status. Since this is an NSE SME IPO, there is no facility to check on the exchange website and BSE only offers allotment status for the mainboard IPOs and for BSE SME IPOs. If you have applied for the IPO, you can either check your allotment status on the website of the IPO registrar, Bigshare Services Private Limited; or you can use the broker link provided, in case your broker is giving such a direct linkage. Here are the steps that you need to follow to check allotment status.

Checking the allotment status of Goyal Salt Ltd  on the website of Bigshare Services Private Limited (Registrar to IPO)

Visit the Bigshare Services registrar website for IPO status by clicking on the link below:

https://www.bigshareonline.com/ipo_Allotment.html

Here you are given the choice to select out of the 3 servers viz. Server 1, Server 2, and Server 3. There is nothing to be confused, as these are just server backups in case one of the servers is experiencing too much traffic. You can select any of these 3 servers and in case you are finding problems accessing one of the servers, then try the other one. There is no difference, which server you select; the output would still be the same across.
This dropdown will only show the active IPOs, so once the allotment status is finalized, you can select Goyal Salt Ltd  from the dropdown box. The allotment status will be finalized on 05th October 2023, so in this case, you can access the details on the registrar website either late on 05th October 2023 or by middle of 06th October 2023. Once the company is selected from the dropdown box, you have 3 methods to check the allotment status for the IPO.

• Firstly, you can access the allotment status using Application Number / CAF Number. Enter the Application / CAF number and then click on Search Button. Enter the application exactly it is given in the acknowledgement slip given to you post the IPO application process. After that you can click on the Search button to get the details of shares allotted to you in the IPO.
• Secondly, you can search by Beneficiary ID of your demat account. From the dropdown box, you must first select the depository name where your demat account is held i.e., NSDL or CDSL. In the case of NSDL, enter the DP id and Client id in separate boxes as provided. In case of CDSL, just enter the CDSL client number. Remember that the NSDL string is alphanumeric while the CDSL string is a numeric string. The details of your DP and client ID are available in your online DP statement or in the statement of account. After that you can click the Search Button in both cases.
• Thirdly, you can also search by Income Tax PAN number. Once you select PAN (permanent account number) from the dropdown menu, enter your 10-digit PAN number, which is an alphanumeric code. The PAN number will be available on your PAN card or on top of your income tax returns filed. Once you enter the PAN, click on the Search Button.

The IPO status with number of shares of Goyal Salt Ltd  allotted will be displayed on the screen. You can save a screenshot of the screen for future reference. Once again, you can verify the demat credit by the close of 09th October 2023.

Quota allocation and subscriptions: why they matter to allotment status?

Here is a break-up of the total shares issued by the company and its quota allocated for different groups of investors. This is the key to your chances of allotment in the IPO.

As can be seen from the above table, the overall IPO of Goyal Salt Ltd got subscribed 294.61 times. The HNI / NII portion led the stakes with 382.45 times subscription, followed by the Retail portion at 377.97 times and the QIBs at 67.20 times. That is a very good response to an SME IPO, especially if you consider the median subscriptions that similar other SME IPOs have got in the past. The table below captures the overall allocation of shares with the oversubscription details as of the close of the IPO on 03rd October 2023.

The basis of allotment will be finalized on 05th October 2023, the refunds will be initiated on 06th October 2023, demat credits will be finalized on 09th October 2023, while the stock of Goyal Salt Ltd  will get listed on the NSE-SME segment on 10th October 2023. This is the segment on the NSE for SMEs, as distinct from the mainboard IPO segment.

The level of subscription determines the chances of getting allotment. Normally, higher the subscription ratio, lower the chances of allotment and vice versa.