Plada Infotech Services IPO: How to check the Allotment Status

Quick take on the IPO of Plada Infotech Services Ltd

The IPO of Plada Infotech Services Ltd opened for subscription on 29th September 2023 and closed for subscription on 05th October 2023. The IPO was kept open for 4 days in all. The stock of Plada Infotech Services Ltd has a face value of ₹10 per share and it is a fixed price issue, priced at ₹48 per share. The IPO of Plada Infotech Services Ltd has only a fresh issue component and no offer for sale (OFS) component in the IPO. As part of the fresh issue portion of the IPO, Plada Infotech Services Ltd will issue a total of 25,74,000 shares (25.74 lakh shares). At the fixed IPO price of ₹48 per share, the total value of the fresh issue portion aggregates to ₹12.36 crore. Since there is no offer for sale portion, the fresh issue will also be the total size of the issue. Therefore, the total issue size of Plada Infotech Services Ltd will also entail the issue of 25,74,000 shares (25.74 lakh shares) worth ₹12.36 crore.

The minimum lot size for the IPO investment will be 3,000 shares. Thus, retail investors can invest a minimum of ₹144,000 (3,000 x ₹48 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 ₹288,000. There is no upper limit on what the QIBs as well as what the HNI / NII investors can apply for. The company has been promoted by Shailesh Kumar Damani and Anil Mahendra Kotak and the promoter quota will get diluted post the IPO from 89.50% to 62.64%. The company will use the IPO funds to purchase laptops and accessories for IT development, repayment of loans  and working capital funding; apart from general corporate purposes. Indorient Financial Services Ltd will be the lead manager to the issue and Bigshare Services Private Ltd will be the registrar to the issue. The market maker for the issue will be Nikunj Stock Brokers Ltd.

Checking the allotment status of Plada Infotech Services 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 Plada Infotech Services 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 from 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.

This dropdown will only show the active IPOs, so once the allotment status is finalized, you can select Plada Infotech Services Ltd  from the dropdown box. The allotment status will be finalized on 09th October 2023, so in this case, you can access the details on the registrar website either late on 09th October 2023 or by middle of 10th 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 Plada Infotech Services 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 11th October 2023, or later.

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 classes of investors. This is the key to your chances of allotment in the IPO.

The response to the IPO of Plada Infotech Services Ltd  was strong and it was subscribed overall by 57.85X at the close of bidding on 05th October 2023 with the retail segment seeing 73.78 times subscription and the HNI / NII portion seeing 39.81 times subscription. The table below captures the overall allocation of shares with the oversubscription details as of the close of the IPO on 05th October 2023.

The basis of allotment will be finalized on 09th October 2023, the refunds will be initiated on 10th October 2023, demat credits will be finalized on 11th October 2023, while the stock of Plada Infotech Services Ltd  will get listed on the NSE-SME segment on 12th October 2023. The NSE SME segment is where the smaller companies get listed, in contrast to the mainboard IPO segment. 

The level of subscription is very material as it determines the chances of getting allotment. Normally, higher the subscription ratio, lower the chances of allotment and vice versa. In this case, the subscription levels have been fairly high in the IPO; both in the Retail segment and also in the HNI / NII segment.