Premier Roadlines IPO Allotment Status

Quick take on the Premier Roadlines IPO

The stock of Premier Roadlines Ltd has a face value of ₹10 per share and it is a book built issue. The price for the book building issue is set in the price band of ₹63 to ₹67 per share. Being a book built issue, the final price will be discovered within this band. The Premier Roadlines IPO has only a fresh issue component and no offer for sale (OFS) portion. The fresh issue portion is EPS dilutive and equity dilutive, but OFS is just a transfer of ownership and  hence it is not EPS or equity dilutive. As part of the fresh issue portion of the IPO, Premier Roadlines Ltd will issue a total of 60,24,000 shares (60.24 lakh shares), which at the upper band IPO price of ₹67 per share aggregates to fresh fund raising of ₹40.36 crore. Since there is no offer for sale (OFS) portion, the fresh issue size will also double up as the overall IPO size. Therefore, the overall IPO size will also comprise of the issue of 60,24,000 shares (60.24 lakh shares) which at the upper band IPO price of ₹67 per share will aggregate to overall IPO size of ₹40.36 crore.

Like every SME IPO, this issue also has a market making portion with a market maker inventory allocation of 3,04,000 shares. Hem Finlease Private Ltd will be the market maker to the issue. The market maker provides two-way quotes to ensure liquidity on the counter and low basis costs, post listing. The promoter holding in the company currently stands at 100.00%. However, post the fresh issue of shares in the IPO, the promoter equity holding share will get diluted to 73.65%. The fresh issue funds will be used by the company towards prepayment and repayment of loans taken by the company as well as for purchase of vehicles for commercial purposes and for working capital needs. Hem Securities Ltd will be the lead manager to the issue, and Maashitla Securities Private Ltd will be the registrar to the issue. The market maker is Hem Finlease Private Ltd. The IPO of Premier Roadlines Ltd will be listed on the SME IPO segment of the NSE.

Checking Premier Roadlines IPO Allotment Status

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 check your allotment status directly on the website of the IPO registrar, Maashitla Securities Private Limited. Here are the steps that you need to follow to check allotment status.

Checking the Premier Roadlines allotment status on the website of Maashitla Securities Private Ltd (Registrar to IPO)

Visit the Maashitla Securities Private Limited (IPO registrar to Premier Roadlines Ltd website for IPO status by clicking on the link below:

https://maashitla.com/allotment-status/public-issues

There are three things to remember. Firstly, you can just click on the hyper link given above and directly go to the allotment checking page. The second option, in case you are not able to click on the link, is to copy the link and paste in your web browser. Thirdly, there is also a way to access this page via the home page of Maashitla Securities Private Ltd by clicking on the “Allotment Status” link displayed prominently on the home page. It all works the same.

This dropdown will show the active IPOs and also the IPOs that are being managed by the registrar but not yet active. However, you can access the online allotment status only after the allotment status is finalized for Premier Roadlines Ltd. At that point, you can go and select the company Premier Roadlines Ltd from the drop down box. The allotment status will be finalized on 15th May 2024, so in this case, you can access the details on the registrar website either late on 15th May 2024 or by middle of 16th May 2024. Once the company is selected from the dropdown box, you have 3 methods to check Premier Roadlines IPO allotment status.

•    Firstly, you can query for the application status based on your mapped Income Tax PAN number. Once you select PAN (permanent account number) radio button, enter your 10-digit PAN number, which is an alphanumeric code. The first 5 characters are alphabets, sixth to ninth characters are numerical while the last character is once again an alphabet. 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 Submit Button.

•    Secondly, you can query for the application status based on your Application Number / CAF Number. Once you select Application Number (radio button) from the dropdown menu, enter your application number as it is given in the CAF acknowledgement given to you. Double check to ensure that you are entering the right application number. Once the application number is entered and verified, ensure to click the Submit Button to get the allotment status output.

•    Thirdly, you can also search by Beneficiary ID of your demat account. You have to then enter the combination of the DP id and the Client id as one single string. Remember that the NSDL string is alphanumeric while the CDSL string is a numeric string. Just enter the combination of DP id and customer id as it is. 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 Submit Button in both cases.

You can follow any of the options above. The IPO status with number of shares of Premier Roadlines 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 16th May 2024 or after that. These shares would be credited to your demat account under the following details (ISIN - INE0CFG01012). 

It must be noted here that, in the past, Maashitla Securities Private Ltd (the registrar to the issue) had briefly discontinued offering the allotment status based on application number / CAF number. That has now been commenced again and applicants in the IPO can now also query by application number / CAF; apart from the PAN number and the Demat account details. The investor can choose the facility that is most convenient to them.

In case you have any issues with the output or any complaint, you can reach out to Maashitla Securities (registrars to the issue) by email of phone. You can send an email with your complaint details to investor.ipo@maashitla.com or you can also call 011-4512-1795 and explain the issue after appropriately authenticating yourself.

How allocation quota and subscription impact basis of allotment

Here is a quick look at how the allocation was made across different categories of investors. This is the first factor that impacts the investor’s chances of allotment in the IPO.

Data Source: NSE

You can check the number of shares available for your specified quota which gives an idea of the chances of allotment at the outset itself. The response to the IPO of Premier Roadlines Ltd was relatively strong and it was subscribed 117.65X overall at the close of bidding on 14th May 2024 with the Retail segment seeing 106.50 times subscription and the HNI / NII portion seeing 180.60 times subscription. Even the QIB portion saw a robust subscription of 89.95X in the IPO of Premier Roadlines Ltd. The table below captures the overall allocation of shares with the oversubscription details as of the close of the IPO on 14th May 2024.

Data Source: NSE

The oversubscription numbers are exclusive of the market maker portion, which is intended to provide liquidity with low bid-ask spreads for the investors and it is also exclusive of the anchor allocation portion to give a proper picture of the extent of oversubscription. The subscription numbers are quite strong, which would logically reduce chances of getting an allotment.

Next steps after the closure of Premier Roadlines IPO

The issue opened for subscription on 10th May 2024 and closed for subscription on 14th May 2024. The basis of allotment will be finalized on 15th May 2024 and the refunds will be initiated on 16th May. In addition, the demat credits are also expected to happen on 16th May 2024 and the stock is scheduled to list on 17th May 2024 on the NSE SME segment. This is the segment, in contrast to the mainboard, where IPOs of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are incubated. The demat credits to the demat account to the extent of allotment will happen by the close of 16th May 2024 under ISIN Number (INE0CFG01012).

Investors would do well to remember that 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 strong in the IPO; both in the Retail segment and also in the HNI / NII segment. Investors in the IPO need to assess their chances of allotment accordingly. The final status will be known once the basis of allotment is finalized and uploaded for you to check. You can apply the above allotment checking process flow after the basis of allotment is finalized.