Ardee Industries Limited Announces the Price Band of Rs 50 To Rs 53 per equity share for its IPO opening on August 05, 2026

By PNI Admin Last updated Jul 29, 2026

MUMBAI: Ardee Industries Limited (the “Company”) proposes to open the initial public offering (“Offer”) of its equity shares of face value 2 each (“Equity Shares”) on Wednesday, August 05, 2026. The Anchor Investor Bidding Date is a Working Day prior to Bid/Offer Opening Date, being Tuesday, August 04, 2026. The Bid/Offer Closing Date is Friday, August 07, 2026.

The Price Band of the Offer has been fixed from 50 per Equity Share of face value 2 each to *53 per Equity Share of face value of 2 each. Bids can be made for a minimum of 281 Equity Shares of face value 2 each and multiples of 281 Equity Shares of face value 2 each thereafter.

The Offer comprises a fresh issue of Equity Shares aggregating up to 320 Crores (the “Fresh Issue”) and an Offer for Sale of up to 19,975,000 Equity Shares by certain promoter selling shareholders including up to 9,987,500 Equity Shares of face value 2 each by Sandeep Aggarwal and up to 9,987,500 Equity Shares of face value 2 each by Nikunj Aggarwal (together the “Promoter Selling Shareholders”)

This Offer is being made through the Book Building Process, 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 and in compliance with Regulation 6(1) of the SEBI ICDR Regulations, wherein not more than 50% of the Offer shall be allocated on a proportionate basis to Qualified Institutional Buyers (“QIBs” and such portion, the “QIB Portion”), provided that our Company may, in consultation with the Book Running Lead Manager, 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”), of which 40% shall be available for allocation as follows, (i) 33.33% shall be available for allocation to domestic Mutual Funds, and (ii) 6.67% for Life Insurance Companies and Pension Funds, subject to valid Bids being received from domestic Mutual Funds, Life Insurance Companies and Pension Funds at or above the price at which allocation is made to Anchor Investors (the “Anchor Investor Allocation Price”).

Promoters Sandeep Aggarwal and Nikunj Aggarwal will each sell 99.87 lakh shares through the offer for sale. As told to our newsman Sachin Murdeshwar, The company plans to use Rs 220 crore from the net fresh issue proceeds towards incremental working capital requirements, Rs 20 crore for debt repayment, and the remaining amount for general corporate purposes.

The transaction attracted participation from investors including Ashish Kacholia, Rohit Kothari-led Winro Commercial, Bharat Value Fund, the Jaisinghani Family Office, the Jagdish Master Family Office, the Anuj Sheth Family Office, and the Gagan Chaturvedi Family Office. Ace investor Ashish Kacholia invested Rs 20 crore to acquire 37.73 lakh shares, while Bharat Value Fund – Series III emerged as the largest investor among them, purchasing 47.17 lakh shares for Rs 25 crore.

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 only to Mutual Funds, subject to valid Bids being received at or above the Offer Price, and the remainder of the Net QIB Portion shall be available for allocation on a proportionate basis to all QIBs, including Mutual Funds.

Further, not less than 15% of the Offer shall be available for allocation to Non-Institutional Bidders, of which one-third of the Non-Institutional Portion shall be available for allocation to Non-Institutional Bidders with a Bid size of more than 0.20 million and up to 1.00 million and two-thirds of the Non-Institutional Portion shall be available for allocation to Non-Institutional Bidders with a Bid size of more than 1.00 million provided that under-subscription in either of these two sub-categories of the Non-Institutional Portion may be allocated to Non-Institutional Bidders in the other sub-category of Non-Institutional Portion in accordance with the SEBI ICDR Regulations, subject to valid Bids being received at or above the Offer Price, and not less than 35% of the Offer shall be available for allocation to Retail Individual Bidders in accordance with the SEBI ICDR Regulations, subject to valid Bids being received from them at or above the Offer PAll potential Bidders (except Anchor Investors) are mandatorily required to participate in the Offer through the Application Supported by Blocked Amount (“ASBA”) process by providing details of their respective ASBA accounts and UPI ID in case of UPI Bidders using the UPI Mechanism (as defined hereinafter)), as applicable, pursuant to which their corresponding Bid Amount will be blocked by the Self Certified Syndicate Banks (“SCSBs”) or by the Sponsor Bank(s) under the UPI Mechanism, as the case may be, to the extent of the respective Bid Amounts. Anchor Investors are not permitted to participate in the Offer through the ASBA process.

The Equity Shares are proposed to be listed on BSE Limited (“BSE”) and the National Stock Exchange of India Limited (“NSE”). For the purpose of the Offer, NSE shall be the Designated Stock Exchange.