Overview
- Midwest’s Rs 451 crore issue was booked 1.84 times on Day 1, with QIBs at 0.50x, NIIs at 4.17x and retail at 1.60x; bidding runs Oct 15–17.
- The latest grey-market premium was about Rs 175.5, implying a potential 16–17% uplift on listing, though such indications are unofficial and volatile.
- The offer comprises a Rs 250 crore fresh issue and a Rs 201 crore offer-for-sale, priced at Rs 1,014–1,065 per share with a minimum lot of 14 shares.
- About Rs 135 crore was raised from anchor investors at Rs 1,065 each, including allocations to Goldman Sachs, Kotak Mahindra AMC and Edelweiss Mutual Fund.
- Net proceeds are earmarked for Phase II of a quartz processing plant, electric dump trucks, solar integration at mines and partial debt repayment, with allotment due Oct 20 and a likely Oct 24 listing on BSE and NSE.