The Apex Frozen Foods IPO will see a fresh issue of 7.25
million shares at a price band of Rs171-175 apiece
Mumbai: Aquaculture company Apex Frozen Foods Ltd Wednesday
said it will open its initial public offering (IPO) on 22 August.
At the upper end of its price band of Rs171-175, the share
sale will be worth approximately Rs152 crore. The IPO will close on 24 August.
The IPO will see a fresh issue of 7.25 million shares, which
at the upper end of the price band will fetch the company approximately Rs126
crore. The proceeds will be used to set up a new shrimp processing unit with a
capacity of around 20,000 million tonnes per annum (mtpa) in Andhra Pradesh.
Karuturi Satyanarayana Murthy, chairman of the company, will
sell 1.45 million shares in an offer for sale. At the upper end of the price
band, the share sale will fetch the promoter Rs25 crore.
Karvy Investor Services Ltd is managing the share sale.
Apex, established in 1997, is an integrated producer and
exporter of shelf stable and ready-to-cook products to a diversified customer
base consisting of food companies, retail chains, restaurants, club stores and
distributors across the US, UK and European countries. The company sells
aquaculture products under three brands, namely, Bay Fresh, Bay Harvest and Bay
Premium.
“We are a hundred percent export-oriented company, with the
US accounting for 82%, and the UK and European countries accounting for 17.8%
of the total sales,” said Karuturi Subrahmanya Chowdary, executive director, Apex.
According to the management, the company’s total revenue has
grown from around Rs255 crore in fiscal 2013 to Rs710 crore in fiscal 2017, at
a compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) of 29%. The company’s net profit has
increased from Rs9 crore in fiscal 2013 to Rs24 crore in fiscal 2017, at a CAGR
of 26%.
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