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Dr Reddy's ADS fixed at $16 per share
Hyderabad:
Dr Reddy's Laboratories (DRL) plans to raise $200 million through a public offering of 12.5 million ADS (American depository shares) at $16.00 a share a 2.7 per cent discount compared with the company's ADR (American depository receipts) close of $16.45 on Wall Street yesterday. Following this, the DRL stock declined 5 per cent (by Rs 39) to Rs 736 today on the BSE.

The offering is expected to close on November 22.

The pharma major had, on Nov 13, filed a shelf registration statement and preliminary supplement prospectus with the US Securities and Exchange Commission relating to the offering of ADS of up to 13.5 million. excluding the underwriter's over-allotment option.
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Blue Bird IPO gets tepid response
Mumbai:
The initial public offer of stationery and paper notebook manufacturer Blue Bird India has received a tepid response from the public and remained undersubscribed on the second day of the public issue on Friday with investors bidding for only 15 per cent of the total issue size.

The Blue Bird IPO received bids for less than 13 lakh shares at the end of Friday's bidding as against the total issue size of 87.75 lakh shares.

The company had hit the capital market with its 100 per cent book-building IPO yesterday with a price band of Rs 90-105 per share. The issue is scheduled to close on November 22.

The IPO has failed to generate interest among the foreign institutional investors (FIIs) and retail investors so far, with most of the bids coming from the domestic financial institutions, merchant bankers said.

Blue Bird may raise as much as Rs92 crore from the public issue if it gets priced at the top end of the estimated price band, while pricing at the lower end could fetch about Rs79 crore for the company.

The company is a leading manufacturer of paper-based notebook and stationery products with the highest market share of 48 per cent amongst the large and organised players in the country.
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