DLF's Rs 15,000 Cr IPO Called Off

Aug 31,2006 00:00 by correspondent

DLF on Thursday said it has withdrawn the draft red herring prospectus for its planned IPO as the financial information furnished in the document had become outdated.

The IPO was being touted as the country's biggest ever public issue with total proceeds from the sale of shares in the offer being pegged at as high as over Rs 15,000 crore in the market circles.

A company spokesperson said that the financial details in the prospectus needed to be updated due to the lapse of about four months since the filing. She added that the company was likely to submit a new DRHP by November.

DLF expects to get a valuation much higher that what was stated in the previous prospectus, she added. The company had filed the DRHP with Securities and Exchange Board of India on May 12 for its IPO.

iven the lapse of four months since the filing and the company's business expansion in this period, the company on advice of its bankers, has decided to update the DRHP with new financials and business developments, DLF said in a statement.

According to the prospectus, DLF had offered 20.2 crore equity shares of Rs 2 each for cash at a premium to be decided through the 100 per cent book building process.