Anatomy of an IPO. Every figure read from a filing
ESDS Software Solution Limited
IssueRs 720 cr
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BSE ISSUE SUMMARY, SCRIP 544898 P.1 · SHA256 0BA51B46 · ISD AMOUNT OF ISSUE SIZE
PriceRs 429
Issue Price for the current public issue Rs. 429/- per share
BSE NOTICE 20260903-29 P.2 · SHA256 74C511AF · NOTICE ISSUE PRICE
Lot34 sh / Rs 14,586
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BSE ISSUE SUMMARY, SCRIP 544898 P.1 · SHA256 0BA51B46 · ISD MARKET LOT
Allotted2 Sep 2026
Date of Allotment in the public issue: September 2, 2026
BSE NOTICE 20260903-29 P.2 · SHA256 74C511AF · NOTICE DATE OF ALLOTMENT
Listed4 Sep 2026
<in-capmkt:DateOfListing contextRef="OneI">2026-09-04</in-capmkt:DateOfListing>
BSE ISSUE SUMMARY, SCRIP 544898 P.1 · SHA256 0BA51B46 · ISD DATE OF LISTING
Last closeRs 1,507.05 · +251.3%
18 trading day(s) from 2026-09-04 to 2026-09-30. Closed at 895.55 on the first day held and 1507.05 on the last, up 68.3% between them. Issued at 429.
BSE DAILY PRICES, SCRIP 544898 P.1 · SHA256 94B3E2B6 · BSE STOCK PRICE CSV
01 Who was given shares, and on what terms
Anchor investors30.00%
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BSE ISSUE SUMMARY, SCRIP 544898 P.1 · SHA256 0BA51B46 · ISD SHARES ALLOCATED TO ANCHOR
ALLOCATED BEFORE BIDDING OPENED, AT A PRICE NOBODY BID · RS 216 CRORE
Other institutions20.00%
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BSE ISSUE SUMMARY, SCRIP 544898 P.1 · SHA256 0BA51B46 · ISD ALLOCATED TO QIB
QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYERS, NET OF THE ANCHOR PORTION
Wealthy individuals15.00%
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BSE ISSUE SUMMARY, SCRIP 544898 P.1 · SHA256 0BA51B46 · ISD ALLOCATED TO NII
NON-INSTITUTIONAL, THE PORTION ABOVE TWO LAKH RUPEES
People like you35.00%
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BSE ISSUE SUMMARY, SCRIP 544898 P.1 · SHA256 0BA51B46 · ISD ALLOCATED TO RII
RETAIL. GUARANTEED BY LAW WHETHER OR NOT ANYONE WANTS IT
The odds of an application getting shares need the retail subscription, which comes from the bid book while bidding runs. This issue listed before this site began holding books, and the exchange withdraws the book at close, so for this issue it no longer exists anywhere.
02 The issue, and where the money went
1,67,83,216 shares offered
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BSE ISSUE SUMMARY, SCRIP 544898 P.1 · SHA256 0BA51B46 · ISD NUMBER OF ISSUE SHARES
Rs 720
crore
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BSE ISSUE SUMMARY, SCRIP 544898 P.1 · SHA256 0BA51B46 · ISD AMOUNT OF ISSUE SIZE
BIDDING 28 AUG 2026 TO 1 SEP 2026 PRICE FIXED AT RS 429
03 Where the money came out
100% of the money
Partly to the company, partly to selling shareholders
Rs 720 crore
COMPOSITION FRESH · 0 SHARES SOLD BY EXISTING HOLDERS
Rs 720 crore
to the company
THE FRESH ISSUE PORTION, AT THE ISSUE PRICE.
What the company will do with it
The objects of the offer are complete only in the final prospectus. A red herring states the fixed objects and leaves the residual one and the total blank, because both depend on the price.
04 What the company earns
FY 2026Rs 472 crore--FY 2025Rs 361 crore--FY 2024Rs 287 crore--
7 line(s) over 2026, 2025, 2024: revenue from operations 2026 Rs 472.21 crore, 2025 Rs 361.33 crore, 2024 Rs 286.52 crore
ESDS SOFTWARE SOLUTION LIMITED - RHP P.85 · SHA256 8309C445 · RESTATED PROFIT AND LOSS
05 When those shares come back to the market
- 2 Sep 2026ALLOTMENT
- 4 Sep 2026LISTED
- 2 Oct 2026Anchor lock-in, first trancheRs 108 crore · 25,17,482 SHARES UNLOCK
- 1 Dec 2026Anchor lock-in, second trancheRs 108 crore · 25,17,482 SHARES UNLOCK
06 Every dated unlock, with the page it was read from
Anchor lock-in, first tranche
5 Oct 2026
ICDR Sch XIII Pt A Cl.10(j) · 30 days
Shares: 25,17,482
At the issue price: Rs 108 crore
Source: BSE issue summary, scrip 544898 p.1 0ba51b46
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BSE ISSUE SUMMARY, SCRIP 544898 P.1 · SHA256 0BA51B46 · ISD SHARES ALLOCATED TO ANCHOR
Period: 30 days
locked in for a period of 30 days from the date of Allotment
ESDS SOFTWARE SOLUTION LIMITED - RHP P.483 · SHA256 8309C445 · STATED ANCHOR FIRST TRANCHE
Anchor lock-in, second tranche
1 Dec 2026
ICDR Sch XIII Pt A Cl.10(j) · 90 days
Shares: 25,17,482
At the issue price: Rs 108 crore
Source: BSE issue summary, scrip 544898 p.1 0ba51b46
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BSE ISSUE SUMMARY, SCRIP 544898 P.1 · SHA256 0BA51B46 · ISD SHARES ALLOCATED TO ANCHOR
Period: 90 days
90 days from the date of Allotment
ESDS SOFTWARE SOLUTION LIMITED - RHP P.483 · SHA256 8309C445 · STATED ANCHOR SECOND TRANCHE
Not dated on this page, and why
- Minimum promoters' contribution: the prospectus does not state the minimum promoters' contribution period in a form this reader recognises, and the period depends on whether the proceeds fund capital expenditure
- Promoter holding above the minimum: the promoters' total holding after the offer, which this lock-in is that total less the minimum contribution, was not read from the capital structure summary, or the contribution itself was not
- Pre-IPO non-promoter lock-in: everything locked for six months that is not the promoters own holding follows by arithmetic from the post-issue capital, the offer and the promoters holding, all of which are here, except for the shares the regulation exempts from lock-in, which no filing in this store states as a count. Without that count the figure would be an upper bound rather than a figure, so it is not published
30.00% of this issue was allocated before the public could bid, at a price nobody bid.
BSE ISSUE SUMMARY, SCRIP 544898 P.1 · SHA256 0BA51B46 · NOTHING HERE IS ADVICE.
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