Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas Advised SVF Frog (Cayman) As Selling Shareholder In IPO Of Brainbees Solutions
Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas Advised SVF Frog (Cayman) As Selling Shareholder In IPO Of Brainbees Solutions
Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas (CAM) acted as Counsel to SVF Frog (Cayman) Ltd (an entity of the SoftBank group) (SVF Frog), in its capacity as one of the selling shareholders in the initial public offer of equity shares of face value of Rs. 2 each (Equity Shares) of Brainbees Solutions Limited (Company) (IPO).
The IPO comprised of a fresh issue of Equity Shares amounting to Rs. 16,660.00 million and an offer for sale of Equity Shares by existing shareholders amounting to Rs. 25,277.28 million, resulting in an aggregate IPO size of Rs. 41,937.28 million.
The IPO was subscribed 12.2 times overall, with qualified institutional buyers demonstrating strong interest by subscribing 19.3 times. Further, the Equity Shares of the Company listed at a 40% premium on the National Stock Exchange of India Limited.
The Company, which launched the 'FirstCry' platform, is India’s largest multi-channel retailing platform for mothers’, babies’, and kids’ products, in terms of gross merchandise value for FY 2024. It sells such products through its online platform, company-owned modern stores, franchisee-owned modern stores, and general trade retail distribution in India.
Kotak Mahindra Capital Company Limited, BofA Securities India Limited, JM Financial Limited, Avendus Capital Private Limited, and Morgan Stanley India Company Private Limited acted as book running lead managers to the IPO.
The Capital Markets team of Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas advised on the matter. The transaction was led by Yash Ashar, Senior Partner, and Devaki Mankad, Partner; with support from Sanjana Ravjiani, Senior Associate.
Other advisors to the transaction included Sidley Austin LLP, which acted as International Legal Counsel to the issuer, and Linklaters, which acted as international legal counsel for book running lead managers.
