Basis of Allotment

T.V. Today Network Limited

T.V. Today Network Limited
Regd. Off.: Videocon Tower, E-1, Jhandewalan Extension, New Delhi, 110055.
Tel.: (91-11) 2368 4888, Fax: (91-11) 2368 4895
Website: www.aajtak.com, E-mail: tvtodayipo@aajtak.com


Public Issue of 14,500,000 Equity Shares comprising fresh issue of 10,000,000 Equity shares of Rs. 5 each at a price of Rs. 95 for cash aggregating Rs. 950 million and offer for sale of 4,500,000 Equity Shares of Rs. 5 each at a price of Rs. 95 for cash aggregating Rs. 427.50 million

The offer was made through 100% Book Building Process wherein 45% of the Offer was allotted on a discretionary basis to Qualified Institutional Buyers. Further 25% of the Offer was allotted on a proportionate basis to Non Institutional Bidders and the remaining 30% of the Offer was allotted on a proportionate basis to Retail individual Bidders.

Basis of Allotment

The Company has received 339,365 valid bids for 513,142,800 Equity Shares at the Offer Price resulting in 35.38 times subscription.  The demand at the Offer Price (considering highest value bid in case of various bid options) from QIBs, Non Institutional and Retail Individual Bidders categories is as under:

Category No. of Valid bids No. of Shares Bid Subscription (times)*
Non Institutional Investors 11065 309132000 85.27
Retail Investors 328158 106961900 24.59
QIBs 142 97048900 14.87

* The level of subscription should not be taken to be indicative of either the market price of the Equity Share of listing or the business prospects of the company.

Final Demand

The final demand at different bid prices is as under:

Bid Price No. of Shares % to Total Demand Cumulative Total Cum. Demand%
At "Cut off" 104007400 19.19 104007400 19.19
95 421726500 77.79 525733900 96.98
94 257600 0.05 525991500 97.03
93 1345900 0.25 527337400 97.28
92 1249100 0.23 528586500 97.51
91 72500 0.01 528659000 97.52
90 8177200 1.51 536836200 99.03
89 76800 0.01 536913000 99.04
88 143500 0.03 53756500 99.07
87 45000 0.01 537101500 99.08
86 36400 0.01 537137900 99.08
85 1317500 0.24 538455400 99.33
84 19900 0.00 538475300 99.33
83 36600 0.01 53851900 99.34
82 112300 0.02 538624200 99.36
81 15600 0.00 538639800 99.36
80 3466500 0.64 542106300 100.00

Note: cumulative number of applications and Equity Shares gives the total after removing various  bid options.

A) Allotment to Non-Instutitional Bidders:

The basis of Allotment to the Non-Institituinal Bidders who have bid for at or above the Offer Price of Rs. 95 per Equity Share, was finalised in consultation with the Stock Exchange, Mumbai, on a proportionate basis after rounding off to the nearest 100 Equity Shares.  The total number of shares allotted in this category is 3,625,000. A sample to category-wise details of the basis of Allotment is as under:

Category No. of Application % of Tot. Applications No. of shares applied No. shares alloted Ratio Total Shares allotted
600 1243 11.23 745800 100 7:99 8700
1000 4131 37.33 4131000 100 11:94 48300
2500 148 1.34 370000 100 25:86 4300
5000 320 2.89 1600000 100 47:80 18800
10000 184 1.66 1840000 100 firm 18400
50000 213 1.92 10650000 600 firm 127800
100000 160 1.45 16000000 1200 firm 192000
1000000 10 0.09 10000000 11700 firm 117000
5500000 1 0.01 5500000 64500 firm 64500
6842000 1 0.01 6842000 80200 firm 80200

B) Allotment to Retail Individual Biders:

The basis of Allotment to the Bidders who have bid for at or above the Offer Price of Rs 95 per Equity Share, was finalised in consultation with the Stock Exchange, mumbai, on a proportionate basis after rounding off to the nearest 100 shares.   The total number of shares allotted in this category is 4,349,500.  The category-wise details of the Basis of Allotment is as under:

Category No. of Application % of Tot. Applications No. of shares applied No. shares alloted Ratio Total Shares allotted
100 84722 25.82 8472200 100 3:74 343400
200 56161 17.11 11232200 100 7:86 457100
300 25188 7.68 7556400 100 5:41 307100
400 13424 1.09 5369600 100 7:43 218500
500 148663 45.30 74331500 100 12:59 3023400

C) Allotment to QIB Bidders

Category FI/Banks MF/VC Insurance Co Total
No. of shares allotted 334000 5658500 533000 6525500

Despatch of refund orders and electronic credit of shares has been completed on January 10, 2004.
The listing applications have been filed with BSe and NSe on January 12, 2004.

Place : Mumbai
Date  : January 13, 2004

For T.V. Today Network Limited
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Company Secretary


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