Basis of Allotment

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PB FINTECH LIMITED

Our Company was incorporated as 'ETECHACES Marveling and Consulting Private Limited', a private limited company under the Company with a certificate of incorporation issued by the Registrar of Companies, National Capital Territory of Delhi and Haryana, at New Delhi ('RoC') on June 4, 2008. Subsequently, the name of our Company was changed to 'P B Fintech Private Limited', pursuant to a fresh certificate of incorporation issued by the RoC on September 18, 2020. Upon the conversion of our Company to a public limited company pursuant to a resolution passed by our shareholders on June 19, 2021, the name of our Company changed to PB Fintech Limited and a fresh certificate of incorporation dated June 30, 2021 was issued by the RoC. For details of the change in registered office of our Company, see "History and Certain Corporate Matters" on page 229 of the Prospectus dated November 8, 2021 ("Prospectus'').

Registered and Corporate Office Plot No 119, Sector 44 Guraon, Haryana - 122 001, India
Contact Person: Bhasker Joshi, Company Secretary and Compliance Officer: Telephone +91124 456 2907;
E-mail investor.relations@pbfintech.in Website: www.pbfintech.in Corporate Identity Number U51909HR2008PLC037998
OUR COMPANY IS A PROFESSIONALLY MANAGED COMPANY AND DOES NOT HAVE AN IDENTIFIABLE PROMOTER

Our Company has filed the Prospectus dated November 8, 2021 with the Registrar of Companies. The Equity Shares are proposed to be listed on the BSE Limited ("BSE") and the National Stock Exchange of India Limited ("NSE") and the trading will commence on November 15, 2021

BASIS OF ALLOTMENT

INITIAL PUBLIC OFFERING OF 58,262,397 EQUITY SHARES OF FACE VALUE OF RS. 2 EACH ("EQUITY SHARES") OF PB FINTECH LIMITED ("COMPANY" OR "ISSUER") FOR CASH AT A PRICE OF RS. 980 PER EQUITY SHARE (INCLUDING A SHARE PREMIUM OF RS. 978 PER EQUITY SHARE) (THE "OFFER PRICE") AGGREGATING TO RS. 57,097.15 MILLION (THE "OFFER") COMPRISING A FRESH ISSUE OF 38,265,306 EQUITY SHARES AGGREGATING TO RS. 37,500 MILLION (THE "FRESH ISSUE") AND AN OFFER FOR SALE OF 19,997,091 EQUITY SHARES AGGREGATING TO RS. 19,597.15 MILLION (THE "OFFER FOR SALE"), COMPRISING AN OFFER FOR SALE OF 19,132,653 EQUITY SHARES AGGREGATING UP TO RS. 18,750 MILLION BY SVF PYTHON II (CAYMAN) LIMITED (THE "INVESTOR SELLING SHAREHOLDER") AND 864,438 EQUITY SHARES AGGREGATING UP TO RS. 847.15 MILLION BY CERTAIN PERSONS LISTED IN THE PROSPECTUS (THE "OTHER SELLING SHAREHOLDERS", AS DEFINED BELOW) (THE INVESTOR SELLING SHAREHOLDER AND THE OTHER SELLING SHAREHOLDERS, COLLECTIVELY, THE "SELLING SHAREHOLDERS", AND SUCH EQUITY SHARES OFFERED BY THE SELLING SHAREHOLDERS, THE "OFFERED SHARES").

OFFER PRICE: RS. 980 PER EQUITY SHARE OF FACE VALUE OF RS. 2 EACH
ANCHOR INVESTOR OFFER PRICE: RS. 980 PER EQUITY SHARE
THE OFFER PRICE IS 490 TIMES THE FACE VALUE
Risks to Investors:
The 2 JGC-BRLMs and 5 BRLMs associated with the Offer have handled 52 public issues in the past 3 years, out of which 18 issues closed below the offer price on the listing date.
The Price/Earnings ratio based on diluted EPS (consolidated) for Fiscal 2021 for our Company is not ascertainable as the EPS is negative.
Average cost of acquisition of Equity Shares held by the Selling Shareholders ranges from Rs. 20.08 per Equity Share to Rs. 289.95 per Equity Share and Offer Price at upper end of the Price Band is Rs. 980 per Equity Share.
Weighted Average Return on Net Worth for Fiscals 2021,2020,2019 is (23.57)%.
BID/ OFFER PERIOD: OPENED ON: MONDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 2021
CLOSED ON : WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2021
ANCHOR INVESTOR BIDDING DATE WAS : FRIDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2021

The Offer was made in terms of Rule 19(2)(b) of the Securities Contracts (Regulation) Rules, 1957, as amended (the "SCRR") read with Regulation 31 of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Issue of Capital and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2018, as amended (the 'SEBIICDR Regulations'). This Offer was made through the Book Building Process and in compliance with Regulation 6(2) of the SEBI ICDR Regulations, wherein at least 75% of the Offer was made available for allocation on a proportionate basis to Qualified Institutional Buyers ("QIBs", the 'QIB Portion'), provided that our Company and Investor Selling Shareholder, in consultation with the JGC-BRLMs and the BRLMs, allocated up to 60% of the QIB Portion to Anchor Investors on a discretionary basis (the Anchor Investor Portion'), out of which one- third was reserved for domestic Mutual Funds, subject to valid Bids being received from domestic Mutual Funds at or above the Anchor Investor Allocation Price, in accordance with the SEBI ICDR Regulations. In the event of under-subscription, or non-allocation in the Anchor Investor Portion, the balance Equity Shares was added to the QIB Portion. Further. 5% of the QIB Portion (excluding the Anchor Investor Portion) was made available for allocation on a proportionate basis to Mutual Funds only, and the Net QIB Portion was made available for allocation on a proportionate basis to all QIB Bidders (other than Anchor Investors), including Mutual Funds, subject to valid Bids being received at or above the Offer Price. However, if the aggregate demand from Mutual Funds was less than 5% of the QIB Portion, the balance Equity Shares available for allocation in the Mutual Fund Portion were required to be added to the remaining QIB Portion for proportionate allocation to QIBs. If at least 75% of the Offer could not be Allotted to QIBs, then the entire application money was refunded forthwith. Further, not more than 15% of the Offer was made available for allocation on a proportionate basis to Non-Institutional Bidders and not more than 10% of the Offer was made available for allocation to Retail Individual Bidders ('RIBs') in accordance with the SEBI ICDR Regulations, subject to valid Bids having been received at or above the Offer Price. All Bidders, other than Anchor Investors, were required to mandatory utilise the Application Supported by Blocked Amount (ASBA) process, providing details of their respective bank accounts (including UPI ID (defined hereinafter) in case of RIBs) in which the Bid Amount were blocked by the SCSBs. to participate in the Offer. Anchor Investors were not permitted to participate in the Offer through the ASBA process. For details, see "Offer Procedure" on page 430 of the Prospectus.

The bidding for Anchor Investor opened and closed on October 29, 2021. The company received 155 applications from 91 anchor investors (including 18 mutual funds through 69 Mutual Fund schemes) for 27,163,695 equity shares. The Anchor investor price was finalized at Rs. 980 per Equity Share. A total of 26,218,079 shares were allocated under the Anchor Investor Portion aggregating to Rs. 25,693,717,420.00.

The Offer received 845,495 applications for 567,066,120 Equity Shares resulting in 17.6963 times subscription. The details of the applications received in the Offer from Retail Individual Bidders. Non Institutional Bidders and QIBs are as under: (before technical rejections):

Sr. No. Category No. of Applications Applied No. of Equity Shares Equity Shares Reserved as per Prospectus No. of times Subscribed Amount (Rs.)
A. Retail Individual Investors 842,204 15,982,155 5,826,239 2.7431 15,669,289,745,00
B. Non-Institutional Investors 3,135 70,107,450 8,739,359 8.0220 68,702,179,765,00
C. Qualified Institutional Bidders (excluding Anchor Investors) 156 480,976,515 17,478,720 27.5178 471,356,984,700,00
total 845,495 567,066,120 32,044,318 17.6963 555,728,454,210,00

Final Demand

A summary of the final demand as at different Bid prices is as under:

Sr. No. Bid price No. of Equity Shares % to Total Cumulative Total Cumulative % of Total
1. 940 347,655 0.06 347,655 0.06
2. 941 7,665 0.00 355,320 0.06
3. 942 4,845 0.00 360,165 0.06
4. 943 1,590 0.00 361,755 0.06
5. 944 915 0.00 362,670 0.06
6. 945 20,685 0.00 383,355 0.07
7. 946 1,020 0.00 384,375 0.07
8. 947 990 0.00 385,365 0.07
9. 948 1,035 0.00 386,400 0.07
10. 949 930 0.00 387,330 0.07
11. 950 84,435 0.01 471,765 0.08
12. 951 2,775 0.00 474,540 0.08
13. 952 2,295 0.00 476,835 0.08
14. 953 1,200 0.00 478,035 0.08
15. 954 480 0.00 478,515 0.08
16. 955 8,655 0.00 487,170 0.09
17. 956 810 0.00 487,980 0.09
18. 957 450 0.00 488,430 0.09
19. 958 570 0.00 489,000 0.09
20. 959 570 0.00 489,570 0.09
21. 960 134,895 0.02 624,465 0.11
22. 961 4,080 0.00 628,545 0.11
23. 962 660 0.00 629,205 0.11
24. 963 870 0.00 630,075 0.11
25. 964 420 0.00 630,495 0.11
26. 965 11,595 0.00 642,090 0.11
27. 966 735 0.00 642,825 0.11
28. 967 585 0.00 643,410 0.11
29. 968 570 0.00 643,980 0.11
30. 969 1,800 0.00 645,780 0.11
31. 970 61,830 0.01 707,610 0.12
32. 971 3,825 0.00 711,435 0.12
33. 972 1,755 0.00 713,190 0.12
34. 973 930 0.00 714,120 0.12
35. 974 690 0.00 714,810 0.12
36. 975 30,885 0.01 745,695 0.13
37. 976 2,505 0.00 748,200 0.13
38. 977 2,265 0.00 750,465 0.13
39. 978 24,720 0.00 775,185 0.14
40. 979 35,805 0.01 810,990 0.14
41. 980 555,768,435 96.98 556,579,425 97.12
42. CUT-OFF 16,483,065 2.88 573,062,490 100.00
TOTAL 573,062,490 100.00

The Basis of Allotment was finalized in consultation with the Designated Stock Exchange, being the NSE on November 10, 2021.

A. Allotment to Retail Individual Bidders (after technical rejections)

The Basis of Allotment to the Retail Individual Bidders, who have bid at the Cut-Off Price or at the Offer Price of Rs. 980 per Equity Share, was finalized in consultation with the NSE. This category has been subscribed to the extent of 2.6457 times. The total number of Equity Shares Allotted in Retail Portion is 5,826,239 Equity Shares to 388,415 successful Retail Individual Bidder. The category-wise details of the Basis of Allotment are as under:

Sr.No. Category No. of Applications Received %of Total Total No. of Equity Shares Applied % to Total No. of Equity Shares Allotted per Bidder Ratio Total No. of Equity Shares Allotted
1. 15 745,749 91.63 11,186,235 72.57 15 21:44 5,338,785
2. 30 35,732 4.39 1,071,960 6.95 15 21:44 255,810
3. 45 10,328 1.27 464,760 3.02 15 21:44 73,935
4. 60 5,278 0.65 316,680 2.05 15 21:44 37,785
5. 75 2,690 0.33 201,750 1.31 15 21 44 19,260
6. 90 2,223 0.27 200,070 1.30 15 21:44 15,915
7. 105 2,236 0.27 234,780 1.52 15 21:44 16,005
8. 120 595 0.07 71,400 0.46 15 21:44 4,260
9. 135 244 0.03 32,940 0.21 15 21:44 1,740
10. 150 1,425 0.18 213,750 1.39 15 21:44 10,200
11. 165 155 0.02 25,575 0.17 15 21:44 1,110
12. 180 418 0.05 75,240 0.49 15 21:44 2,985
13. 195 6,766 0.83 1,319,370 8.56 15 21:44 48,435
14 Out of 32,496 Allottees from Serial no 2 to 13, were allotted 1(one) additional share 14:32496 14
TOTAL 813,839 100.00 15,414,510 100.00 5,826,239

B. Allotment to Non-Institutional Bidders (after technical rejections)

The Basis of Allotment to the Non-Institutional Bidders, who have bid at the Offer Price of Rs. 980 per Equity Share, was finalized in consultation with the NSE. The Non-Institutional Portion has been subscribed to the extent of 8.0013 times. The total number of Equity Shares Allotted in this category is 8,739,359 Equity Shares to 3,029 successful Non- Institutional Bidder. The category-wise details of the Basis of Allotment are as under: (Sample)

Sr.No. Category No. of Applications Received %of Total Total No. of Equity Shares Applied % to Total No. of Equity Shares Allotted per Bidder Ratio Total No. of Equity Shares Allotted
1. 210 542 17.89 113,820 0.16 26 1:1 14,092
1 additional share allocated to Serial no. 1 in the ratio of 134:542 1 134:542 134
2. 225 151 4.99 33,975 0.05 28 1:1 4,228
3. 450 59 1.95 26,550 0.04 56 1:1 3,304
4. 510 89 2.94 45,390 0.06 64 1:1 5,696
5. 525 44 1.45 23,100 0.03 66 1:1 2,904
6. 600 47 1.55 28,200 0.04 75 1:1 3,525
7. 750 25 0.83 18,750 0.03 94 1:1 2,350
8. 900 24 0.79 21,600 0.03 113 1:1 2,712
9. 1,050 24 0.79 25,200 0.04 131 1:1 3,144
10. 1,125 12 0.40 13,500 0.02 141 1:1 1,692
11. 1,500 50 1.65 75,000 0.11 187 1:1 9,350
12. 1,530 28 0.92 42,840 0.06 191 1:1 5,348
13. 1,830 7 0.23 12,810 0.02 229 1:1 1,603
14. 2,025 14 0.46 28,350 0.04 253 1:1 3,542
15. 2,040 40 1.32 81,600 0.12 255 1:1 10,200
16. 2,100 10 0.33 21,000 0.03 263 1:1 2,630
17. 2,250 16 0.53 36,000 0.05 281 1:1 4,496
18. 2,550 42 1.39 107,100 0.15 319 1:1 13,398
19. 3,000 19 0.63 57,000 0.08 375 1:1 7,125
20. 3,060 22 0.73 67,320 0.10 382 1:1 8,404
21. 4,080 13 0.43 53,040 0.08 510 1:1 6,630
22. 5,100 63 2.08 321,300 0.46 637 1:1 40,131
23. 7,650 11 0.36 84,150 0.12 956 1:1 10,516
24. 9,180 11 0.36 100,980 0.14 1,147 1:1 12,617
25. 10,200 62 2.05 632,400 0.90 1,275 1:1 79,050
26. 15,300 15 0.50 229,500 0.33 1,912 1:1 28,680
27. 20,400 21 0.69 428,400 0.61 2,550 1:1 53,550
28. 25,500 14 0.46 357,000 0.51 3,187 1:1 44,618
29. 30,600 19 0.63 581,400 0.83 3,824 1:1 72,656
30. 51,015 34 1.12 1,734,510 2.48 6,376 1:1 216,784
31. 102,030 28 0.92 2,856,840 4.09 12,752 1:1 357,056
32. 204,075 12 0.40 2,448,900 3.50 25,505 1:1 306,060
33. 255,195 19 0.63 4,848,705 6.93 31,894 1:1 605,986
34. 408,150 6 0.20 2,448,900 3.50 51,011 1:1 306,066
35. 3,316,320 1 0.03 3,316,320 4.74 414,474 1:1 414,474

C. Allotment to QIBs (excluding Anchor Investors ) (after technical rejections)

Allotment to QIBs, who have Bid at the Offer Price of Rs. 980 per Equity Share, has been done on a proportionate basis in consultation with the NSE. This category has been subscribed to the extent of 27.5178 times of QIB Portion. As per the SEBI Regulations. Mutual Funds were Allotted 5% of the Equity Shares of QIB Portion available i.e. 873,936 Equity Shares and other QIBs and unsatisfied demand of Mutual Funds were Allotted the remaining available Equity Shares i.e. 16,604,784 Equity Shares on a proportionate basis. The total number of Equity Shares Allotted in the QIB Portion is 17,478,720 Equity Shares, which were allotted to 156 successful QIB Bidders. The category-wise details of the Basis of Allotment are as under:

Category FIs/Banks MF's IC's NBFC's AIF FPC Others Total
QIB 2,205,855 1,782,463 482,112 146,106 207,968 12,486,617 167,599 17,478.720

D. Allotment to Anchor Investors

The Company and the Selling Shareholders, in consultation with the Lead Managers, have allocated 26,218,079 Equity Shares to 155 Anchor Investors (through 91 Applications) at the Anchor Investor Offer Price of Rs. 980 per Equity Share in accordance with the SEBI Regulations. This represents 60% of the QIB Portion.

Category FIs/Banks MF's IC's NBFC's AIF FPC Others Total
Anchor - 8,790,390 2,810,790 - 224,505 14,341,364 51,030 26,218,079

The Board of directors of our Company on November 11, 2021, has taken on record the Basis of Allotment of Equity Shares approved by the Designated Stock Exchange, being NSE and has allotted the Equity Shares to various successful Bidders. The Allotment Advice-cum- refund intimation are being emailed or dispatched to the email id or address of the investors as registered with the depositories. Further, the instructions to the Self Certified Syndicate Banks for unblocking of funds, transfer to Public Offer Account have been issued on November 10, 2021, and payment to non-Syndicate brokers have been issued on November 11, 2021. In case the same is not received within ten days, investors may contact the Registrar to the Offer at the address given below. The Equity Shares Allotted to the successful Allottees have been uploaded on November 11, 2021, for credit into the respective beneficiary accounts subject to validation of the account details with the depositones concerned. The Company has filed the listing application with NSE and BSE on November 11, 2021. The Company has received listing and trading approval from NSE and BSE and the trading of the Equity Shares will commence on November 15, 2021. All capitalised terms used and not specifically defined herein shall have the same meaning as ascribed to them in the Prospectus.

INVESTORS PLEASE NOTE

The details of the allotment made have been hosted on the website of the Registrar to the Offer, Link Intime India Private Limited at www.linkintime.co.in

All future correspondence in this regard may kindly be addressed to the Registrar to the Offer quoting full name of the First / Sole applicant, Bid-cum-Application Form number, number of Equity Shares bid for, name of the Member of the Syndicate, Bidder DP ID, Client ID, PAN, number of Equity Shares applied for, the name and address of the Designated Intermediary where the Bid-cum-Application Form was submitted by the Bidder and a copy of the Acknowledgment Slip received from the Designated Intermediary at the address given below:

wpeAD.jpg (1414 bytes) Link Intime India Private Limited
C 101,247 Park. L.B.S. Marg. Vikhroli (West), Mumbai - 400 083, Maharashtra, India Telephone +91 22 4918 6200;
E-mail: policybazaar.ipo@linkintime.co.in Website www.linkintime.co.in ; Investor grievance E-mail: policybazaar.ipo@linkintime.co.in
Contact Person: Shanti Gopalknshnan; SEBI Registration No.: INR000004058
For PB FINTECH LIMITED
On behalf of the Board of Directors
Place: Gurgaon Sd /-
Date: November 12, 2021 Company Secretary and Compliance Officer

THE LEVEL OF SUBSCRIPTION SHOULD NOT BE TAKEN TO BE INDICATIVE OF EITHER THE MARKET PRICE OF THE EQUITY SHARES ON LISTING OR THE BUSINESS PROSPECTS OF PB FINTECH LIMITED.

PB FINTECH LIMITED is proposing, subject to applicable statutory and regulatory requirements, receipt of requisite approvals, market conditions and other considerations, to make an initial public offering of its Equity shares and has filed the Prospectus with RoC on November 8, 2021. The Prospectus shall be available on the website of SEBI at www.sebi.gov.in , websites of the Stock Exchanges i.e. BSE and NSE at www.bseindia.com and www.nseindia.com , respectively, and will be available on the websites of the JGC-BRLMs and BRLMs. i.e Kotak Mahindra Capital Company Limited. Morgan Stanley India Company Private Limited, Citigroup Global Markets India Private Limited. ICICI Securities Limited. HDFC Bank Limited, IIFL Securities Limited and Jefferies India Private Limited at www.investmentbank.kotak.com and www.morganstanley.com, www.online.citibankco.in/rhtm/citigroupglobalscreen1.htm , www.icicisecurities.com, www.hdfcbank.com, www.iiflcap.com and www.jefferies.com , respectively. Investors should note that investment in equity shares involves a high degree of nsk and for details relating to such risk, please see the section entitled "Risk Factors" beginning on page 39 of the Prospectus. The Equity Shares have not been and will not be registered under the U.S. Securities Act or any state securities laws in the United States, and. unless so registered, may not be offered or sold within the United States or to, or for the account or benefit of U.S. Persons as defined in Regulation S under the U.S Securities Act ("U.S. Persons"), except pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the U.S. Securities Act and applicable state securities laws in the United States Our Company has not registered and does not intend to register under the U.S Investment Company Act in reliance on Section 3(c)(7) of the U S. Investment Company Act, and investors will not be entitled to the benefits of the U.S Investment Company Act. Accordingly, the Equity Shares are only being offered and sold (i) to persons in the United States or to or for the account or benefit of. U.S Persons, in each case that are both "qualified institutional buyers" (as defined in Rule 144A under the U.S. Securities Act) and "qualified purchasers" (as defined under the U.S. Investment Company Act and referred to in this Red Herring Prospectus as "QPs") in transactions exempt from or not subject to the registration requirements of the U.S. Securities Act and in reliance on Section 3(c)(7) of the U.S. Investment Company Act; or (ii) outside the United States to investors that are not U.S Persons nor persons acquiring for the account or benefit of U S. Persons in offshore transactions in reliance on Regulation S under the U.S Securities Act and the applicable laws of the jurisdiction where those offers and sales occur There will be no public offering in the United States.

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