IPO lock-in expiry could bring shares worth $7.6 billion to D-Street

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The expiry of IPO lock-in periods in India will unlock shares worth $7.6 billion between August and September, potentially increasing stock supply and impacting stock prices. Several companies, including JSW Cement, Fractal Analytics, and Vikram Solar, are noted among those affected.

Mumbai: Shares of at least 45 recently listed companies are set to become eligible for trading over the next two months as post-IPO lock-in periods expire, potentially adding to the supply of shares. According to data compiled by Nuvama Alternative & Quantitative Research, shares worth around $7.6 billion are set to be unlocked between August 12 and September-end. The expiry of lock-ins allows promoters, anchor investors and other pre-IPO shareholders to sell their holdings, but need not translate into share sales.However, the prospect of a sale could weigh on stock prices in the near term. From August 12 to the end of August, additional shares of 19 companies are scheduled to become eligible for trading: The largest unlocks by value include JSW Cement ($848 million), Fractal Analytics ($745 m), Shreeji Shipping Global ($ 731 m), Hexaware Technologies ($718 m), Clean Max EnviroEnergy Solutions ($470 m), Aye Finance ($260 m), Vikram Solar ($211 m), SBI Funds Management ($139 m) among others. Other companies schedule for unlocked are Ajax Engineering, Indo-MIM, All Time Plastics, Mangal Electrical Industries, Gem Aromatics. In September, 26 more companies will see their lock-ins expire. The largest unlock is JSW Infrasturcutre ($1.48 billion), SEDEMAC Mechatronics ($489 m), Saatvik Green Energy ($254 m), Manipal Health Enterprises ($250 m), GSP Crop Science ($155 m) among others.133167370Other firms such as Rajputana Stainless, Rishabh Instruments, Omnitech Engineering, Upiter Lifeline Hospital among others will also unloked. Other companies scheduled for unlocks in September include VMS TMT, Shree Ram Twister, Anlon Healthcare, Sedemac Mechatronics, Dev Accelerator and Jupiter Lifeline Hospital. “I particularly like stocks with over 6-month lock-in openings,” said Abhilash Pagaria, Head -Nuvama Alternative & Quant Research. “That is where the PE and early-investor overhang starts to ease, public float rises, and the probability of global index inclusion also improves.”