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 Home Run on Day 1 : Home First IPO Fully Subscribed 

Mumbai, January 21, 2021: Home First Finance Company India Ltd, a technology driven affordable housing finance company catering to the lower and middle income group’s housing finance needs, received bids of  1,60,08,496  shares against the offered 1,55,90,790 shares, as per the 5:00 pm data available on the bourses. The portion reserved for retail investors was subscribed 1.28 times. Qualified Institutional Buyer and Non-Institutional Investor category was subscribed 1.28 and 0.10 times respectively on Day 1 of the issue opening.

The bidding for the IPO closes on Monday, January 25, 2021.  The Company is proposing to raise 1,153.71 crore which comprises of a fresh issue of Rs. 265 crore and an offer for sale of Rs. 888.71 crore by promoters and existing investor and individual shareholders. The minimum bid lot is 28 shares thereafter in multiples.  The price band has been fixed at Rs. 517 – Rs. 518 per Equity Share.

The Company recently raised 346 crs from 25 anchor investors which included globally acclaimed institutions such as Nomura, Fidelity International, Eastspring, Morgan Stanley IM, Buena Vista, TT International, Grandeur Peak, Moon Capital and Discovery. Some of the renowned DIIs included ICICI Prudential MF, Birla MF, Nippon MF, White Oak, Sundaram MF, Motilal MF, IIFL AIF, Birla Life, Bharti AXA, Tata AIA, Edelweiss PE, Motilal AIF amongst others. The shares were allotted to anchor investors at Rs. 518 per equity share.

Brokerage houses such as Motilal Oswal, Angel Broking, Nirmal Bang, Ventura Securities, Choice and Canara Bank Securities are positive towards the IPO. The reports have highlighted key strengths of the companies like focused digital adoption, ability to successfully identify new regions and grow business, driven growth by substantial demand for affordable housing finance, well-diversified and cost-effective financing profile and investment from marquee players like True North, Government of Singapore, Bessemer Venture Partners and Warburg Pincus; which overall makes Home First as a good investment opportunity.

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The Company provides housing finance essentially to first-home buyers pertaining to the lower or middle-income groups for buying or construction of homes. Spread across a network of 70 branches covering over 60 districts in 11 states and a union territory in India (as of September 2020), Home First has increased its scale of our operations in key urbanized regions in the states of Gujarat, Maharashtra, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu which holds a substantial demand for housing finance. Backed by technologically driven processes and easy loan progressions, the Company has made it easy to opt for housing loans with an average ticket of 10 lacs.  As of September 30, 2020, Home First has serviced 44,467 active customer accounts, aggregating to an AUM of INR 3730 cr and Capital Adequacy stood at 51.7%.

Axis Capital Limited, Credit Suisse Securities (India) Private Limited, ICICI Securities Limited and Kotak Mahindra Capital Company Limited are the BRLMs to the issue.