Hexaware Technologies Limited: Initial public offering to open on Wednesday, February 12, 2025

• Price Band fixed at 674 per equity share to ₹ 708 per equity share of the face value of ₹1 each (“Equity Shares”) of Hexaware Technologies Limited (the “Company”)
• Anchor Investor Bidding Date – Tuesday, February 11, 2025
• Bid /Offer Opening Date – Wednesday, February 12, 2025, and Bid/ Offer Closing Date – Friday, February 14, 2025
• Bids can be made for a minimum of 21 Equity Shares and in multiples of 21 Equity Shares thereafter
• Red Herring Prospectus dated February 5, 2025 (“RHP”) link: https://hexaware.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Red-Herring-Prospectus.pdf

Ahmedabad, February 7, 2025: Hexaware Technologies Limited (the “Company”) proposes to open an initial public offering (“Offer”) of its equity share of the face value of ₹1 each (“Equity Shares”) on Wednesday, February 12, 2025. The Anchor Investor Bidding Date is one Working Day prior to Bid/Offer Opening Date, being Tuesday, February 11, 2025. The Bid/ Offer Closing Date is Friday, February 14, 2025.

The Price Band of the Offer has been fixed from ₹ 674 per Equity Share to ₹ 708 per Equity Share. Bids can be made for a minimum of 21 Equity Shares and multiples of 21 Equity Shares thereafter.

The initial public offering comprises an offer for sale of Equity Shares aggregating up to ₹ 8,750 crores by CA Magnum Holdings (the Promoter Selling Shareholder).

The Offer is being 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 SEBI ICDR Regulations. The Offer is being made through the Book Building Process, in compliance with Regulation 6(1) of the SEBI ICDR Regulations, wherein in terms of Regulation 32(1) of the SEBI ICDR Regulations, not more than 50% of the Net Offer shall be available for allocation on a proportionate basis to Qualified Institutional Buyers (“QIBs”) (the “QIB Category”), provided that our Company in consultation with the BRLMs, may allocate up to 60% of the QIB Category to Anchor Investors, on a discretionary basis in accordance with the SEBI ICDR Regulations (the “Anchor Investor Portion”), of which one-third shall be reserved for domestic Mutual Funds, subject to valid Bids being received from domestic Mutual Funds at or above the price at which Equity Shares of face value of ₹ 1 each are allocated to Anchor Investors (the “Anchor Investor Allocation Price”). In the event of under-subscription or non-allocation in the Anchor Investor Portion, the balance Equity Shares of face value of ₹ 1 each shall be added to the QIB Category (other than Anchor Investor Portion) (“Net QIB Category”).

Further, 5% of the Net QIB Category shall be available for allocation on a proportionate basis to Mutual Funds only and the remainder of the Net QIB Category shall be available for allocation on a proportionate basis to all QIBs, including Mutual Funds, subject to valid Bids being received at or above the Offer Price.However, if the aggregate demand from Mutual Funds is less than 5% of the QIB Category, the balance Equity Shares available for allocation in the Mutual Fund Portion will be added to the remaining QIB Category for proportionate allocation to QIBs.Further, not less than 15% of the Net Offer shall be available for allocation to Non-Institutional Investors (“NIIs”) (the “Non-Institutional Category”) of which one-third of the Non-Institutional Category shall be available for allocation to Bidders with a Bid size of more than ₹ 200,000 and up to ₹ 1,000,000 and two-thirds of the Non-Institutional Category shall be available for allocation to Bidders with a Bid size of more than ₹ 1,000,000 provided that under-subscription in either of these two sub-categories of the Non-Institutional Category may be allocated to Bidders in the other sub-category of the Non-Institutional Category in accordance with the SEBI ICDR Regulations, subject to valid Bids being received at or above the Offer Price.

Further, not less than 35% of the Net Offer shall be available for allocation to Retail Individual Investors (“RIIs”) (the “Retail Category”), in accordance with the SEBI ICDR Regulations, subject to valid Bids being received from them at or above the Offer Price.

Further, Equity Shares will be allocated on a proportionate basis to Eligible Employees applying under the Employee Reservation Portion, subject to valid Bids received from them at or above the Offer Price.

All Bidders (other than Anchor Investors) shall mandatorily participate in this Offer through the Application Supported by Block Amount (“ASBA”) process, and shall provide details of their respective bank account, including UPI ID for UPI Investors in which the Bid Amount will be blocked by the SCSBs or the Sponsor Banks, as the case may be. Anchor Investors are not permitted to participate in the Offer through the ASBA process.

The Equity Shares of the Company are proposed to be listed on BSE Limited (“BSE") and the National Stock Exchange of India Limited (“NSE”) (the “Stock Exchanges”).  

Kotak Mahindra Capital Company Limited, Citigroup Global Markets India Private Limited, J.P. Morgan India Private Limited, HSBC Securities and Capital Markets (India) Private Limited and IIFL Capital Services Limited (formerly known as IIFL Securities Limited) are the Book Running Lead Managers (“BRLMs”) to the Offer.

Disclaimer:

HEXAWARE TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED is proposing, subject to receipt of requisite approvals, market conditions and other considerations, to make an initial public offering of its Equity Shares and filed the RHP with RoC. The RHP is available on the website of SEBI at www.sebi.gov.in, the websites of the Stock Exchanges i.e. BSE and NSE at www.bseindia.com and www.nseindia.com, respectively, the website of the Company at www.hexaware.com; and on the websites of the BRLMs, i.e. Kotak Mahindra Capital Company Limited at https://investmentbank.kotak.com; Citigroup Global Markets India Private Limited at www.online.citibank.co.in/rhtm/citigroupglobalscreen1.htm; J.P. Morgan India Private Limited at www.jpmipl.com; HSBC Securities and Capital Markets (India) Private Limited at www.business.hsbc.co.in and IIFL Capital Services Limited (formerly known as IIFL Securities Limited) at www.iiflcap.com. Any potential investors should note that investment in equity shares involves a high degree of risk and for details relating to such risk, please see the section entitled “Risk Factors” beginning on page 31 of the RHP. Potential investors should not rely on the DRHP filed with SEBI and the Stock Exchanges, and should instead rely on their own examination of our Company and the Offer, including the risks involved, for making any investment decision.

This announcement is not an offer of securities for sale in the United States or elsewhere. This announcement has been prepared for publication in India only and is not for publication or distribution, directly or indirectly, in or into the United States. The Equity Shares offered in the Offer have not been, and will not be, registered under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (“U.S. Securities Act”) or any other applicable law of the United States, and unless so registered, may not be offered or sold within the United States, except pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the U.S. Securities Act and applicable U.S. state securities laws. Accordingly, the Equity Shares are being offered and sold (a) only to persons reasonably believed to be "qualified institutional buyers" (as defined in Rule 144A under the U.S. Securities Act) in transactions exempt from or not subject to the registration requirements of the U.S. Securities Act, and (b) outside the United States in offshore transactions as defined in and in compliance with Regulation S under the U.S. Securities Act and the applicable laws of the jurisdiction where such offers and sales are made. There will be no public offering of the Equity Shares in the United States.