Great Eastern Energy plans to come with IPO of around 82 lakh equity shares

19 Sep 2013 Evaluate

Great Eastern Energy Corporation, a coal- bed methane explorer, is planning to come with a public issue of up to 82 lakh equity shares of face value of Rs 10 each. In this regard, the company has filed draft documents with market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) for its public issue of equity shares. The issue comprises of fresh issue to the public of 78 lakh shares and an offer for sale of up to 4 lakh shares (offer for sale) by YKM Holdings International.

Earlier in December 2008 as well, the company had filed papers with Sebi to raise funds through initial public offer (IPO). The company was expecting to mop-up Rs 400 crore through the public issue.

The company will use the issue proceed for drilling and completion of CBM wells in the Raniganj (South) block and for general corporate purposes. Moreover, ICICI Securities is the book-running lead managers for the IPO, while Karvy Computershare is registrar to the issue.

The company is engaged in producing natural gas from coal seams, commonly known as coal bed methane (CBM), in India. It focuses on the exploration, development, production, distribution and sale of CBM. Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas has 61.99% stake in Great Eastern Energy Corp, while YKM Holdings and YKM Holdings International has 26.34% and 10.53% holding respectively in the company.

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