Upper Syange Hydropower Limited is offering shares to project-affected locals of the Lamjung District and Nepalese citizens working abroad. The IPO will be open from 1st Jestha to 16th Jestha, 2080, and if the issue is not subscribed by the early closing date for locals of Lamjung District, it can be extended till the 30th Jestha. However, the issue will not be extended from the early closing date for Nepalese citizens working abroad. The company’s issued capital is Rs. 22 Crores, and 10% i.e. 2,20,000 unit shares worth Rs. 2.2 crores have been allocated to project-affected locals of Lamjung District.
29.55% of the company’s issued capital i.e. 650,000 unit shares will be issued later for the general public. Of this public issue, 10% of the shares totaling 65,000 units shares have been allocated for Nepalese citizens working abroad. The minimum application quantity for the project-affected locals is 10 units, while the maximum quantity is 100,000 units. Meanwhile, for Nepalese citizens working abroad, the minimum application quantity is 10 units, while the maximum quantity is 50,000 units.
Siddhartha Capital Limited is the issue manager, and the promoter-public share ratio will be 60.45: 39.55 after this IPO. The issuer rating of Upper Syange Hydropower Limited has been reaffirmed as ‘CARE-NP BB (Is)’ by CARE Ratings Nepal Limited (CRNL), indicating a moderate risk of default regarding the timely servicing of financial obligations in Nepal.
Upper Syange Hydropower is a Public Limited company that is setting up a 2.4 MW Run-of-River (RoR), Upper Syange Hydropower Project (USHP) in BOOT (Build, own, Operate, and Transfer) mechanism. It was incorporated on January 26, 2009, as Upper Syange Hydropower Private Limited and converted to Public limited on March 30, 2017. The project is located in the Lamjung district of Nepal and is promoted by both individual and institutional promoters from different backgrounds.