NSE’s IPO sold 8.83 crore shares, a 1.20× subscription from QIBs and 1.19× from non‑institutional investors, fully absorbing the 8.86 crore offer, while retail investors reached 61% of their quota—
Anchor round raised Rs 6,746 crore, with LIC, Goldman Sachs and Fidelity taking the largest slices; sovereign funds GIC Singapore, Abu Dhabi Investment Authority and Norges Bank also joined the buy‑in—
The issue is a pure Offer For Sale (OFS); all proceeds go to existing shareholders, meaning NSE itself will not receive any capital from the deal—
Price band was set at Rs 1,700–1,785 per share, valuing NSE at up to Rs 4.42 lakh crore at the upper end; the OFS size was trimmed to 8.86 crore shares from an earlier 14.9 crore target—
The public offering closes on September 21, and NSE shares are slated to trade on the main board from September 24, after clearing regulatory hurdles that stalled the listing for nearly a decade—