Ola Electric Mobility Limited IPO subscribed 4.26 times on Final Day

Chennai, 06.08.24: The Rs 6,145.56 crore Initial Public Offering (IPO) of Ola Electric Mobility Limited was subscribed 4.26 times on the final day of bidding.

The issue received bids of 1,98,14,05,530 shares against the offered 46,51,59,451 equity shares, at a price band of ₹72-76, according to the data available on the stock exchanges.

Qualified Institutional Buyer Portion was subscribed 5.31 times. Retail Portion and Non-Institutional Investors Portion were subscribed 3.85 times and 2.39 times respectively, whereas Employee Portion was subscribed 11.66 times.

Kotak Mahindra Capital Company Limited, Citigroup Global Markets India Private Limited, BofA Securities India Limited, Goldman Sachs (India) Securities Private Limited, Axis Capital Limited, ICICI Securities Limited, SBI Capital Markets Limited, and BOB Capital Markets Limited are the book running lead managers and Link Intime India Private Limited is the registrar to the offer. The equity shares are proposed to be listed on BSE and NSE.

Company Information

Ola Electric manufactures EVs and certain core EV components like battery packs, motors and vehicle frames at the Ola Futurefactory. Its business focuses on capturing the opportunity arising out of electrification of mobility in India and also to export its EVs in select international markets in the future. It commenced the delivery of its first EV model, the Ola S1 Pro, in December 2021, followed by delivery of Ola S1 in September 2022, the Ola S1 Air in August 2023 and the Ola S1 X+ in December 2023.

Within nine months of delivering its first EV scooter in December 2021, it became the best-selling E2W brand in India in terms of monthly E2W registrations on the VAHAN Portal of Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (“VAHAN”) according to the Redseer Report.

Ola’s business model comprises of its R&D and technology platform with in-house design and development across EV technologies and components, adaptable manufacturing and supply chain platform, and D2C omnichannel distribution platform. Its model is vertically integrated across R&D and technology, manufacturing, supply chain, sales and service, and charging facilities.

The current EV scooter Generation 2 platform is the base for the Ola S1 scooter models – Ola S1 Pro, Ola S1 Air, Ola S1 X+, Ola S1 X (2 kWh) and Ola S1 X (3 kWh). It plans to replicate the platform approach for its recently announced motorcycle range which comprises four models – Diamondhead, Adventure, Roadster and Cruiser.

Ola has a Futurefactory, Gigafactory and a Battery Innovation Centre in Bengaluru, whereas it is in the process of building its EV hub in Krishnagiri and Dharmapuri districts in Tamil Nadu.