Fragrance maker S.H. Kelkar and Company, partly owned by the Blackstone group, has filed a draft prospectus with the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) for an initial public offering that a banker directly involved in the process said would fetch around $100 million.
Amount not disclosed S.H. Kelkar did not provide the full IPO amount in the prospectus, according to the draft prospectus filed with SEBI. But the prospectus said the company plans to raise Rs.200 crore ($31.9 million) via the sale of new shares, as well as an undisclosed amount via the sale of existing shares from stakeholders, including Blackstone-owned entities and S.H. Kelkar promoter, Prabha Ramesh.
S.H. Kelkar officials were not immediately available for comment. The money from the fresh issue would be used for repayment of loans and general corporate purposes.
