Digit

[nwoodman]

39 minutes ago, SafetyinNumbers said:

I read that as IRDAI approval has been received and the two people were referring to SEBI approval.

 

The Rupee has weakened since 2022 when they filed the initial IPO. At the time the suspected IPO valuation was $4.5-5b. On the same basis, the low end would be down to $4b. It’s grown a lot since then but perhaps there has been some multiple contraction. It looks like the plan is to sell 12.5% of the company with $150m being fresh issue and the rest from promoters. I don’t know if that includes Fairfax selling some.

 

If anyone has any colour, please share. 

 

 

I believe MINT broke this news.  It is unconfirmed IRDAI approval as far as I can tell.  Sounds promising, hopefully Fairfax confirms tonight or on the CC as I couldn’t find anything on the IRDAI website….yet

[ValueMaven]

Greenlight for IPO.  This is big and adds to FFH's book value

[jeyfox]

I will put it here rathen then in the Fairfax annuel letter 2023.

Digit max ownership will be 68% against 74% (in 2022 letter).

 

[nwoodman]

https://irdai.gov.in/life

 

Digit Life 426 Crore => $US51m in premiums.  License granted June 2023

 

31.03.2024 को जीवन बीमाकर्ताओं का प्रथम वर्ष का प्रीमियम _ First year premium of Life Insurers as at 31.03.2024.xlsx

Edited April 23 by nwoodman

[Hoodlum]

That is interesting.  So a 2% market share in just 9 months.

[Hoodlum]

IPO is expected on the 15th next week, with IPO range announcement coming in 2 days.  
 

https://www.businesstoday.in/amp/markets/ipo-corner/story/virat-kohli-backed-go-digit-may-launch-ipo-next-week-here-are-key-details-428682-2024-05-08

 

Go Digit General Insurance is looking to launch its initial public offering (IPO) next week, likely on Wednesday, May 15, 2024, said a report from ET Now. The company price band of the issue will be declared on Friday, May 10 and the anchor book may open on Tuesday, May 14.  

Edited yesterday at 09:43 AM by Hoodlum

[nwoodman]

31 minutes ago, Hoodlum said:

IPO is expected on the 15th next week, with IPO range announcement coming in 2 days.  
 

https://www.businesstoday.in/amp/markets/ipo-corner/story/virat-kohli-backed-go-digit-may-launch-ipo-next-week-here-are-key-details-428682-2024-05-08

 

Go Digit General Insurance is looking to launch its initial public offering (IPO) next week, likely on Wednesday, May 15, 2024, said a report from ET Now. The company price band of the issue will be declared on Friday, May 10 and the anchor book may open on Tuesday, May 14.  

Cheers, big news if true.  Here is the source

 

 

[SafetyinNumbers]

I’m a bit rusty on where Digit is marked on Fairfax’s books.

 

i think most of the value is being marked on the convertible preferred despite most of the ownership being through the common equity. 
 

[Thrifty3000]

If Digit IPOs at $4 bil what will the impact be to FFH’s BV?

[MMM20]

Do we have a ticker!?

[Hoodlum]

Fairfax has GO digit listed as 49% ownership in their shareholders letter.  But it looks like Fairfax was able to covert their debt to shares in advance of the IPO.  IRDA did fine them yesterday ~$120k for non-disclosure of a change to how they were converted but it looks like it went through.  This was likely the last step before going ahead with the IPO.  
 

I still don’t see what Fairfax ownership will look like after the IPO but they will likely have majority ownership as this was a key component of the IPO for Fairfax. I would expect that Fairfax will issue a press release after the IPO announcing their new ownership share of Go Digit  along with the impact on Book Value. 

 

https://www.indiainfoline.com/news/business/irdai-penalizes-go-digit-insurance-with-1-crore-for-non-disclosure-of-ccps-change

Edited 21 hours ago by Hoodlum

[Thrifty3000]

Back of the envelope:

 

In the annual report it looks to me like FFH is valuing/carrying their Digit holdings at around $2.2 to $2.3 billion.

 

If FFH owns 58% of Digit after the IPO and if Digit’s market cap is around $4.5 billion then the IPO will increase FFH’s BV per share by around $15 pre-tax.

 

 

[gfp]

8 minutes ago, Thrifty3000 said:

Back of the envelope:

 

In the annual report it looks to me like FFH is valuing/carrying their Digit holdings at around $2.2 to $2.3 billion.

 

If FFH owns 58% of Digit after the IPO and if Digit’s market cap is around $4.5 billion then the IPO will increase FFH’s BV per share by around $15 pre-tax.

 

 

 

That's right, they are carrying the 49% (pre-IPO percentage) equity at $152.2 million USD and they are carrying the compulsory convertible pref. shares at approximately $2.092 Billion.  If completely converted (regulatory approval needed), this would result in Fairfax owning 68% of Digit (pre-IPO percentage).  It looks like the IPO will dilute them slightly and they may choose to sell a few shares in the IPO - I have no idea.

[dartmonkey]

Can someone explain to me how 49% of the equity is only worth $152m (carrying value)? Or only worth $476m ('fair value', according to the Q1 report.) It clearly can't be that $2.092b worth of preferreds will only convert to an addition 19% of the equity. Explain it to me like I'm an 8-year old.

[Haryana]

Rs.1500cr is total out of which Rs.1250cr is fresh and Rs.250cr is existing equity from promoters.
They are saying that count of existing equity offered for sale is ~11cr shares, thus ~Rs.23/share.

 

While Virat and Anuskha paid Rs.75 for each share. Is there a disconnect here?

 

https://www.msn.com/en-in/money/news/go-digit-insurance-ipo-virat-kohli-anushka-sharma-backed-rs-1500-issue-opening-soon-et-now-exclusive/ar-BB1m18KQ

 

Did early promoters get the shares at a lower price and that is the mark on which IPO is valued?

 

Edited 18 hours ago by Haryana

[Haryana]

6 hours ago, gfp said:

 It looks like the IPO will dilute them slightly and they may choose to sell a few shares in the IPO - I have no idea.

 

 will the IPO dilute them if it gets bid over the current valuation? 

 

Also, they are unlikely to sell and these were the names in offer-for-sale of the previous draft

 "According to the draft prospectus, shareholders selling as part of the OFS include promoters – Go Digit Infoworks Services, Nikita Mihir Vakharia, jointly with Mihir Atul Vakharia, Nikunj Hirendra Shah, jointly with Sohag Hirendra Shah, and Subramaniam Vasudevan, jointly with Shanti Subramaniam."

https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/startups/digit-insurance-files-draft-documents-for-rs-5000-crore-ipo/articleshow/93598175.cms

 

[nwoodman]

Double points for a link either on the Digit Website, SEBI or the BSE/NSE to the IPO.  I had a quick look but no joy from my quick search

[smed]

10 hours ago, Haryana said:

Rs.1500cr is total out of which Rs.1250cr is fresh and Rs.250cr is existing equity from promoters.
They are saying that count of existing equity offered for sale is ~11cr shares, thus ~Rs.23/share.

The price is not known yet. Each share is nominal Rs 10, and the Rs 1250cr is the nominal amount of the maximum fresh share capital. Ie. *up to* 1,250m new shares on offer and up to 109m existing shares on offer. Presumably, the price band will be public tomorrow (India time). Actual ipo price next week.

 

Here is link to a site mentioning the expected price band as Rs258 to Rs265 Per Share (nominal Rs10):

https://ipowatch.in/go-digit-insurance-ipo-date-review-price-allotment-details/

(I dont know if it can be trusted)

 

 

See also FAQs here:

 https://groww.in/ipo/godigit-insurance-ipo

 

and here:

https://www.angelone.in/ipo/go-digit-insurance-ipo

[Hoodlum]

It looks like the actual listing date is May 23rd. 

 

https://www.freepressjournal.in/amp/business/go-digit-on-the-block-virat-kohli-anushka-sharma-backed-company-to-issue-ipo-on-15-may

The IPO comprises of a fresh issue of Rs 1125 crores. On offer sale is up to 109,445,561 equity shares. Each of these equity shares is worth Rs 10. 

The IPO will close on 17 May. The company will be listed on both National Stock Exchange and the Bombay Stock Exchange. In this, 10 per cent will be earmarked for Retail Quota. 75 per cent will be earmarked for QIB or Qualified institutional investors. In addition, 15 per cent will be for NII or Non-Institutional investors. 

 

After closing of the IPO, refunds will be arranged on 22 May. The shares would be credited to the account on 22 May. Finally, the IPO will be listed on 23 May.

[smed]

1 hour ago, nwoodman said:

Double points for a link either on the Digit Website, SEBI or the BSE/NSE to the IPO.  I had a quick look but no joy from my quick search

I couldn't find any official info for verification either - somewhat dubious..

[gfp]

3 hours ago, nwoodman said:

Double points for a link either on the Digit Website, SEBI or the BSE/NSE to the IPO.  I had a quick look but no joy from my quick search

 

The most recent filing on SEBI is from May 8, 2024 - attached below.  This is a 'red herring' prospectus, what we also call a preliminary prospectus.  The filings before this one were also IPO related, from April 2023 and November 10, 2023.

 

Red Herring attached as pdf

1715254865991.pdf

[gfp]

The earlier versions from 2023 contemplated selling almost twice as many shares. 1699616304302.pdf1680765082765.pdf One of these attached files is the original 2023 preliminary prospectus and the other is the "addendum" to that prospectus, filed in November, when they explained how they got in trouble for changing a conversion ratio without fully notifying everyone they were required to.  This is the recently resolved matter, slap on the wrist, whatever.  

[gfp]

The final prospectus will show up at this link when it is final:

https://www.sebi.gov.in/sebiweb/home/HomeAction.do?doListing=yes&sid=3&ssid=15&smid=12