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As per CNBC-TV18, Wockhardt Hospitals withdraws IPO due to poor response. It plans to refund the IPO money in 15 days.

Wockhardt Hospitals Ltd IPO closed today and oversubscribed by 0.20 times. Non Institutional category oversubscribed around 0.0482 times while Qualified Institutional Buyers (QIBs) quota oversubscribed around 0.0644 times.

Retail Individual Investors (RIIs) category oversubscribed 0.5192 times and Employees category oversubscribed 0.0124 times.

As per CNBC-TV18, Wockhardt Hospitals withdraws IPO due to poor response. It plans to refund the IPO money in 15 days.

Wockhardt Hospitals Ltd IPO closed today and oversubscribed by 0.20 times. Non Institutional category oversubscribed around 0.0482 times while Qualified Institutional Buyers (QIBs) quota oversubscribed around 0.0644 times.

Retail Individual Investors (RIIs) category oversubscribed 0.5192 times and Employees category oversubscribed 0.0124 times.

As per NSE notice, members are requested to note that the book building issue of WOCKHARDT HOSPITALS LIMITED which was scheduled to close on 5th Feb. 2008, is now extended by 2 days and now the issue will close on 7th Feb. 2008

Incorporated in 1991, Wockhardt Hospitals Limited is one of the largest private healthcare services companies in India, based on the number of hospital beds, according to information provided by CRIS-INFAC’s report published in 2007.

Wockhardt Hospitals is entering in the capital markets with an initial public offering, IPO of 25,087,097 Equity Shares, for cash, at a premium to be decided through a 100% Book Built Issue.

The price band for the issue has been fixed at Rs. 225/- at lower level and Rs. 260/- at upper level for equity share of Rs. 10/-. The issue opens on January 31, 2008 and closes for subscription on February 07, 2008. The equity shares of the company are proposed to be listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) and National Stock Exchange (NSE).

Incorporated in 1991, Wockhardt Hospitals Limited is one of the largest private healthcare services companies in India, based on the number of hospital beds, according to information provided by CRIS-INFAC's report published in 2007.

Wockhardt Hospitals is entering in the capital markets with an initial public offering, IPO of 25,087,097 Equity Shares, for cash, at a premium to be decided through a 100% Book Built Issue.

The price band for the issue has been fixed at Rs. 225/- at lower level and Rs. 260/- at upper level for equity share of Rs. 10/-. The issue opens on January 31, 2008 and closes for subscription on February 05, 2008. The equity shares of the company are proposed to be listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) and National Stock Exchange (NSE).

Wockhardt Hospitals Limited IPO price band has been fixed at Rs 280/- to Rs 310/-. Dates of the issues are expected to declare early this week.

Wockhardt Hospital is coming up with a public issue of 29,500,000 Equity Shares of Rs. 10/- through 100% Book Built Issue. Intime Spectrum Registry Limited is the registrar of the issue and Citigroup & Kotak Mahindra are Lead Managers of the issue.

Wockhardt Hospitals Ltd is looking forward with Rs 800-1000 crore IPO to fund its expansion and other plans. Wockhardt filed draft prospectus with SEBI on Friday Aug 23.

The healthcare major is building five new hospitals at Kolkata, Delhi, Mumbai, Kalyan, and expanding the existing Mumbai facility. It is expanding into seven tier-2 cities through ‘brown-field' projects - all at an estimated expenditure of Rs 617.25 crore. Part of the issue proceeds will also go into repaying short-term loans of Rs 195 crore.

For the fiscal year ended March 31, 2007, Wockhardt Hospitals Ltd's total income was Rs 236.7 crore; EBITDA Rs 39.43 crore and net profit Rs 15.54 crore. Net worth was Rs 77.52 crore as on June 30, 2007 and Rs 71.37 crore as on March 31, 2007.

The current shareholders in Wockhardt Hospitals Ltd are DHPL (Dartmour Holdings P Ltd) with 81.79 per cent equity; Carol Info Services Ltd with 9.09 per cent stake; Wockhardt Ltd Chairman, Mr Habil F. Khorakiwala, also with 9.09 per cent stake; Mr Asgar Y.Khorakiwala with 0.01 per cent share and WHL's Vice-President - Operations, Mr Vishal Bali, with 5,000 shares.

Website: http://www.wockhardthospitals.net
Wockhardt Hospitals Draft Prospectus with SEBI: download