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Economy and Finance

What is a Greenshoe Option in an IPO?

09 Jun 2023 Zinkpot 226
  1. Any company when decides to go public generally prefers the IPO route, which it does with the help of big investment bankers also called underwriters. These underwriters are responsible for making the public issue successful. They are paid a certain amount of commission to do this work.

  2. A Greenshoe Option allows the group of investment banks or the underwriters that underwrite an initial public offering (IPO) to buy and offer for sale 15% more shares at the same offering price that the issuing company originally planned to sell.

  3. After the underwriter has placed the company's stock on the market for sale, one of two things may occur:
  4. One, the shares are purchased at a lower price than the offer price. This has bad consequences since it gives the impression that the company's shares aren't in high demand, which may lead to a drop in share price.
  5. Two, the shares were purchased at or above the company's offer price. This has favourable results for the firm since it shows that there is interest in the company's stock.
  6. The greenshoe option procedure gets triggered in the First situation. If the price falls below the offer price, the underwriter buys the shares back at the market price. It is simply an intervention mechanism used by the underwriter to buy back a certain percentage of the company's shares to support dropping prices.
  7. The underwriter's significant purchasing move leads the stock price to climb. The underwriter also receives a per-share profit equivalent to the drop in share price after listing.
  8. If the share's price rises, the underwriter may purchase them back at the same price, exiting the position at no-profit, no-loss. The greenshoe option refers to the exceptional privilege that allows the underwriter to purchase back the shares at the offer price alone.
  9. The greenshoe share option may be exercised by the underwriter or the stabilising agent only within 30 days of the IPO date.
  10. Importance: If the IPO paperwork specifies that the firm has a greenshoe option agreement with its underwriter, it gives investors confidence that the company's share is unlikely to fall far below the offer price. As a result, a greenshoe share option is one of the features that purchasers seek in an offer contract.
  11. History of the name: The term "greenshoe" refers to an American shoe manufacturer that utilised this option in its initial public offering in 1919.
  12. SEBI just introduced the greenshoe share option to Indian markets in 2003.
     

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