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Nykaa shares slump below IPO price before the end of mandatory lock-in period in November

Shares of Nykaa have more than halved from their peak of Rs 2,574.

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By Mangalam Maloo   |Mangalam Maloo Oct 28, 2022 5:04:54 PM IST (Updated)

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Shares of online fashion retailer Nykaa declined as much as 7 percent on Friday to fall further below its IPO price. The stock has declined over 10 percent during the last three trading sessions.

The stock is under selling pressure ahead of the mandatory lock-in period for pre-IPO investors ending on November 8-9.

As per the company's Red Herring Prospectus, 46.7 crore shares, or 98.5 percent of the total equity, were allotted pre-IPO. Promoters of the company currently hold a 52.37 percent stake or 24.85 crore shares. There are 21.8 crore shares or 46 percent of the total equity, which belong to non-promoter entities.

Nykaa's shares were listed on November 10, 2021, and have more than halved from their peak of Rs 2,574. The stock is also nearly 15 percent lower than its issue price of Rs 1,125.

The company is set to announce its earnings for the second quarter that ended September 2022 on November 1.

Nykaa recently appointed Rajesh Uppalapati as its Chief Technology Officer, replacing Sanjay Suri, who has been associated with the company since 2016. The new CTO has worked with Amazon for over two decades.

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