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Thursday, June 18, 2026

18/06/26, NSE IPO

The long-awaited initial public offering (IPO) of the National Stock Exchange (NSE) has finally taken off. The country's largest stock exchange filed its 614-page draft red herring prospectus (DRHP) with the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) and the BSE on Wednesday. The shares will be listed on BSE, just as BSE's own shares are listed on NSE.

The IPO is entirely an offer for sale (OFS), with existing shareholders collectively divesting around 6 percent of the exchange's equity. Based on the NSE's unlisted market valuation of around Rs 5 lakh crore, market participants estimate the issue size at approximately Rs 30,000 crore, making it one of the largest IPOs in India's capital markets since the Hyundai Motor India IPO of around Rs 27,000 crore in 2024.

Notably, the country's largest insurer and an existing shareholder in the exchange, Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC), is not among the selling shareholders under the proposed share sale structure.

BOB, GIC, NIC. Mauritius-based shareholders among sellers

As per the list of selling shareholders, State Bank of India (SBI) is the largest selling shareholder, offering up to 24.75 million shares. MS Strategic (Mauritius) Limited will divest up to 16 million shares, while Canada Pension Plan Investment Board has offered up to 11.87 million shares in OFS.

Other sellers include Aranda Investments (Mauritius) Pte. Ltd., which has offered to sell up to 11.24 million shares, while Bank of Baroda and Stock Holding Corporation of India Ltd. have offered around 11 million shares each. PSU insurers General Insurance Corporation of India (GIC Re) is selling up to 10.65 million shares and The New India Assurance Company Ltd up to 10.5 million shares. National Insurance Company Ltd. and United India Insurance Company Ltd. are each divesting around 6 million shares.

Before the filing, the IPO committee of the exchange met today to conclude the IPO filing process. NSE's board had cleared the DRHP on Monday.

NSE's board approved the proposed IPO on February 6 after the exchange received a No Objection Certificate (NOC) from SEBI in January 2026, clearing the way for its much-awaited listing. The regulator's clearance was significant as it was delinked from the settlement of some long-pending cases linked largely to alleged regulatory violations around co-location.

Listing was stalled since 2016

The DRHP filing would mark a major milestone for India's largest stock exchange, whose listing plans have remained stalled for nearly a decade owing to regulatory concerns, particularly those arising from the co-location controversy. NSE currently has nearly 1.8 lakh shareholders.

The exchange had first filed draft offer documents in 2016 for an OFS of around Rs 10,000 crore. However, SEBI subsequently advised it to withdraw the proposal amid governance concerns linked to the co-location issue.

Since then NSE has undertaken several governance and compliance reforms and made multiple representations to the regulator seeking approval for its listing. As part of its latest IPO preparations, the exchange appointed 20 merchant bankers along with legal advisers and other intermediaries.

Settlement Application

NSE had filed a settlement application on June 20, 2025, in the co-location case, in which certain brokers were accused of receiving preferential access to the exchange's trading systems. The exchange subsequently offered to pay Rs 1,387.39 crore to settle the matter.

Earlier, Moneycontrol had reported that SEBI's High-Powered Advisory Committee (HPAC) had recommended settlement of the case for around Rs 1,880 crore, including approximately Rs 1,200 crore towards disgorgement, about Rs 380 crore as interest, and the remaining amount towards other settlement charges. The recommendation is understood to be pending consideration by SEBI's panel of Whole-Time Members.

Report by Brajesh Kumar 

Source:MoneyControl, Network18 

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