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August 30, 2000
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 Company  Hughes Tele.com (India)
 Market Price  Not listed
 Lead manager  Kotak Mahindra Capital Company, ICICI Securities and Finance Company
 Listing At  Bombay, NSE
 Opening/Closing  Book bldg - August 29/September 5. Fixed Price - September 20/September 25
 Promoters  Hughes Electronics Corporation USA, ALLTEL Corporation USA, Ispat Group
 Associate Co.  None
 Managing Director  Prakash Bajpai
 Post-issue Stake  52%
 Issue  
 Size  Rs 7.49 billion (Rs 6.74 billion book bldg + Rs 0.75 billion fixed price)
 Price  Rs 10, Floor price Rs 12
 On Application  Minimum bid - 1100 shares
 On Allotment  —
 Objective  Expansion of company's exisiting wireless and wireline telecommunications infrastructure.
 Business  
 Product  Basic telephony services in Maharashtra
 Location  Bombay, Maharashtra
 Project cost  Rs 34.85 billion
 Funded by  Equity, debt
 Kensource projections  (2001)
 Sales  Rs 1.86 billion
 Profit  Loss of Rs 2.21 billion
 Earnings per share  —
 Forward P/E  —
 Return on equity  —
 Comment Profit expected after 2004, why buy at a premium now? Unless, of course, you are a long-term investor.
 Rating *  D

* A=Subscribe & Hold; B = Subscribe & Watch C=Subscribe & Sell; D = Avoid

By Kensource Information Services Pvt Ltd.

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