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IIE DIGITAL DESK : JSW Cement’s much-anticipated initial public offering drew strong investor interest and moved rapidly toward listing after the subscription window closed. The Rs 3,600-crore offer, which carried a price band of Rs 139-147 a share and valued the company at about Rs 20,000 crore at the top end, was subscribed nearly eight times, prompting the company and market intermediaries to finalise the allotment on August 12 ahead of the planned listing on the BSE and NSE on August 14. 

For retail and institutional applicants eager to confirm whether they have been allocated shares, the registrar KFin Technologies publishes allotment status online; investors can check by visiting the registrar’s IPO status page and entering identifying details such as PAN, application number or Demat account number. The Moneycontrol report points users to the direct KFin link (evault.kfintech.com/ipostatus/) and explains that the same information will also be reflected on the IPO pages of the stock exchanges — both the NSE and the BSE — through their IPO application status portals. Following these steps will show whether allotment has been made, or whether an application has been rejected or refunded. 

Market sentiment around the listing has been cautiously positive, with unregulated grey-market indicators suggesting a modest premium. Observers quoted in the coverage put the IPO’s grey market premium (GMP) at roughly Rs 5 a share, signalling an expected listing gain of around 3–3.5 percent, though GMPs are unofficial and can change quickly as demand and market conditions evolve. Investors should treat GMPs only as short-term sentiment gauges and rely on exchange data for formal price information. 

JSW Cement had also raised Rs 1,080 crore through anchor allocations prior to the public issue, and the company has disclosed how it plans to deploy the IPO proceeds. A significant portion, about Rs 800 crore, is earmarked to part-finance a new integrated cement unit at Nagaur in Rajasthan, while roughly Rs 520 crore will go toward reducing debt, with the remainder to be used for general corporate purposes. That mix of growth capex and deleveraging underpins the company’s stated aim to expand capacity while strengthening its balance sheet ahead of a public listing. 

As allotment results are processed and refunds issued for unsuccessful applications, investors expecting a credit of shares or refund credits should monitor their bank and Demat statements and the exchanges’ refund schedules. Given the speed at which listings and secondary market trading can move, allotment confirmation via the registrar or exchange portal is the definitive source before planning any post-listing action. Moneycontrol also reminds readers that expert advice is advisable for investment decisions and that commentary and tips from market analysts reflect personal views, not editorial endorsement.