Century Business Media IPO Subscription Status Day 1: Issue Subscribed 1.15 Times

Authored By HDFC SKY | Published at: Sep 11, 2026 07:32 PM IST

Century Business Media IPO opened for subscription on September 11, 2026, and was subscribed 1.15 times on Day 1, with QIB demand at 3.51 times and NII subscription at 0.41 times.

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Mumbai, September 11: Century Business Media IPO opened for subscription on September 11, 2026. The issue is entirely a fresh issue of 23.12 lakh shares, aggregating to ₹17.11 crore. The price band has been fixed at ₹70 to ₹74 per share.

The IPO will remain open until September 16, 2026. On the first day of bidding, the issue was subscribed 1.15 times as of 5:09:03 PM on September 11, according to the subscription data shown in the source.

Century Business Media IPO Day 1 Subscription Status

Century Business Media IPO received bids for 15,40,800 shares against 13,? Wait, based on the displayed data, the public issue had 13,? shares excluding the market maker portion.

Category	Subscription
QIB (Ex Anchor)	3.51x
NII	0.41x
Retail / Individual Investors	0.12x
Total	1.15x

Category-wise Century Business Media IPO Subscription Status

Category	Shares Offered	Shares Bid For	Subscription
QIB (Ex Anchor)	4,38,400	15,40,800	3.51x
NII	3,31,200	1,34,400	0.41x
Individual Investors	7,71,200	89,600	0.12x
Total	15,40,800	17,64,800	1.15x

The subscription figures are based on the upper end of the IPO price band. The market maker portion is excluded from the public subscription calculation.

Century Business Media Day-Wise Subscription Summary

Date	QIB (Ex Anchor)	NII	NII (>₹10L)	NII (<₹10L)	Individual Investors	Total
September 11 (Day 1)	3.51x	0.41x	0.59x	0.04x	0.12x	1.15x

The first-day data shows stronger demand from qualified institutional buyers, while the NII and individual investor portions remained below full subscription.

Century Business Media IPO Timeline

IPO Milestone	Date
Issue Open Date	September 11 2026
Issue Close Date	September 16 2026
Basis of Allotment Date	September 17 2026
Initiation of Refunds	September 18 2026
Credit of Shares	September 18 2026
Listing Date	September 21 2026

Brief Overview Of The IPO

Century Business Media IPO is a book-built issue of ₹17.11 crore and comprises an entirely fresh issue of 23.12 lakh shares. The price band is ₹70 to ₹74 per share.

The IPO has a lot size of 1,600 shares. Based on the upper price of ₹74, the minimum application for individual investors is 3,200 shares, requiring ₹2,36,800. The minimum HNI application is three lots, or 4,800 shares, amounting to ₹3,55,200.

The issue is scheduled to close on September 16, 2026, with the basis of allotment expected on September 17. The shares are proposed to list on the BSE SME platform on September 21, 2026.

Source:

https://www.bseindia.com/markets/publicIssues/DisplayIPO?id=4812&type=IPO&idtype=1&status=L&IPONo=7961&startdt=11%2F09%2F2026

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