MUMBAI, 15 September 2026 — Century Business Media Limited has a ₹70–₹74 price band for its SME initial public offering, according to the official exchange issue calendar checked at 15 September 2026, 17:30 IST. The exchange calendar showed the issue open, with bidding scheduled through 16 September 2026.
Century Business Media IPO at a glance
| Issue status | Live on the exchange calendar at the check time |
|---|---|
| Platform | BSE SME — SME |
| Bid dates | 11 September 2026 to 16 September 2026 |
| Price band | ₹70–₹74 per equity share |
| Face value | ₹10 per equity share |
| Bid lot | 1,600 shares |
| Minimum application | 3,200 shares; ₹236,800 at the top of the price band |
| Issue size | Up to 2,316,000 shares, aggregating up to about ₹17.14 crore at the top of the band |
| Issue structure | Fresh issue |
| Lead manager | Hem Securities Limited |
| Registrar | KFin Technologies Limited |
Important: Dates, category allocations and post-close milestones can change through exchange notices or prospectus updates. Application amounts above are arithmetic illustrations using the stated minimum quantity and upper price; they are not a recommendation to bid.
Issue structure and investor context
The offer document describes an SME fresh issue. Readers should use the final RHP, rather than an earlier draft prospectus, for definitive allocation and use-of-proceeds terms. This is an SME-platform offer. SME securities can have larger application sizes, lower secondary-market liquidity and different trading-lot rules than mainboard shares.
A price band is an offer term, not an independent valuation or a forecast of the listing price. Investors should compare the offer valuation, use of proceeds, financial statements, related-party disclosures, litigation, customer concentration, working-capital needs and peer assumptions in the red herring prospectus.
What investors should verify
- Read the current red herring prospectus and any addendum on the exchange website.
- Confirm the live bid window, lot rules and UPI or ASBA cut-off with the broker or bank before applying.
- Use only an exchange, SEBI-registered intermediary or the named registrar for application and allotment checks.
- Do not treat an unofficial grey-market premium, social-media claim or subscription headline as a guaranteed listing outcome.
Source and methodology
CapKet reconciled the official exchange public-issue calendar and available offer-document fields, then wrote this report independently. The article does not reproduce exchange editorial text and does not use company promotional claims as analysis. The status is a timestamped observation; later allotment and listing reports will be separate articles so this record is not overwritten.
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