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Floor price: Rs 77.81 per warrant. This comprises the Rs 2 face value plus a Rs 75.81 premium, for an aggregate issue size of Rs 25,00,00,028.55. The filing states that the issue is under Regulation 164 of the SEBI ICDR Regulations. ^[1]

Post-conversion dilution: The warrants convert into 3,212,955 equity shares, as each warrant carries the right to subscribe to one share. ^[2] A numeric dilution percentage for existing public shareholders cannot be calculated from the filing because the pre-issue total equity shares and public-shareholding share count are not stated.

The applicable calculation is:

• New shares on conversion: 3,212,955
• Post-conversion equity shares: existing equity shares + 3,212,955
• Dilution attributable to the warrant issue:

`3,212,955 / (existing equity shares + 3,212,955) × 100`

The promoter’s conversion could occur in one or more tranches within 18 months of allotment; 25% is payable on warrant allotment and the balance 75% on conversion. ^{[2] [2]}

The board resolution does not provide a rupee-wise allocation of the approximately Rs 25.00 Crores proceeds.

• Debt reduction: No allocation is specified; debt repayment is not listed as an end-use.
• Capacity expansion: No separate allocation is specified.
• Working capital: Listed as a primary use, but no amount is earmarked.
• General corporate purposes: Also listed as a permitted use, without a quantified split.

Accordingly, the resolution authorizes the proceeds broadly for working capital and general corporate purposes, rather than specifying how much will go toward debt reduction, capacity expansion, or working capital. ^[1]

The direction of change depends on who converts the warrants. If the warrants are held by the promoter group and are converted into equity shares that they retain, the promoter percentage generally increases. If the warrants are held or converted by non-promoters, the promoter percentage falls because the denominator expands without a corresponding increase in promoter shares.

Let:

• `P` = existing promoter-group shares
• `N` = existing total shares
• `Wp` = promoter-group warrants converted
• `Wn` = non-promoter warrants converted

Post-conversion promoter holding:

`(P + Wp) / (N + Wp + Wn) × 100`

The percentage will:

• Rise if promoter warrants are the only warrants converted.
• Fall if only non-promoter warrants are converted.
• Rise or fall if both convert, depending on the proportion of total warrants converted by promoters relative to their existing ownership percentage.
• Be unchanged only in the special case where the converted warrants are allocated in exactly the same proportion as the existing promoter/non-promoter ownership split.

Current SDBL stake versus peers

A numerical answer is not supportable because the warrant quantity, pre-conversion share capital, promoter-group share count, and latest promoter percentages are not available on a common reporting date. Accordingly, it is not possible to establish whether SDBL’s current promoter stake is above or below the average of the named peers.

The appropriate benchmark would be the simple arithmetic average of the latest promoter-group percentages for the selected peers, using the same quarter-end date and the same definition of “promoter group.” The comparison also needs a confirmed peer set, since the named companies may not have identical alcoholic-beverage exposure or business mix.