Tenneco Clean Air India IPO: A Strategic Offer for Sale

Tenneco Clean Air India Ltd, a subsidiary of the Tenneco Group, filed initial documents with the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) for a Rs 3,000-crore Initial Public Offering (IPO) entirely composed of an Offer for Sale (OFS) by its promoter, Tenneco Mauritius Holdings Ltd. The draft red herring prospectus disclosed the absence of any fresh equity issuance in this offer.

The company made it clear that, given the structure of the IPO as a full OFS, Tenneco Clean Air India will not retain any proceeds from this capital market venture. All funds raised are set to be redirected to the selling stakeholder, Tenneco Mauritius Holdings Ltd.

The overarching aim of this IPO is to leverage the strategic advantages that come with listing. Other promoters include Tenneco LLC and Federal-Mogul Investments B.V. This strategic financial move is managed by JM Financial, Citigroup Global Markets India, Axis Capital, and HSBC Securities and Capital Markets (India) Private Limited.

(With inputs from agencies.)