Cube Highways Trust raises ₹1,687.5 crore from anchor investors ahead of InvIT IPO

The InvIT, which owns 27 operational road assets across India, is making the transition from a privately listed to a publicly listed trust.

Cube Highways Trust on Tuesday collected Rs 1,687.5 crore from anchor investors ahead of its Rs 5,000-crore Infrastructure Investment Trust (InvIT) public issue, which is scheduled to open for subscription on July 22.

The trust allotted 11.10 crore units to 59 funds at Rs 152 per unit, according to a circular on BSE.

Prazim Trading and Investment Co Pvt Ltd, an entity associated with Premji Invest, emerged as the largest anchor investor with an allocation worth Rs 300 crore.

Other prominent investors in the anchor book included ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Company, SBI Life Insurance Company, HDFC Mutual Fund, SBI Mutual Fund, Nippon India Mutual Fund, and Tata Mutual Fund.

Overall, 12 mutual funds, through 26 schemes, participated in the anchor book.

Public issue opens on July 22

The trust has fixed a price band at Rs 151-152 per unit for its public issue, which will close on July 24.

The issue is a 100 per cent book-built Offer for Sale (OFS) of units aggregating Rs 5,000 crore by existing unitholders as the trust transitions from a privately listed InvIT to a publicly listed InvIT.

Ahead of the issue, the trust secured Rs 1,250 crore from strategic investors through unit subscription agreements executed on July 13. The strategic investor portion is included in the overall issue size.

Under the agreements, strategic investors will subscribe to 8.22 crore units at the allocation price of Rs 152 per unit, aggregating Rs 1,250 crore, subject to the terms of the offer.

Prazim Trading and Investment Company committed Rs 950 crore by subscribing to 6.25 crore units. HDFC Life Insurance Company and HDFC Pension Fund Management will invest Rs 100 crore each, while Axis Max Life Insurance Ltd and WhiteOak Capital REIT & InvIT Alternatives Fund I have committed Rs 50 crore each.

The minimum bid is 95 units and thereafter in multiples of 95 units.

Of the net issue, 75 per cent has been reserved for qualified institutional buyers (QIBs), while the remaining 25 per cent has been earmarked for non-institutional investors (NIIs). The strategic investor portion of Rs 1,250 crore is outside the net offer.

Portfolio spans 27 operational road assets

Cube Highways Trust, a Sebi-registered InvIT, owns a portfolio of 27 operational road assets spanning 8,754 lane kilometres across 12 states and one Union Territory as of March 31, 2026. The portfolio has an average residual concession life of 18 years.

The units are proposed to be listed on the BSE and NSE. The basis of allotment is expected to be finalised on or about July 29, while refunds and credit of units to successful applicants’ demat accounts are likely on July 30. The units are expected to debut on the exchanges on or about August 3.

Kotak Mahindra Capital Company, HDFC Bank, HSBC Securities and Capital Markets (India) Pvt Ltd and JM Financial are the book-running lead managers to the issue, while KFin Technologies is the registrar.

Published on July 21, 2026