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Shares of leading mobility solutions app, PickMe owner Digital Mobility Solutions Lanka Ltd., will debut today for trading at the Colombo Stock Exchange following its highly successful Initial Public Offering (IPO).
The shares of the Company amounting to 333, 323, 673 would be listed on the Main Board of the CSE with Security Code PKME-N-0000 and will be classified under “20304040 – Passenger Ground Transportation.” sector.
The IPO involved issuance of shares worth Rs. 1.56 billion (43,474,179 existing ordinary voting shares at Rs. 36 each), and when it closed on the opening day itself on 13 September, the demand had been for shares worth Rs. 4.2 billion. The shareholding percentage on offer is 13.04%. There had been 866 applications requesting for 116.646 million shares worth Rs. 4.199 billion.
Ahead of today’s debut, Digital Mobility Solutions Chairman Ajit Gunewardene said: “We are thrilled to mark this pivotal moment as our company goes public, as we bring our vision of technology enabled, accessible, reliable mobility to even more communities. This listing represents not only a milestone for us, but a commitment to pioneering digital inclusion using advanced technology across Sri Lanka.”
CEO Jiffry Zulfer said: “PickMe will offer investors a new dimension, exposure into the digital economy. We will be the first and at this point in time the only technology company of scale to be listed on the CSE. It has been an exciting journey so far and having reached an inflection point, we are confident that we can continue to generate strong profitable growth. Our long term goal is for our app to become ubiquitous in everyday life. We have the team and the skills to execute this.”
