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German Green Steel & Power IPO

German Green Steel & Power IPO is a mainboard IPO raising ₹304 Cr at ₹132 – ₹139 a share. It listed on 5 Oct 2026 at ₹142, +2.2% against its issue price of ₹139, and trades at ₹99 today (−29.0% since issue). It was subscribed 29× in total.

₹139
Issue price
₹99
Price now
−29.0%
Since issue price
5 Oct 2026
Listed on
29×Subscribed (final) · all exchanges

29.0 times more demand than shares on offer

populated partly populated we hold nothing here — the tab says why

What the prospectus says could go wrong

Read from the 601-page prospectus. Indian prospectuses list hundreds of risk factors, most of them generic boilerplate. These are the 12 specific to this company; 78 generic ones were skipped. Every one is quoted verbatim with its page, so you can check it against the document.

Severeregulatorypage 67

Income-tax search and seizure at premises Jan 2023

The income tax department conducted search and seizure operations (basis warrants issued) from January 17, 2023, to January 19, 2023, respectively, at the premises of our Registered Office (erstwhile address), Promoters, certain members of our Promoter Group, our Group Companies, certain officials of our Company and our Manufacturing Facilities
Severelitigationpage 56

SLP before SC challenges acquisition of core plant

Prudent Arc Limited ("Petitioner") has filed a Special Leave Petition ("SLP") before the Hon'ble Supreme Court of India... challenging the discretion exercised by the Recovery Officer in confirming the auction sale of movable and immovable asset being land and building (factory premises), along with plant and machineries lying at Kanaiyebe, Near Asian Motors Co., Bhuj Bachau Road, Taluka Bhuj, Kutch- 370140 ("Property") in favour of our Company
Severeoperationalpage 43

Three workplace fatalities at manufacturing facilities

in Fiscal 2023 there had been an instance where due to fall from height, there was a demise of one person...in Fiscal 2024 there had been an instance where due to crane accident, there was a demise of one person...in Fiscal 2026, there was another demise due to fall from a height at the Viramgam facility
Severeoperationalpage 46

Critical IP: 'German TMT' brand only licensed (not owned)

The trademark 'German TMT' is not registered in our name. Our Company has entered into a Royalty Agreement with Haq Steels Private Limited ('Licensor') for use of the said trademark. The Licensor has granted a non-exclusive license to our Company to utilise the trademark
Severefinancialpage 38

Income-tax contingent liability quadrupled to ₹11,265.20 lakhs

(iii) In respect of matters related to Income tax 11,265.20 2,719.58 -
Severeconcentrationpage 28

Top 10 customers = 50.62% of revenue; largest 10.67%

We derive a majority portion (50.62% in Fiscal 2026) of our revenue from operations from our top 10 customers, with our single largest customer contributing to 10.67% of our revenue from operations in Fiscal 2026.
Severeconcentrationpage 36

~98% of sales from Gujarat (regional concentration)

Over 97.74%, 99.77% and 98.59% of our sales in the Fiscal 2026, Fiscal 2025 and Fiscal 2024 respectively, are made to customers located in Gujarat.
Highfinancialpage 36

₹34,413.35 lakhs secured borrowings on plant/assets

we had aggregate outstanding borrowings (including current maturities of long term borrowings) of ₹34,413.35 lakhs ... our secured borrowings are secured, inter alia, through a charge by way of hypothecation on our entire current assets, and, in case of our term loans, on fixed assets that includes land and buildings on which our manufacturing facilities are located
Highmarketpage 35

Gujarat steel overcapacity + cheaper Chinese imports

Gujarat has emerged as a significant hub for steel production in India, with 68 new steel units established over the past five years ... the influx of cheaper imported steel, particularly from China, has further exacerbated the situation
Highoperationalpage 57

~22% raw materials imported; FX risk on USD/EUR

a majority of the scrap we require are imported directly from multiple vendors in United Arab Emirates, Singapore, United Kingdom, United States, Canada, Bahrain, Panama, South Africa... These raw material imports are settled in U.S. Dollars and Euros
Highoperationalpage 35

₹22,633.05 lakhs capex from IPO yet to be ordered

We intend to utilise the Net Proceeds for funding our capital expenditure requirements which aggregates to ₹22,633.05 lakhs and we are yet to place orders for certain of our capital expenditure requirements.
Highconcentrationpage 30

8 of top 10 customers are non-exclusive dealers

For the Fiscal 2026, eight (8) of our top 10 customers are our dealers or distributors. ... Further, we do not have exclusive arrangements with our distributors or dealers, which allows them to engage with our competitors.

Extracted from the issuer’s own prospectus and ranked by how specific and material each risk is to this company. Severity is our assessment of the disclosure, not a prediction — and nothing here is a recommendation to apply to this issue.

What’s in court

The issuer’s own summary of outstanding legal proceedings — SEBI requires this table in every prospectus. Counts and amounts are as disclosed; the disclosed aggregate at stake is ₹153 Cr.

AgainstCriminalTaxOther materialAmount at stake
The company0263₹107 Cr
Subsidiaries021₹13 Cr
Promoters0160₹32 Cr
Directors000—
Group companies0—0—
case₹100 Crpage 487

Direct tax proceedings against the Company: 6 cases aggregating ₹10,024.96 lakhs (largest tax exposure across all Relevant Parties)

case₹1.5 Crpage 484

Pashchim Gujarat Vij Co Ltd v. Company (High Court of Gujarat): petition challenging quashing of ₹149.83 lakhs bill for unauthorised use of electricity under Section 126, Electricity Act, 2003

case₹0.5 Crpage 484

H&K Rolling Mill Engineers Pvt Ltd v. Company: cease-and-desist notice dated May 21, 2025 alleging TMX/Thermex trademark infringement; ₹50 lakhs demanded; subsequently resolved via Thermex License & Trademark Agreement dated November 26, 2025

case₹0.5 Crpage 485

H&K Rolling Mill Engineers Pvt Ltd v. German TMT Pvt Ltd (Material Subsidiary): cease-and-desist notices dated October 28, 2021 and May 19, 2025 re TMX/Thermex trademarks and corporate name 'GERMAN TMX'; ₹50 lakhs demanded; name changed to German TMT

casepage 485

Prudent Arc Ltd v. Company (Special Leave Petition before Supreme Court): challenges Bombay HC order upholding auction sale of factory premises at Bhuj-Kutch in favour of the Company

All amounts originally stated in ₹ lakhs; converted to ₹ crore (1 crore = 100 lakhs). Tax-bucket amounts aggregate direct and indirect tax proceedings disclosed in the consolidated table at [p487]; total_amount_cr is sum of all tax buckets. 'Other' counts include material civil/notice matters explicitly disclosed (Pashchim Gujarat Vij petition, Prudent Arc SLP, and H&K trademark matters); no criminal, regulatory/statutory-authority, or SEBI disciplinary proceedings reported against any Relevant Party. Materiality threshold adopted by Board on September 13, 2026: ₹302.50 lakhs (lowest of the three metrics computed at [p483]). Group Companies tax exposure not separately disclosed in the table.. Outstanding means unresolved — a listed case is an exposure, not a verdict.

Source documents

What the issuer and the exchanges published. Everything else on this tab is read out of these.