NEW DELHI — Hindustan Coca-Cola Holdings Ltd (HCCH), the parent company of Coca-Cola's Indian bottling business, has filed draft papers with the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) for an initial public offering, The Hindu BusinessLine reported on Saturday, November 7. The draft red herring prospectus (DRHP) is dated November 6.

Source: The Hindu BusinessLine

99.75 croreShares offered, all through OFS
60% to about 45%Promoter stake after the sale
40%Jubilant Beverages stake — not selling
41Beverages in the portfolio (June 30, 2026)

The proposed IPO will be entirely an offer for sale (OFS) of up to 99,74,61,456 equity shares of face value Rs 10 each by promoter Hindustan Coca-Cola Overseas Holdings Pte Ltd. Since the issue is entirely an OFS, HCCH will not receive any proceeds — the entire amount will go to the selling shareholder. The shares are proposed to be listed on BSE and NSE. Jubilant Beverages, which holds the remaining 40% and became a promoter in July 2025, will not participate in the sale.

India's largest drinks bottler

HCCH operates through its material subsidiary Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages (HCCB), the largest bottler within the Coca-Cola system in India by units of concentrate sold. According to the TKC Report cited in the DRHP, HCCH was the largest non-alcoholic ready-to-drink beverage company operating exclusively in India by revenue in FY26. Its portfolio of 41 beverages includes Coca-Cola, Thums Up, Sprite and Maaza, sold across sparkling, hydration and stills categories.

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Bankers, and what happens next

The issue will be managed by Kotak Mahindra Capital Company, Citigroup Global Markets India, JP Morgan India, Morgan Stanley India Company, Axis Capital, Goldman Sachs (India) Securities and IIFL Capital Services, with KFin Technologies as registrar. The filing follows Coca-Cola's statement in June that it was exploring a potential listing of HCCH in 2027. No price band, issue opening date or listing date has been disclosed in the draft papers — SEBI's review of the DRHP is the next step.

OFS means no new money for the company

In an offer for sale, existing shareholders sell their own shares to the public. Unlike a fresh issue, an OFS raises no new capital for the company itself — here, every rupee of the proceeds goes to the selling promoter.