穆克什·安巴尼正寻求调动信实工业有限公司庞大的员工队伍，为其帝国旗下电信和数字服务子公司Jio平台有限公司备受瞩目的首次公开募股（IPO）造势，甚至提前发放了部分工资，以便员工拥有可用于投资的现金。
Mukesh Ambani is looking to activate the vast workforce of Reliance Industries Ltd. to drum up interest in the blockbuster initial public offering of his empire’s telecom and digital services arm Jio Platforms Ltd., even bringing forward some salaries to give employees access to investable cash.
知情人士透露，该综合企业已联系了旗下各公司近42万名员工中的大多数，鼓励他们考虑投资这笔32亿美元的IPO。知情人士称，信实工业比平时提前了大约15天发放10月份工资，从而让员工能够使用资金。由于信息属于私密信息，知情人士要求匿名。员工并未被告知提前发薪的原因。
The conglomerate has reached out to most of its nearly 420,000 employees across all group companies, encouraging them to consider investing in the $3.2 billion IPO, according to people familiar with the matter. Reliance released October salaries about 15 days earlier than usual, which gives workers access to funds, the people said, asking not to be identified because the information is private. Staff were not told a reason for the early salary release.
此举表明安巴尼正全力以赴，以确保这场有望成为印度历史上最大规模的上市取得成功。对于一家耗费多年将Jio打造成印度最大数字业务之一的集团来说，此次IPO也是一个将数十万员工（以及潜在的其家属）转变为股东的机会。
The effort shows Ambani pulling out all the stops to make sure the listing, which is on track to become the biggest ever in India, is a success. For a group that has spent years turning Jio into one of India’s largest digital businesses, the IPO is also an opportunity to turn hundreds of thousands of employees — and potentially their families — into shareholders.
知情人士称，信实的动员工作不仅仅是简单地通知员工有关发售的信息。相关团队询问了员工或其家属是否拥有电子股票交易所必需的账户。他们补充说，没有账户的人被鼓励去开设账户。信实工业的一位代表没有立即发表评论。
Reliance’s outreach has gone beyond simply informing staff about the offering. Teams have asked employees whether they or members of their families have the accounts required for electronic share trading, the people said. Those who don’t have been encouraged to open them, they added. A representative for Reliance Industries didn’t immediately offer any comment.
根据彭博社汇编的数据，信实工业拥有419,911名员工，是印度上市公司中员工人数第二多的企业，仅次于塔塔咨询服务有限公司。
Reliance Industries has 419,911 employees, the second-biggest workforce among India’s listed companies, behind Tata Consultancy Services Ltd., according to data compiled by Bloomberg.
其网站显示，其中包括Jio的74,822名员工。知情人士称，他们可以通过员工配额申请，而其他信实员工则可以在散户类别中进行竞价。身为母公司股东的员工也可以通过为这类投资者预留的部分进行竞价。
That includes 74,822 at Jio, according to its website. They can apply through the employee quota, while other Reliance workers can bid in the retail category. Employees who are also the parent company’s shareholders can bid through a portion reserved for such investors, the people said.
Jio正寻求高达10.3万亿卢比（折合1080亿美元）的估值，计划在此次IPO中筹集最多302亿卢比资金，以每股1,065卢比至1,119卢比的价格发售多达2.7亿股股票。公司提交的文件显示，该公司已预留最多50亿卢比的股票给符合条件的员工，并向他们提供5%的折扣。文件显示，此次IPO还包括为符合条件的信实工业股东预留最多价值25亿卢比的股票。
Jio is aiming for a valuation of up to 10.3 trillion rupees ($108 billion) as it’s looking to raise as much as 302 billion rupees in the IPO, offering as many as 270 million shares at 1,065 rupees to 1,119 rupees each. It has set aside as much as 5 billion rupees of shares for eligible employees, who are being offered a discount of 5%, company filings show. The IPO also includes a reservation of as much as 25 billion rupees worth of shares for eligible Reliance Industries shareholders, according to the documents.
此次IPO计划于10月21日开始接受认购，10月23日截止，基石投资者账簿将于10月19日开启。知情人士表示，Jio已吸引了超过200亿美元的竞标，包括富达管理研究公司、安联集团和资本集团在内的全球投资者已表达了兴趣。
The IPO is scheduled to open for subscription on Oct. 21 and close Oct. 23, with the anchor book opening Oct. 19. Jio has drawn more than $20 billion in bids and global investors including Fidelity Management & Research, Allianz SE and Capital Group have indicated interest, people familiar with the matter have said.