Aptech, which have delivered multibagger returns to investors in the last one-year period, will trade ex-bonus on Friday. The company had earlier announced a bonus issue of equity shares in the proportion of 2:5. For every five equity shares investors hold, they will get additional two bonus shares as proposed by the company.
The record date for the same has been fixed as July 14. A company issues bonus shares for their shareholders in order to increase the liquidity of the stock as well as with the aim to decrease its stock price to make it affordable for investors. Bonus shares are fully paid additional shares issued by a company to its existing shareholders.
When a firm issues bonus shares, its shareholders do not have to incur any extra costs to get them. The number of bonus shares you receive depends on the number of shares of the firm you already hold. All shareholders who own shares of the firm before the record date, which is determined by the firm, are eligible for additional shares.
Aptech provides computer training and multimedia services. The company owns as well as franchises IT training centers in India and abroad. The shares of the company have delivered multibagger returns to investors in the last one-year period, rising 109%.
On July 12, last year, the stock traded at around Rs 218 levels. On Wednesday, the shares were nearly 3.09% lower at Rs 478.90 on NSE. So far this year, they have jumped 40%.
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