Bonus Share: BSE announced bonus shares, know full details including record date

BSE Limited informed on Sunday, March 30 that the company's board has approved the issuance of 2:1 bonus shares. The company said that two free shares will be given for every one share held by the shareholders till the record date. This is the second time since listing in 2017 that BSE has considered issuing bonus shares. Earlier, Asia's oldest stock exchange had issued two bonus shares to shareholders for every one share held by them in 2022.

The company has said that the record date for the bonus issue has not been fixed yet. Only investors holding BSE shares before the ex-date will be eligible to receive bonus shares. Only those investors will be eligible for bonus shares who will buy shares before the ex-date. If an investor buys shares on or after the ex-date, he will not be eligible to get bonus shares. Share performance BSE's share closed at Rs 5,438.00 with a gain of 16.09 percent on Friday. The stock has seen a growth of 100.67 percent in the last one year. 

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