Transformers and Rectifiers (India) (TRIL) has rallied 12% to Rs 114 after the company announced a maiden bonus issue plan to other than promoters to meet a minimum public shareholding requirement.
“The board of directors of the company is schedule to meet on May 03, 2013, to consider issue of bonus shares to public shareholders, with promoters/promoter group shareholders forgoing their bonus entitlement, to comply with minimum public shareholding requirement as per clause 40A of the listing agreement,” TRIL said in a BSE filing.
As per the norms stipulated by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi), privately promoted companies are expected to have public shareholding at 25% by June 2013. Currently, the promoters hold 76.82% stake in TRIL.
Meanwhile, the company has reported over two-fold jump in net profit at Rs 3.79 crore for the quarter ended March 2013 on back of robust net sales. The company’s total operational income grew 71% to Rs 244 crore on year-on-year basis.
The stock opened at Rs 102 and touched high of Rs 116 on NSE. A combined 425,557 shares have changed hands on the counter till early noon deals on NSE and BSE.