Tata Investment Shares Extend Rally, Rises Over 4% Ahead Of Stock Split

Tata Investment Corporation Ltd.'s share price rose as much as 5.33% during trade so far to Rs 9,128. The scrip on Sept. 23 had risen to 13.31%, to its 18-month high. The company had announced the record date of stock split earlier last week, fixing it as Oct. 14.

On Aug. 4, the company had announced that it has approved the plan to split its stock in the ratio of 1:10. Accordingly, the stocks of Rs 10 per share face value will be reduced to Rs 1 per share face value.

"Existing 1 (one) Equity Share of face value Rs 10 (Rupees Ten only) each, be sub-divided into 10 (ten) Equity Shares having face value of Rs 1 (Rupee One only) each, fully paid-up," the filing stated.

The rationale behind the stock split is to enhance the liquidity of company's equity shares and to encourage participation of retail investors by making equity shares more affordable, it further said.

The record date determines shareholder eligibility to qualify for the corporate action. Under India's T+1 settlement cycle, shares purchased on the record date itself will not qualify for the stock split. Hence, if the record date is Sept. 22, then shares must be purchased by Sept. 19.

The ex-date, which typically coincides with the record date, marks when the share price adjusts to reflect the share subdivision.

Tata Investment Corp stock rose as much as 5.33% during trade so far to Rs 9,128 apiece on the NSE. It was trading 4.22% higher at Rs 9,032 apiece, compared to an 0.03% decline in the benchmark Nifty 50 as of 11:48 a.m.

It has risen 31.65% in the last 12 months and 31.45% on a year-to-date basis. The total traded volume so far in the day stood at 5.7 times its 30-day average. The relative strength index was at 59.03. There are no Bloomberg analysts who track this counter, as per Bloomberg data.