Idea Cellular Ltd has announced that the ESOS Compensation Committee has at its meeting held on January 24, 2011 allotted 6,59,126 Equity Shares of Rs.10/- each to the Option Grantees, pursuant to the exercise of Stock Options granted under the Company's Employee Stock Option Scheme, 2006 (ESOS-2006).
Further, the Company has note that post the said allotment, the Equity Share Capital of the Company stands increased to 330,22,19,567 equity shares of Rs.10/- each aggregating to Rs. 3302,21,95,670/-.
The stock closed the day at Rs.71.55, up by Rs.2.25 or 3.25%. The stock hit an intraday high of Rs.73.10 and low of Rs.70.60.
The total traded quantity was 14.09 lakhs compared to 2 week average of 2.72 lakhs.