News & Updates

ICICI Bank has allotted 736,701 equity shares of face value of Rs.2 each on 29 October 2025 under the ICICI Bank Employees Stock Option Scheme 2000.

Metro Brands allotted 15,697 shares under its ESOP on October 13, 2025.

CarTrade allotted an additional 65,750 equity shares under its existing ESOP programmes (50,500 shares under ESOP 2015 and 15,250 shares under ESOP 2021).With the allotment, the company’s paid-up equity share capital increased modestly (from around ₹47.30 crore to approximately ₹47.36 crore). The filings note that the allotment is “not material in nature” to the company.

BlackBuck has allotted 1,91,833 equity shares under its employee stock-option plan (ESOP)—around 1.41 lakh shares from its ESOP 2016 scheme and 77,822 shares from ESOP 2019. These shares, with a face value of ₹1 each, are fully paid-up and increase the company’s paid-up equity capital marginally from ₹17.72 crore to ₹17.74 crore.Based on the closing price, the allotment is valued at nearly ₹8 crore.

HDFC Bank allotted 33,50,606 shares to employees on September 30, 2025 under its ESOP scheme.

On September 30, 2025, CG Power allotted 23,000 shares under its ESOP plan.

GR Infraprojects’ remuneration committee approved allotment of 20,222 shares under its ESOP on September 1, 2025.

Ideaforge allotted 4,669 shares under its ESOP scheme on October 10, 2025.

PB Fintech (parent of Policybazaar) allotted 2,072,911 shares under its ESOP on October 16, 2025.

Axis Bank allotted 188,287 shares under its ESOP on October 29, 2025, increasing its paid-up capital accordingly.

The Company’s board approved issuing 37,421 shares to employees under its ESOP scheme on September 16, 2025.

PhonePe has launched an Employee Stock-Option Plan (ESOP) buyback worth around ₹700-800 crore, covering at least 1,000 employees (potentially more). The move comes as the company gears up for its initial public offering (IPO), where it plans to raise about $1.2-1.5 billion and is eyeing a listing in early 2026 at a valuation of roughly $7-8 billion.