Bajaj Finance Bonus Issue Record Date on June 16: What It Means for Shareholders?

On June 6, 2025, Bajaj Finance Limited announced the record date as June 16, 2025, for a 4:1 bonus issue. In addition, June 16 will also act as the record date for the stock split.

Bajaj Finance Corporate Action

Along with the release of Q4FY25 results, Bajaj Finance declared corporate actions such as dividend, stock split and bonus issue.

Bajaj Finance said in an exchange filing, “This is with reference to our letter dated 29 April 2025, wherein, we had informed about the recommendation of the Board of Directors on the following, subject to the approval of the shareholders. Issue of bonus equity shares in the ratio of 4:1, i.e., 4 (Four) bonus equity shares of face value Re. 1 (Rupee One) each for every 1 (one) equity share of face value Re. 1 (Rupee One) each fully paid up.

Pursuant to Regulation 42 of the SEBI Listing Regulations, 2015, we wish to inform you that the Company has fixed Monday, 16 June 2025, as the 'Record Date' for the purpose of determining the members, eligible for the sub-division of existing equity shares and issue of bonus equity shares of the Company.

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Bajaj Finance Operational Highlights

As of March 31, 2025, the company's Assets Under Management (AUM) had increased by 26%, reaching ₹416,661 crore compared to ₹330,615 crore a year earlier. The expansion was partly driven by new lines of business, which contributed 3% to the overall AUM growth. During the fourth quarter of FY25 alone, AUM rose by ₹18,618 crore. In the same period, the company recorded a 36% year-on-year increase in new loans booked, reaching 10.70 million in Q4 FY25 compared to 7.87 million in Q4 FY24.

Throughout the fourth quarter, the company onboarded 4.70 million new customers. Over the entire fiscal year FY25, a total of 18.18 million customers were added to the customer base. As of March 31, 2025, the total customer franchise stood at 101.82 million, with the cross-sell franchise comprising 64.45 million customers.

The company's physical footprint continued to grow, with the addition of 4 new locations and 7,500 distribution points in Q4. This brought the total geographic presence to 4,263 locations and over 232,000 active distribution points by the end of March 2025. Additionally, the company expanded its specialised lending presence by establishing 137 standalone Gold Loan branches and 30 standalone Microfinance (MFI) branches during the quarter. As a result, the total number of Gold Loan branches rose to 964, while MFI branches reached 333.

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