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Affle 3i Limited handed out 44,250 equity shares on January 12, 2026, through its employee stock option program. The shares went to the company’s Employees’ Welfare Trust at Rs. 2 face value each, totaling Rs. 88,500. This continues a pattern of regular employee share distributions Affle has done throughout 2025.
The company’s paid-up capital now hits Rs. 28.15 crores with 140,757,384 total equity shares in circulation. Affle filed the necessary disclosures with both BSE and NSE and is working to get these newly issued shares listed on both exchanges.
Details of the January 2026 Share Distribution
The Numbers and When It Happened
The company gave out 44,250 shares at Rs. 2 per share. Earlier in December 2025, Affle handed out 35,918 shares, and back in July it distributed 51,580 shares. The company seems to release employee shares throughout the year rather than doing one big annual handout.
Here’s the breakdown of what happened:
– Shares given: 44,250 equity shares
– Price per share: Rs. 2 face value
– Total amount: Rs. 88,500
– When: January 12, 2026
– Who got them: Affle (India) Limited Employees’ Welfare Trust
– Program: Affle (India) Limited Employee Stock Option Scheme 2021
– New paid-up capital: Rs. 28.15 crores
– Total shares now out there: 140,757,384
How Capital Changed
The company’s issued and paid-up capital went up to Rs. 28,15,14,768 after this round. Instead of giving shares directly to individual workers, Affle puts them into an Employees’ Welfare Trust. This makes things easier to manage since the trust handles everything as one unit.
How Affle’s Employee Stock Program Actually Works
When Workers Get Options and When They Become Shares
Affle’s program lets workers who qualify receive stock options that later turn into equity shares over time. In November 2025, the company granted 12,280 stock options. These options become actual shares in chunks over four years, with 25 percent becoming available each year starting twelve months after the grant.
Once an option vests (becomes usable), workers get one year to exercise it and convert it into an actual share. The price workers pay is based on what the NSE closing price was on the day Affle granted the option.
Maximum Amounts and Rules
The program allows up to 750,000 options in total. No single worker can get more than 1 percent of company shares in any given year without approval from shareholders. If workers forfeit or give back options, those become available for new grants.
What Affle Did With Employee Shares in 2025
Affle handed out shares multiple times in the second half of 2025. Between July, December, and January, roughly 131,748 shares went to the welfare trust. The company is clearly using the employee stock plan as an active, ongoing benefit rather than letting it sit unused.
The November options grant of 12,280 will vest over the next several years, which will probably lead to more share allotments in 2026 and the years after. Right now the company is nowhere close to the 750,000 maximum, so there’s still plenty of room to grant more options in the future.
How Regulators Look at This and Getting Listed
Following the Rules
Affle filed notice of the allotment under SEBI listing rules. The company said this share issuance wouldn’t have material impact on how the company operates or its financial position.
The company is now working with NSE and BSE to get the 44,250 newly issued shares listed on the exchanges. Once the exchanges get the applications, the standard approval timeline kicks in.
Who Is Affle 3i
Affle 3i (earlier known as Affle (India) Limited) listed on the exchange in August 2019 at Rs. 745 per share. The company makes AI-powered mobile advertising technology and serves clients around the world. Main office is in New Delhi, with another office in Gurugram.
The company’s current market value is around Rs. 25,101 crore based on share prices hovering around Rs. 1,783.90. Over a five-year stretch, shares gained 114.72 percent. But lately things have been rougher with losses of 14.91 percent over the last six months and 2.94 percent over the past year.
Why Companies Do Employee Stock Plans
Companies hand out shares to workers for a few reasons. When workers own part of the company, their pay rises when the company does well. Workers who own equity tend to stick around longer and put in more effort. Plus, giving shares costs the company less upfront than paying big salaries or bonuses.
Affle’s habit of regular allotments shows they think it’s important to keep workers happy and motivated through share ownership. The Employees’ Welfare Trust structure makes it simpler since the trust manages all the shares together instead of dealing with each worker separately.
