What is the basis of allotment in the Retail Individual Investor (RII) category?
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- Allocation to retail investors, when the issue is oversubscribed
- Suppose a company has offered 10 lakh shares for retail investors and the lot size is 1000 shares. So the maximum number of retail applicants who will get allotment is 10,00,000/1000 = 1,000 applicants.
- Allotment to retail investors, when the issue is oversubscribed
- Retail investors are those who invest upto Rs 2 lakh in an IPO.
- Retail investors should apply for one lot. Applying for higher number of lots does not increase chances of allotment.
- To maximize possibility of allotment, retail investors should apply from multiple demat accounts.
- Retail investors can apply at any price within the price band or apply at cut-off price.
- Retail investors can cancel their bid anytime before IPO closure.
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