Syndicate Bank ESPS deadline extended for 5 days

State-owned Syndicate Bank has extended till March 30 the deadline for its staff to subscribe to bank's equity under the employee stock purchase scheme (ESPS), through which it plans to raise up to Rs 500 crore. "It is hereby informed that the issue will remain open till March 30, 2019," the bank said in a regulatory filing Monday.

As per Syndicate Bank's earier filing in February, the issue, which opened on March 5, was to close on March 25.

The bank has put up as many as 30 crores new equity shares, aggregating up to Rs 500 crore (including premium), for sale under ESPS.

Shares of Syndicate Bank were trading at Rs 38.45 apiece on the BSE, down 0.13 per cent.