<p>Small individual investors and high networth individuals seem to be on a share buying spree in Kingfisher Airlines, even as the stake of promoters themselves has hit a record low in the debt-ridden airline.<br /><br />The small individual shareholders currently own 12.56 per cent stake in Vijay Mallya-led group’s Kingfisher Airlines, while another 8.55 per cent holding is now with the high-networth individuals.</p>.<p><br />The holding of small investors (defined as those holding up to Rs 1 lakh worth shares in a company) has almost doubled in about 15 months, while that of HNIs (individuals with shares worth over Rs 1 lakh) has more than tripled.<br /><br />More than 1.76 lakh small individuals currently own Kingfisher shares — up from about 1.35 lakh at the beginning of the current fiscal and about 95,000 as on March 31, 2011.<br />The total number of HNI shareholders currently stand at more than 1,800 — as against 668 as on March 31, 2012 and just 265 a year before that. </p>
<p>Small individual investors and high networth individuals seem to be on a share buying spree in Kingfisher Airlines, even as the stake of promoters themselves has hit a record low in the debt-ridden airline.<br /><br />The small individual shareholders currently own 12.56 per cent stake in Vijay Mallya-led group’s Kingfisher Airlines, while another 8.55 per cent holding is now with the high-networth individuals.</p>.<p><br />The holding of small investors (defined as those holding up to Rs 1 lakh worth shares in a company) has almost doubled in about 15 months, while that of HNIs (individuals with shares worth over Rs 1 lakh) has more than tripled.<br /><br />More than 1.76 lakh small individuals currently own Kingfisher shares — up from about 1.35 lakh at the beginning of the current fiscal and about 95,000 as on March 31, 2011.<br />The total number of HNI shareholders currently stand at more than 1,800 — as against 668 as on March 31, 2012 and just 265 a year before that. </p>