Shareholder Lock-In: 13 Companies to see shares worth $6 billion free up for trade this week

As many as 13 companies will see their respective shareholder lock-in period end in the upcoming week, which will be the final three days of 2025 and the first two days of the new year.

The 13 companies will see shares worth nearly ₹55,000 crore or $6 billion, free up for trade, according to Nuvama Alternative & Quantitative Research, of which, a majority share is from one company, HDB Financial Services.

Other companies that are a part of this list, include Ventive Hospitality, Glottis, Ellenbarrie Industrial Gases, Akme Fintrade, Kalpataru, Allied Blenders & Distillers, Epack Prefab, Pace Digiteck, Jain Resource Recycling, Jinkushal Industries, TruAlt Bioenergy, and All Time Plastics.

It must be noted that the end of the shareholder lock-in does not mean all the shares will be sold in the open market, but they only become eligible to be traded. Here's a look at the companies in greater detail.

Monday, December 29, 2025

The first trading day of the week itself will see shares worth over a billion dollars free up for trade, and a majority of that belong to one stock, Ventive Hospitality. The stock will see shares worth ₹8,791 crore free up for trade on Monday. Ventive's shares are trading 12% above their issue price as of Friday's close.

Some of the other companies whose shares free up for trade on Monday include TruAlt Bioenergy (₹100 crore), Jinkushal Industries (₹13 crore), Jain Resource Recycling (₹497 crore), and Epack Prefab Technologies (₹110 crore).

While TruAlt and Jinkushal's shares are down 19% and 26% from their respective issue price, those of Jain Resource Recycling are up 78%. Epack Prefab's shares, are also up 45% from their issue price.

Tuesday, December 30, 2025

Two companies, Pace Digitek and Ellenbarrie Industrial Gases will see their respective shareholder lock-in period end on Tuesday.

While Pace Digitek's shares worth ₹108 crore will free up for trade, Ellenbarrie Industrial Gases, will see shares worth ₹810 crore free up as the lock-in period ends.

Both these stocks are trading around 13% below their respective issue price.

Wednesday, December 31, 2025

Real Estate firm Kalpataru will see its lock-in period end on Wednesday, the final day of 2025, along with Akme Fintrade.

Kalpataru's shares worth nearly ₹3,900 crore free up for trade on Wednesday, while Akme Fintrade, adjusted for its stock split, will see a ₹60 crore lock-in end.

Kalpataru's shares are down 16% from their IPO price, while Akme's are down 43%.

Thursday, January 1, 2026

A relatively smaller day, where two underperforming IPOs will see their respective lock-in periods end.

Glottis, whose shares are down 53% from their issue price, within three months of listing, and All Time Plastics, whose shares are down 5% from their issue price, will see their lock-in periods end on New Years day.

Glottis shares worth ₹13 crore and All Time Plastics' shares worth ₹105 crore will free up for trade on January 1.

Friday, January 2, 2026

The final trading day of the week is the biggest for the shareholder lock-in ending.

HDB Financial's six-month lock-in period comes to an end on Friday, and that will see nearly 58% of its outstanding equity or 481.5 million shares free up for trade.

As of Friday's closing, those shares are valued at close to ₹37,000 crore. Shares of HDB Financial continue to trade around their IPO price of ₹740 apiece.

Along with HDB Financial, shares of Allied Blenders & Distillers will also free up for trade on Friday. The value of those shares is worth nearly ₹3,500 crore as its one-and-a-half-year and beyond lock-in period ends that day.

Allied Blenders' shares have been outperformers, having gained nearly 120% from their issue price as of last Friday's closing.