Venky’s India, formerly Western Hatcheries, will remain in focus, as Friday will be the cut-off date for investors to become eligible for bonus shares. It plans to give bonus shares in the ratio of 1:2 (one bonus share for every two shares held). The stock will turn ex-date from Monday, as it has fixed December 22 as the record date. A little over 20,000 small and 32 HNIs own 34.44 per cent stake in Venky’s India, which owns the Blackburn Rovers football team.