Egypt's financial regulator approved a share split by real estate firm Sixth of October Development and Investment (SODIC) on Wednesday but demanded a change to the ratio of new shares to old.
The nominal par value of new SODIC stock should be LE4 per share compared with the current price of LE10, implying a 2-1/2 for one split, the Egyptian Financial Supervisory Authority (EFSA) said in a statement.
SODIC's board last week approved a five-for-one stock split to facilitate trade on its shares and called an extraordinary general assembly to seek their backing.
Shares in Egypt's third-biggest listed developer, which manages mostly upscale real estate projects, traded at around LE111 on the Egyptian Exchange on Wednesday.
The company's management wants to lower that price to bring it in line with what it calls an international trend towards small stock face values.
