A subsidiary of Chinese fintech giant Ant Group on Friday sold a 3.6 per cent stake in Paytm for Rs 2,037 crore through open market transactions.
The shares of Paytm’s parent One97 Communications was sold by Antfin (Netherlands) Holding BV.
Motilal Oswal Mutual Fund (MF), Nippon India MF, ICICI Prudential Life Insurance, Citigroup Global Markets Mauritius, Goldman Sachs (Singapore) Pte, Bay Pond Partners LP, Royal Bank of Scotland, Societe Generale, Abu Dhabi Investment Authority and International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, among others, were the buyers of the shares of Paytm.
Antfin offloaded a total of 2,27,54,823 shares in 14 tranches, amounting to a 3.58 per cent stake in One97 Communications, according to the block deal data available with the BSE.
The shares were sold at an average price of Rs 895.2 apiece, taking the combined transaction value to Rs 2,037 crore.
Post the transactions, Antfin shareholding has declined to 20.21 per cent from 23.79 per cent stake
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