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Antfin has fully exited Paytm by selling its remaining 5.84% stake for ₹3,800 crore via block deals. This marks the end of Chinese-origin investment in Paytm, concluding Antfin’s phased divestment strategy over the past two years.
Source: Economic Times | Published on August 5, 2025
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The investment arm of Chinese fintech titan Ant Group, Antfin (Netherlands) Holding B.V., has achieved a complete exit from its equity stake in One97 Communications Ltd, parent of Paytm, with the sale of the remaining 5.84% of its holding in block deals aggregating around ₹3,800 crore. According to the term sheet, the floor price for the sale was set at ₹1,020 a share, which was at a discount to the last closing price of Paytm.
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Goldman Sachs India Securities and Citigroup Global Markets India acted as the designated agents for the placement. The agreement described the sale as a "clean-up trade," with no post-deal lock-in period. This move marks the end of Antfin's two-year stake reduction. In August 2023, Antfin transferred approximately a 10.3% stake to Paytm, followed by a block sale of about another 4% stake sometime during May 2025.
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This deal marks a complete divestment by Antfin from the firm and officially reduces Chinese investment in Paytm to zero. It thus follows that the earlier exits of other major pre-IPO backers, SoftBank and Berkshire Hathaway, have been selling down their holdings in the company. Antfin was the last major Chinese-linked shareholder in Paytm.
Paytm Share Price Update - One97 Communications Limited or Paytm Share Price was trending at ₹1,060.10 as of 2:05 PM on NSE on August 5th, 2025.
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