Paytm shares experienced a decline on May 13, 2025, following news of Ant Group selling a portion of its stake in the company. Ant Group, a financial services firm, sold a 4% stake in Paytm for approximately ₹2,200 crore. This sale involved around 1.70 crore shares of Paytm through block deals.
Paytm's stock price fell by 5% in early trading on the BSE, reaching a low of ₹823.10. However, the shares partially recovered to trade at ₹848.95, which is still 2.01% lower. The transaction was managed by Goldman Sachs (India) Securities Private Limited and Citigroup Global Markets India Private Limited.
In other news, Paytm CEO Vijay Shekhar Sharma and his brother Ajay Shekhar Sharma settled a case with SEBI concerning employee stock options (ESOP). As part of the settlement, Vijay Shekhar Sharma is barred from accepting new ESOPs from any listed company for three years. One97 Communications reported a consolidated net loss of ₹540 crore for Q4FY25, slightly lower than the previous year.