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Ant Group to sell 4% stake in Paytm for $242 Mn: Report

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Ant Group to sell 4% stake in Paytm for $242 Mn: Report Ant Group is reportedly planning to divest a 4% stake in Indian payments firm Paytm for $242 million. According to a term sheet reviewed by Reuters, the stake will be sold at Rs 809.75 per share, representing a 6.5% discount to Paytm’s closing price on Monday. The report added that Goldman Sachs India Securities and Citigroup Global Markets India will manage the transaction. The identity of the buyers couldn’t be ascertained. This sale follows previous stake reductions by Ant Group, including a 10.3% stake sold to Paytm founder and CEO Vijay Shekhar Sharma in August 2023. Paytm has seen several stake sales over the past two years, with major investors like Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway and Japan’s SoftBank Group exiting their holdings. Ant Group, an affiliate of Alibaba Group, was also a key shareholder in the company.