Sharma is Paytm’s sole significant owner: Co

NEW DELHI: One97 Communications, which runs Paytm, on Sunday informed the exchanges that founder and CEO Vijay Shekhar Sharma has become the sole significant beneficial owner (SBO) of the company. “We have been informed by Antfin that their shareholding in the company has reduced from (nearly) 23.8% to 9.9% of the total equity share capital. Accordingly, no person affiliated with Antfin will qualify as an SBO of the company,” the company said in a stock exchange filing.

Antfin’s total shareholding in Paytm has significantly reduced in the last few weeks after it sold 10.3% stake to Resilient Asset Management B V, an overseas entity 100% owned by Sharma. This was followed by sale of another 3.6% in block deals.