SoftBank to promote as much as $215 mn stake in Paytm, says time period sheet

SoftBank Group Corp goals to promote shares price as much as $215 million in Indian e-payments big Paytm’s mother or father One 97 Communications Ltd by way of a block deal, in accordance with a time period sheet reviewed by Reuters.

SoftBank had a 17.5% stake within the digital funds and fintech firm, as of Sept. 30. The inventory is being offered in a spread of 555 rupees to 601.45 rupees per share, the time period sheet mentioned.

The decrease finish of the vary is at a 7.7% low cost to the corporate’s final closing worth. The ultimate worth within the sale might be set later Thursday.

The sale is the newest in a string of divestments that SoftBank has made up to now few months after its flagship Imaginative and prescient Fund unit booked practically $50 billion in losses in simply six months.

SoftBank and Paytm didn’t reply to requests for remark.

SoftBank is promoting 29 million shares within the deal which is being led by Financial institution of America, in accordance with the time period sheet.

The information comes a day after the lock-in interval for traders in Paytm’s November 2021 preliminary public providing closed. Shares of the corporate settled 4% decrease on Wednesday at 601.30 rupees, after touching a five-month low.

SoftBank raised $2.4 billion promoting shares in T-Cellular US earlier this 12 months.

Imaginative and prescient Fund offered a spread of belongings within the April-June quarter – together with ridehailer Uber Applied sciences and property platforms Opendoor Applied sciences and KE Holdings, which operates China’s Beike – for a realised acquire of $5.6 billion.