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The stock performance of restaurant aggregator and food delivery platform Zomato could improve following the removal of the share sale overhang
Alipay's sister concern Antfin Singapore Holding held another 6.39 per cent stake in Zomato at the end of the September 2023 quarter
Japanese conglomerate Softbank on Friday divested a 1.1 per cent stake in online food delivery aggregator Zomato for Rs 1,128 crore through an open market transaction. Following the stake sale, shares of Zomato fell 1.27 per cent to close at Rs 120.15 apiece on the NSE. Invesco Mutual Fund (MF), Sundaram MF, Edelweiss MF, ICICI Prudential Life Insurance, Goldman Sachs (Singapore), Morgan Stanley Asia Singapore, Societe Generale, BNP Paribas Arbitrage, Copthall Mauritius Investment, and Citigroup Global Markets Investment, among others were the buyers of the Zomato's share. SVF Growth (Singapore) Pte, an affiliate of Softbank, offloaded 9,35,69,368 shares, amounting to a 1.08 per cent stake in Zomato, as per the block deal data available with the National Stock Exchange (NSE). The shares were sold at an average price of Rs 120.50 apiece, taking the combined deal size to Rs 1,127.51 crore. After the latest transaction, Softbank's shareholding has declined to 1.09 per cent from a 2.1
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The price range for the transaction has been fixed at Rs 120-121 per share, said sources
This is the third time since August that SoftBank will offload its stake in Zomato, India's largest online food delivery service. It sold a similar stake in October
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Zomato's share loss could be attributable to decisions like the temporary suspension of its loyalty membership programme and the shutdown of operations in 225 cities
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Shares of Zomato have nearly doubled this year as the company started to turn a profit after going public in 2021, prompting some of its biggest investors to lock in gains on their investments
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The deal comes after Reuters reported on Tuesday that Alipay was planning to sell its 3.4% in Zomato through block deals on the Indian stock exchanges
According to a Reuters report, Alipay Singapore Holding has sold its entire 3.44 per cent stake in the company for $400 million
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Bank of America and Morgan Stanley are advisers on the deal, which is likely to be executed later this week on Indian exchanges, said the three sources, who declined to be named as the plan is private
DGGI believes that since delivery is a service, Zomato & Swiggy are liable to pay GST on service
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That apart, analysts believe stable profit margins, too, are acting as tailwinds for the companies