Promoters pledge 20,00,000 shares each with Motilal Oswal for margin trading facility

Promoter Santanu Agarwal has disclosed creation of a pledge on Paisalo Digital shares.

Tue 29 Sep 2026

Santanu Agarwal shares pledged

20,00,000 shares (0.22% of capital)

Santanu Agarwal total pledged holding

1,11,56,000 shares (1.22%)

Sunil Purushottam Agarwal shares pledged

20,00,000 shares (0.22% of capital)

Sunil Purushottam Agarwal total pledged holding

1,13,56,000 shares (1.24%)

Date and lender

29.09.2026 in favour of Motilal Oswal Financial Services Limited

What was shared

Promoter Santanu Agarwal has shared a disclosure under Regulation 31(1) and 31(2) of SEBI (SAST) Regulations, 2011 reporting creation of a pledge over shares of Paisalo Digital Limited, dated 29.09.2026.

The event

• Santanu Agarwal pledged 20,00,000 shares, being 0.22% of total share capital, in favour of Motilal Oswal Financial Services Limited.
• His promoter holding is 4,32,96,000 shares (4.74%); already encumbered before the event was 91,56,000 shares (1.00%).
• Post event, his encumbered shares stand at 1,11,56,000 shares (1.22%).
• Encumbered shares as a percentage of his promoter shareholding: 25.77.
• Sunil Purushottam Agarwal, holding 11,52,73,800 shares (12.61%), also created a pledge of 20,00,000 shares (0.22%) on the same date with the same entity, taking his encumbered holding from 93,56,000 shares (1.02%) to 1,13,56,000 shares (1.24%).

Stated reason and values

The update states that for maintaining margin, additional shares have been pledged against an already availed margin trading facility, and that this does not involve any transfer of ownership or control of shares. Value of shares on the date of this event is given as Rs. 15.72 Crores.

Other promoter holdings shown

• Pro Fitcch Pvt. Ltd.: 2,95,17,220 shares (3.23%), encumbered 97,96,002 (1.07%).
• Pri Caf Pvt. Ltd.: 3,12,74,400 shares (3.42%), encumbered 98,65,002 (1.08%).
• Equilibrated Venture Cflow Pvt. Ltd.: 19,39,89,880 shares (21.22%), encumbered 3,41,56,000 (3.74%).
• Sulabhya Paramita Private Trust: 43,70,000 shares (0.48%), nil encumbered.
• Suneeti Dolaa Private Trust: 71,66,000 shares (0.78%), nil encumbered.

Earlier events listed

The disclosure also lists a series of earlier pledges during 2026 with lenders including Bajaj Financial Securities Limited, Motilal Oswal Financial Services Limited, Sharekhan Limited, IIFL Capital Services Ltd and Bikewin Trading Private Limited, mostly for availing a margin trading facility, and one release of pledge of 27,96,000 shares (0.31%) on 04.09.2026. An earlier pledge on 07.09.2026 of 22,50,000 shares (0.25%) with Bikewin Trading Private Limited was for loan against security, with amount involved Rs. 7.30 Crores and A/B ratio 2.00.

How to read this

Promoter share pledging is a routine but watched disclosure. Pledged shares remain owned by the promoter, but the lender holds them as security. Investors typically track the trend in the proportion of promoter holding that is encumbered.

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