Ajanta Pharma promoter creates pledge on 345,000 shares

A regulatory filing on April 22, 2025, revealed that Aayush Agrawal, acting as trustee, created a pledge on 345,000 shares of Ajanta Pharma (BSE: AJANTPHARM) The reason cited for the creation of the pledge is additional margin. Following this transaction, Aayush Agrawal, through the Aayush Agrawal Trust, now holds 55,75,002 pledged shares, representing 4.46% of Ajanta Pharma's total share capital. The filings detail that the pledge creation events occurred between April 15-21, 2025, with various entities including 360 One Prime Ltd, Julius Baer Capital (India) Pvt Ltd, Standard Chartered Capital Ltd, HSBC InvestDirect Financial Services (India) Ltd, Aditya Birla Money Ltd, Bajaj Financial Securities Ltd and Jio Finance Ltd. The disclosure was made under SEBI (Substantial Acquisition of Shares and Takeovers) Regulations, 2011.