Easy Trip Planners Co-Founder Nishant Pitti Sells 1.4% Stake For Rs 78 Crore

Easy Trip Planners promoter and co-founder Nishant Pitti on Tuesday divested a 1.4% stake in the company for Rs 78 crore through an open market transaction. Ease Trip Planners Ltd is the parent firm of online travel company EaseMyTrip. According to the bulk deal data available on the National Stock Exchange, Nishant Pitti offloaded 4.99 crore shares or 1.41% stake in Easy Trip Planners.

The shares were disposed of at an average price of Rs 15.68 apiece, taking the transaction value to Rs 78.32 crore.

After the transaction, Pitti's holding in Easy Trip Planners has come down to 12.8% from 14.21%. Also, the combined promoter stakeholding in the company has also declined to 48.97% from 50.38%.

Meanwhile, Arunaben Sanjaykumar Bhatiya picked up 2.40 crore shares of Easy Trip Planners at an average price of Rs 15.86 per piece. This took the deal value to Rs 38.06 crore.

Details of the other buyers of Easy Trip Planners' shares could not be ascertained on the NSE.

In September 2023, Nishant Pitti had sold its 14% stake in the company for Rs 920 crore via open market transactions.

Easy Trip Planners shares on Tuesday declined 6.98% to close at Rs 15.85 apiece on the NSE.