Khemani Distributors & Marketing Ltd (KDML) — promoter pledge

Pledged promoter shares first appear in Khemani Distributors & Marketing Ltd's Sep 2022 filing, covering 48.4% of promoter holding. The share of promoter holding pledged peaked at 48.4% (22.6% of total equity), most recently in Mar 2023, against 30.2% in Mar 2026. A year earlier, in Mar 2025, the figure was 30.2%. A pledge is reported in 8 of the 21 quarters of promoter shareholding data Solomo holds for this company.

2 members of the promoter group report pledged shares in Mar 2026: VIJAYKUMAR MANGTURAM KHEMANI (51.64% of the company, 40.4% of it pledged), SUSHILA DEVI KHEMANI (1.96% of the company, 90.7% of it pledged).

Ranked by share of promoter holding pledged, Khemani Distributors & Marketing Ltd is #198 of the 563 listed Indian companies whose latest quarterly filing reports any pledged promoter shares.

A promoter pledge means a promoter has put their own shares up as collateral, usually against a loan. It is legal and common, and SEBI requires it to be disclosed every quarter in the shareholding pattern. It matters to other shareholders because a sharp fall in the share price can trigger a margin call: if the promoter cannot top up the collateral, the lender can invoke the pledge and sell those shares in the open market, which adds selling pressure to an already falling price and, at high pledge levels, can change who controls the company. The percentage on its own is not a verdict — the level, the direction of travel and what the borrowing funded all matter.