SAB Events & Governance Now Media Ltd (SABEVENTS) — promoter pledge

Pledged promoter shares first appear in SAB Events & Governance Now Media Ltd's Sep 2016 filing, covering 79.8% of promoter holding. The share of promoter holding pledged peaked at 79.8% (36.5% of total equity), most recently in Sep 2016, against 55.1% in Jun 2026. A year earlier, in Jun 2025, the figure was 68.9%. A pledge is reported in 40 of the 40 quarters of promoter shareholding data Solomo holds for this company.

3 members of the promoter group report pledged shares in Jun 2026: LATE GAUTAM NAVNITLAL ADHIKARI (11.96% of the company, 48.7% of it pledged), GLOBAL SHOWBIZ PRIVATE LIMITED (5.44% of the company, 85.5% of it pledged), MARKAND NAVNITLAL ADHIKARI (4.59% of the company, 89.3% of it pledged).

Ranked by share of promoter holding pledged, SAB Events & Governance Now Media Ltd is #109 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.