Tera Software Ltd (TERASOFT) — promoter pledge

Pledged promoter shares first appear in Tera Software Ltd's Dec 2011 filing, covering 20.3% of promoter holding. The share of promoter holding pledged peaked at 51.8% (24.6% of total equity), most recently in Dec 2020, against 18.2% in Jun 2026. A year earlier, in Jun 2025, the figure was 18.2%. A pledge is reported in 58 of the 59 quarters of promoter shareholding data Solomo holds for this company, including each of the last 41.

4 members of the promoter group report pledged shares in Jun 2026: TUMMALA GOPICHAND (9.56% of the company, 74.4% of it pledged), TUMMALA PAVANA DEVI (4.59% of the company, 29.1% of it pledged), BAPAIAH CHOWDARY TUMMALA (0.74% of the company, 16.2% of it pledged) and 1 other.

Ranked by share of promoter holding pledged, Tera Software Ltd is #279 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.