Arman Holdings

Arman Holdings' promoter group sold 20,000 shares, or 0.38% of the company, in the open market on 1 September, reducing its holding to 20.57% from 20.95%. Manasvini Trading Private sold 11,000 shares and Sangeeta S Jain sold 9,000, while the other named persons acting in concert reported no sales. The group had sold 25,500 shares on 27 August, and Manasvini Trading sold 100,000 shares in June. FY26 revenue was ₹356.8 lakh, while Q1 FY27 revenue reached ₹1,422 lakh, including ₹985 lakh from chemicals trading.

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Arman Holdings' promoter group sold 25,500 shares, or 0.49% of the company's voting capital, through the open market on 27 August. Manasvini Trading Private Ltd sold 18,000 shares and Sangeeta S Jain sold 7,500, reducing their holdings to 15.89% and 4.56%, respectively. The promoter group's combined holding fell to 21.34% from 21.83%; Manasvini had also sold shares in June. Arman Holdings reported FY26 revenue of ₹3.57 crore and had no debt.

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(Reporting by Priyanka.G in Bengaluru)

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