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The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) on Monday dismissed the plea of IDBI Bank which sought to initiate insolvency proceedings against Zee Entertainment. A two-member NCLAT bench upheld the order passed by the Mumbai bench of the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT), which had earlier rejected the private lender's plea to initiate insolvency proceedings against Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd (ZEEL). However, the appellate tribunal granted liberty to IDBI Bank to move a fresh plea for default outside of the period mentioned in section 10A of the Insolvency & Bankruptcy Code. Section 10A mandates that no application for initiation of the corporate insolvency resolution process (CIRP) can be filed against any debtor by any financial and operational creditor for any default arising on or after March 25, 2020, for a period of one year. This special provision was inserted in the IBC by the government to help companies after economic activities had resumed post-lockdown
Zee Entertainment Enterprise Ltd on Wednesday reported a consolidated net profit of Rs 118.10 crore for the first quarter ended June 30, 2024. The company had reported a net loss of Rs 53.42 crore in the April-June quarter a year ago, Zee Entertainment Enterprise Ltd (ZEEL) said in a regulatory filing. The total income of the company was up 7.56 per cent to Rs 2,149.52 crore during the quarter under review. It was at Rs 1,998.26 crore in the corresponding quarter. Total expenses of ZEEL was at Rs 1,941.12 crore, marginally up in the June quarter of FY25. Shares of Zee Entertainment Enterprise Ltd on Wednesday were trading at Rs 147.60 on BSE, up 1.72 per cent from the previous close.
Zee Entertainment shareholders have approved a plan to raise Rs 2,000 crore from the market through various routes, including issuing equity shares and qualified institutions placements (QIPs). The special resolution for "issuance of securities for an amount not exceeding Rs 2,000 crore" was passed by 78.83 per cent of the total polled votes, according to a scrutiniser report filed by Zee. "The shareholders of the company have duly passed the resolution for issuance of securities for an amount not exceeding Rs 2,000 crore with requisite majority," the regulatory filing said. The remote e-voting period for this special resolution commenced on Sunday and ended on Monday, July 15, 2024, at 5 pm. Zee Entertainment Enterprise Ltd (ZEEL) plans to raise in one or more tranches through a private placement, a qualified institutional placement, a preferential issue or a combination of them. Though the company has not specified how it plans to invest the amount, experts expect a portion of t
Zee Entertainment's president and group chief technology officer Nitin Mittal has resigned as the company streamlines the vertical. The board of the company has accepted the resignation of Mittal, who was working in this role for the last two years, it added. This announcement comes amid strategic changes in the technology and data vertical, implemented by managing director and CEO Punit Goenka, a ZEEL statement said. "The MD & CEO has accepted the resignation of Nitin Mittal," it added. Under the guidance of the Board and in line with the strategic approach undertaken by the MD and CEO, significant steps are being implemented to build a new lateral structure that lays a sharper emphasis on accountability and results," said ZEEL. This is the second major exit from ZEEL recently. Last week Rahul Johri, who was President - Business of ZEEL, and heading revenue and monetisation, resigned after a stint of over three years. Earlier this month, its Chairman R Gopalan in an investor ..