Zee is likely to counter Sony's claims in the Singapore International Arbitration Centre, including the demand for a $90 million termination fee
After the deal with Sony was terminated, nearly half a dozen brokerages downgraded Zee's stock while lowering the earnings multiple assigned to the cash-strapped company
With Zee-Sony merger being terminated, we believe Zee's price-to-earnings (PE) will slump back to 12x levels, seen prior to the Sony merger announcement, CLSA said
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What probably sank the deal was the insistence by Punit Goenka, Zee's chief executive officer, that he should lead the post-merger entity
Since the announcement of the merger, Zee shares have lost 30 per cent of their value
In a note, Elara has said the stock could slip to as low as Rs 130, while Nuvama Institutional Equities believes the stock could slip below Rs 200
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Culver Max and BEPL sent a termination notice with a $90 million fee to ZEEL after Sony cancelled the merger deal valued at $10 billion
Sony Group Corp has called off its merger with Zee after nearly two years of negotiating the $10 billion deal, which was set to become India's fourth-largest media house
Sony cited conditions of the merger agreement not being met as the reason for the termination, according to the letter seen by Bloomberg.
Sony Group of Japan had said it is continuing talks until 20 January on the deal to merge its Indian subsidiary with Zee Entertainment Enterprises that would create a $10 billion entity
Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd (ZEEL) on Friday said it is continuing to work towards a successful closure of its USD 10 billion merger with Culver Max Entertainment, formerly known as Sony Pictures Networks India, amid reports that the Japanese entity's board meeting to take a call on the fate of the protracted deal. In a regulatory filing, ZEEL said it was "not aware of, and cannot comment on" any board meeting held or proposed to be held by Culver Max Entertainment, given that these are internal matters of Sony. "We wish to reiterate that the Company is committed to the merger with Sony and is continuing to work towards a successful closure of the proposed merger and is engaging in good faith negotiations with Sony with a view to discuss the extension of the date required to make the Scheme effective, by a reasonable period of time," it said. The fate of the USD 10 billion merger between ZEEL and Culver Max Entertainment is hanging by a slim thread with the two parties yet to
Zee MD and CEO Punit Goenka has offered to step down from his chief executive role, ahead of the deadline for the merger deal on January 20
Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud also dropped Siti Network from the lineup of parties in the arbitration proceedings as it has already gone into insolvency
Sony Group and Zee Entertainment have faced disputes over the choice of the merged unit's CEO. However, terms of the deal are expected to be clarified by January 21
Shares of Zee Entertainment Enterprises tanked nearly 8 per cent on Tuesday amid uncertainty over the fate of the USD 10 billion merger between the company and Culver Max Entertainment, formerly Sony Pictures Networks India. The stock tumbled 12.66 per cent to Rs 242.30 during the day on the BSE. It ended at Rs 256.25 apiece, lower by 7.64 per cent. On the NSE, the stock plunged 13.60 per cent to Rs 240.30 during the day. Shares of the company ended at Rs 255.95 each, down 7.98 per cent. The company's market valuation fell by Rs 2,036.3 crore to Rs 24,613.31 crore. In volume terms, 105.74 lakh shares of the company were traded on the BSE and over 15.72 crore shares on the NSE during the day. The fate of the USD 10 billion-merger between Zee Entertainment Enterprises and Culver Max Entertainment is hanging by a thread, with the two parties unable to finalise an agreement as the end of the one-month grace period looms. The two parties are yet to come to an agreement over Zee ...
The Indian entertainment company was betting on the TV rights to retain its viewership and attract more advertisers in the cricket-crazy nation of more than 1.4 billion people
The stock ended off lows after ZEEL issued a clarification and called news of the Zee-Sony merger termination baseless and factually incorrect
'Zee is committed to the merger with Sony,' said the company in a BSE filing on Tuesday