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Zee, Sony amicably settle disputes over failed merger, withdraw claims

ZEEL's stock price rose to Rs 154.9 per piece on NSE during the day and closed at Rs 150.9 per piece, which was still 10 per cent higher than the previous day's closing price

ZEE Entertainment shareholders approve plan to raise Rs 2,000 crore

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 CEO Punit Goenka buys majority stake in Maverick Media

Maverick Media is promoted by Vistaar Entertainment and focuses on expanding the large-screen cinema experience across India

Q4 results today: NHPC, ZEEL, Pfizer among 116 firms to post earnings today

Q4 FY24 company results: Delhivery, JSW Steel, Godrej Industries, Bandhan Bank and many more companies are slated to release their fourth-quarter earnings

ZEEL announces streamlined structure, Goenka to oversee critical verticals

ZEE Entertainment Enterprises Ltd on Wednesday announced a streamlined organisational structure with its MD and CEO Punit Goenka assuming direct charge of critical verticals, including domestic broadcast business. Under the new organisational structure approved by its board, ZEE Entertainment Enterprises Ltd (ZEEL) will have four key business segments -- broadcast, digital, movies and music. Punit Goenka's brother Amit Goenka, who currently heads the digital business has been given additional charge of the international broadcast, enterprise technology, broadcast operations and engineering. He will also take direct charge of original content, including movies, the company said in a statement. In the domestic broadcast business, Siju Prabhakaran, who has led the South cluster of channels, will take additional responsibility of the West cluster. Similarly, Samrat Ghosh, head of East cluster of channels, will take additional responsibility of North and Premium clusters. Ruchir Tiwari

PPFAS Mutual Fund buys 6.2 million shares of ZEEL for Rs 88 crore

PPFAS Mutual Fund on Wednesday bought over 62 lakh shares of Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd (ZEEL) for Rs 88 crore through an open market transaction. PPFAS Mutual Fund through its affiliate Parag Parikh Long Term Value Fund acquired the shares of Mumbai-based ZEEL on the National Stock Exchange (NSE). According to the bulk deal data available with the NSE, Parag Parikh Long Term Value Fund acquired 62.22 lakh shares of Zee Entertainment Enterprises. The shares were bought at an average price of Rs 141.44, taking the deal value to Rs 88 crore. Details of the sellers of ZEEL's shares could not be ascertained. Shares of Zee Entertainment Enterprises gained 1.18 per cent to close at Rs 140.90 apiece on the NSE. Meanwhile, in a post on X (formerly Twitter), PPFAS Mutual Fund said, "There is a bulk deal trade of Parag Parikh Flexicap Fund buying Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd shares reported on NSE today. We wish to clarify that this was an Arbitrage transaction.

ZEEL shareholders approve appointment of three independent directors

Zee Entertainment Enterprises shareholders have approved the appointment of three independent directors to the company's board. Special resolutions for approval of the appointment of - Uttam Prakash Agarwal, Shishir Babubhai Desai and Venkata Ramana Murthy Pinisetti were passed with majority by the shareholders of Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd (ZEEL) through a postal ballot process. All three special resolutions received over 75 per cent of the total number of valid votes, according to the Consolidated Report of the Scrutinizer shared by the company to bourses. "This outcome of the remote e-voting process concluded on 15th March 2024 reflects the shareholders' confidence in the Board of the Company," ZEEL said in a statement later. On February 5, 2024, ZEEL sent a postal ballot notice to seek approval of the shareholders for the appointment of three independent directors for their first term of three years, which is from December 17, 2023, to December 16, 2026. On Friday, Zee

Intense merger activities impacted operations, business: ZEEL Chairman

Intense and prolonged merger-related activities have impacted operations and business, Zee Entertainment Chairman R Gopalan said adding the company has now taken several incremental steps to protect all stakeholders and enhance its intrinsic value through this phase. There is "significant room for performance enhancement" and a revival plan by the management team is already being put in action to accelerate growth and enhance profitability, said Gopalan in the opening remarks of an investor conference call of Zee Entertainment Enterprise Ltd (ZEEL) on Monday. The board has also decided to closely monitor the business model and plan presented by the MD & CEO of the company wherein he has provided the roadmap to improve the performance and efficiency of each of the businesses to achieve higher EBITDA. "We are fully cognizant that significant room for performance enhancement exists and a revival plan by the ZEEL management team is already being put in action to accelerate growth and .

Zee board expands scope of advisory panel to include probe assessment

Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd on Tuesday said its board has expanded the scope of independent advisory panel to include investigation assessment. The announcement by the company comes amid the ongoing probe by market regulator Sebi against its promoters for fund diversion. Last week, the company announced constituting of independent advisory panel to curb erosion of its investor wealth in the wake of speculations leading to negative public opinion of the company. In a regulatory filing, Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd (ZEEL) said, "On recommendation of the Audit Committee, the Board of Directors of the Company, in its meeting held today, has considered and approved to further expand and strengthen the role of the 'Independent Advisory Committee' by including 'Investigation Assessment' as a primary responsibility of this Committee.

Zee Entertainment reaches out to Sony to revive terminated merger

Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd (ZEEL) is seeking rapprochement with Sony Group as it makes a last-ditch effort to resurrect a USD 10 billion merger, according to industry sources. After the Japanese multinational firm pulled the plug on its USD 10 billion merger deal in January, the Indian company reached out again to Sony to reconsider the termination and offered for talks this month, a source said. On the other hand, Sony is understood to be evaluating the proposal from Zee. Comments from Sony Picture Networks India could not be obtained as an e-mailed query remained unanswered. A Zee spokesperson said, Since the matter is subjudice we have no comments to offer. Another source said ZEEL never stopped working for a possible reconciliation dialogue citing that it was ZEEL that moved to NCLT to make the merger happen. The ball is in Sony's court. They need to respond if the deal has to be revived, the source said. The development comes amidst the two parties filing cases again

Zee, Sony in discussions to save the called off $10 billion merger: Report

Sony-Zee merger: Punit Goenka, managing director and chief executive officer at ZEEL, has agreed to Sony's demand of him not becoming the CEO of the merged entity

Analysts downgrade Zee Entertainment stock after Sony deal falls through

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

Rs 2.1 trillion media landscape to hot up after Sony-Zee divorce

Zee's seemingly endless legal issues mean no foreign company is likely to show interest in the firm

ZEEL spent Rs 366 crore on compliances for its now-failed merger with Sony

Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd (ZEEL) spent Rs 366.59 crore on compliances till September 2023 for its now-failed merger with Sony, which called off the deal on Monday. The company had spent Rs 176.20 crore in the financial year that ended in March 2023. Besides, it spent Rs 190.39 crore in the first six months of the current fiscal, according to a regulatory filing by the Subhash Chandra family-promoted media entity. After signing an agreement, ZEEL was racing to receive a series of regulatory clearances from SEBI, CCI, ROC, etc. It also got a go-ahead from the National Company Law Tribunal after receiving approvals from shareholders and creditors and closed all formalities for the merger. However, Sony Group Corp on Monday called off the USD 10 billion merger of its India unit with Zee Entertainment, following a stalemate over who will lead the merged entity, besides not satisfying other conditions for the merger. It sent a termination notice to Zee on the deal, which was ...

Sony-Zee merger: ZEE promises legal action over termination notice

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-Zee merger timeline: How leadership dispute ended the $10 bn deal

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 may call off merger with Zee, send termination notice by Jan 20

Last month, the two companies were given a one-month grace period to close the merger of their India operations

Zee directors lose vote as clock ticks down on Sony deal deadline

Independent directors Sasha Mirchandani and Vivek Mehra "failed to get the requisite majority of votes," the company said in an exchange filing

Supreme Court agrees to hear bankruptcy plea against Zee founder

IDBI Trusteeship is the debenture trustee of 425 debentures worth Rs 425 crore issued by Essel Infraprojects Limited (EIL)

Sony-Zee merger risks collapse ahead of its deadline over CEO drama

Zee is insisting that its Chief Executive Officer Punit Goenka - also its founder's son - will helm the new entity, as agreed in the pact signed in 2021, while Sony is wary of his appointment