From resignations of two administrators to Goenka’s response; listed below are key highlights

dir=”auto”>Within the wake of the demand to take away Punit Goenka from the place of managing director and chief government officer of the corporate, Zee Leisure Enterprises held its thirty ninth annual common assembly (AGM) of the fairness shareholders on Tuesday.

In the meantime, Goenka responded to the queries raised by the shareholders in the course of the assembly. In line with the report launched by the corporate after the AGM, six resolutions have been handed with the requisite majority in the course of the assembly.

Listed below are the resolutions that have been adopted by the corporate:

— Affirmation of dividend paid on choice shares by the corporate throughout, and for, the monetary yr ended March 31, 2021.

— Declaration of a dividend of Rs 2.50 per fairness share for the monetary yr, ended March 31, 2021

— Ratification of remuneration payable to value auditor for FY 2020-21.

— Appointment of Sasha Mirchandani as an impartial director of the corporate.

— Appointment of Vivek Mehra as an impartial director of the corporate.

The resolutions that stay pending are:

— Re-appointment of Ashok Kurien as a director of the corporate.

— Appointment of Manish Chokhani as a director of the corporate.

Highlights of the AGM

— Throughout the assembly, Goenka mentioned that the lower within the firm income throughout 2020-21 was largely as a result of pandemic.

— He added that almost 83 p.c of firm staff have taken their first dose and 19 p.c have taken each doses. “Now we have accomplished vaccination drives throughout all our places of work throughout India and worldwide markets,” mentioned Goenka.

— Additionally, journey and conveyance bills of the corporate got here down from Rs 88 crore in 2019-20 to Rs 63 crore in 20-21 as a result of pandemic. He, nonetheless, added that digital conferences value Rs 25 lakh to the corporate.

— By way of the corporate’s whistleblower coverage, he identified that no frauds have been detected final fiscal.

— Goenka added that the “distinctive expenditure incurred in Q1 of FY22” was on account of relocation of shoots to alternate places in view of the pandemic.

— On the problem of Zee Anmol shedding market share, Goenka assured stakeholders that the corporate has plans in place to regain market share. “You’ll begin to see these going up within the coming quarters,” he added.

— Regarding the resignation of Manish Chokhani and Ashok Kurien, Goenka mentioned, “I believe we should respect the selection of eager to spend their time in different issues that they’re dedicated to.”

— He mentioned Zee Studios suffered the most important monetary influence because the cinemas have been shut in the course of the pandemic. “Sure states are nonetheless to open the theaters and malls and that enterprise continues to be impacted,” he mentioned.

— He informed the stakeholders that Zee5 is current in 190 nations.

— Goenka knowledgeable the stakeholders that the corporate places a powerful emphasis on company governance.

— The Company Social Accountability funding of the corporate for 2020-21 was Rs 50 crore, out of which Rs 33.5 crore was spent for COVID-19.

After the AGM, the shares of Zee Leisure Enterprises Ltd rallied 40 p.c.