Zee Entertainment strikes NCLAT towards minority shareholders’ requisition for EGM

Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd on Wednesday approached the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) towards the requisition of minority shareholders Invesco and OFI Global China Fund to convene an Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM) to debate numerous points, together with removing of Managing Director Punit Goenka.
The media main has challenged the orders of Mumbai-bench of the National Company Law Tribunal, which had on Tuesday directed Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd (ZEEL) to filed reply over the petition filed by its minority shareholders by October 7 (Thursday), the subsequent date of listening to.
Confirming the event, a ZEEL Spokesperson stated: “The company has moved NCLAT in accordance with the due process available under the law.”
Last week, ZEEL had knowledgeable it had additionally moved the Bombay High Court towards the requisition of minority shareholders.

“The company has also filed a suit in the Bombay High Court to declare that the requisition notice sent by Invesco Developing Markets Fund and OFI Global China Fund LLC is invalid,” he added.
The firm continues to have full religion within the Indian judicial system and can take all the required steps which might be in the very best pursuits of all its shareholders, the spokesperson added.
Invesco Developing Markets Fund (previously Invesco Oppenheimer Developing Markets Fund) together with OFI Global China Fund LLC maintain 17.88 per cent stake in ZEEL.
Last week, the board of the corporate had rejected the minority shareholders’ demand and termed the requisition as “invalid and illegal”.
“In its meeting held on October 1, 2021, the board has arrived at a conclusion that the requisition is invalid and illegal; and has accordingly conveyed its inability to convene the Extraordinary General Meeting to Invesco Developing Markets Funds and OFI Global China Fund, LLC,” ZEEL had stated.
The assembly was convened after the NCLT had directed ZEEL to carry a board assembly to think about Invesco and OFI Global China Fund’s request for convening an EGM for discussing numerous points.
On Tuesday, NCLT had stated the matter of the dispute is easy – whether or not the extraordinary basic assembly (EGM) requisition is legitimate or not and it can not give Zee Entertainment Enterprises ”weeks and weeks” of time for submitting its reply to the identical.
“Orders cannot be passed with an opportunity of filing a counter… and we are of the view that minimum opportunity time should be given,” the NCLT had stated whereas posting the matter on Thursday for subsequent listening to.
US-based Invesco and OFI Global China Fund had moved a petition looking for convening of the EGM, eradicating the corporate’s Chief Executive and Managing Director Punit Goenka in addition to two different administrators, and reconstituting the board with the appointment of six new administrators.
Earlier this month, the 2 funding companies had referred to as for the EGM looking for to take away Punit Goenka together with two different unbiased administrators – Manish Chokhani and Ashok Kurien. Chokhani and Kurien have already resigned.
Invesco has additionally sought the appointment of six of its personal nominees on the board of the corporate – Surendra Singh Sirohi, Naina Krishna Murthy, Rohan Dhamija, Aruna Sharma, Srinivasa Rao Addepalli and Gaurav Mehta.
Goenka is the son of Zee Founder and Chairman of Essel Group Subhash Chandra.

On September 22, ZEEL and Sony Pictures Networks India (SPNI) had introduced their mergers, which is able to create the nation’s largest media firm.
The merged entity, during which SPNI’s father or mother firm Sony Pictures Entertainment would infuse USD 1.575 billion, might be a public listed firm in India.