Top investors seek removal of Punit Goenka as Director of Zeel

The largest investors in Zee Entertainment Enterprises have called for an Extraordinary General Meeting of the shareholders of the Company to remove MD & CEO Punit Goenka as Director of the company among other listed items. The meeting is slated to take place on September 14, 2021.

The investors who have moved the resolution are Invesco Developing Markets Fund (formerly Invesco Oppenheimer Developing Markets Fund) and OFI Global China Fund LLC holding 7,43,18,476 equity shares and 9,73,50,000 equity shares, respectively. The two shareholders represent an aggregate of 17.88% of the paid-up share capital of the Company.

The letter signed by both the investors also demanded the removal of Manish Chokhani and Ashok Kurien as Directors who resigned from the position of Non-Executive Non-Independent Directors of the Company with immediate effect at the closing business hours on Monday.

Additionally, the investors resolved the appointment of six Independent Directors on the Board:

1. Appointment of Surendra Singh Sirohi as an Independent Director
2. Appointment of Naina Krishna Murthy as an Independent Director
3. Appointment of Rohan Dhamija as an Independent Director
4. Appointment of Aruna Sharma as an Independent Director
5. Appointment of Srinivasa Rao Addepalli as an Independent Director
6. Appointment of Gaurav Mehta as an Independent Director

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