Idea Cellular Limited announced that the company disclosure of March 20, 2017 regarding the proposed merger of Vodafone India Limited (VIL) and Vodafone Mobile Services Limited (VMSL) with the company pursuant to a Composite Scheme of Amalgamation and Arrangement sanctioned by the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) Bench at Mumbai and Ahmedabad under Sections 230 to 232 of the Companies Act, 2013. Following the completion of the merger the company announced the resignations of Rajesh Birla as Non-executive Director, Mohanbir Singh Gyani as Independent Director, Sanjeev Aga as Non-Executive, Akshaya Moondra as Whole-Time Director, Murari Pejavar as Independent Director and Baldev Raj Gupta as Independent Director, effective August 31, 2018. Mr. Himanshu Kapania has stepped down from the position of Managing Director of the company with effect from August 31, 2018, but shall continue to serve as Non-Executive Director of the company nominatedby the Aditya Birla group.

The company also announced the appointment of Debnarayan Bhattacharya as an additional Director in the category of Non-executive Director, a nominee of Aditya Birla Group, Ravinder Takkar as an additional Director In the category of Non-executive Director, a nominee of Vodafone group, Vivek Badrinath as an additional Director In the category of Non-executive Director, a nominee of the Vodafone group, Thomas Reisten as an additional Director In the category of Non-executive Director, a nominee of the Vodafone group, Arun Kumar Adhikari as an additional Director In the category of Independent Director, Uday Chander Khanna as an additional Director In the category of Independent Director, Ashwani Windlass as an additional Director In the category of Independent Director and Doug Baillie as an additional Director In the category of Independent Director. All the appointments are effective from August 31, 2018 for a term of three years subjected to approval of shareholders at the upcoming meetings. The company also appointed Balesh Sharma as the CEO of the company with effect from August 31, 2018.