VINOD KOTHARI & COMPANY
Practising Company Secretaries
403-406, 175 Shreyas Chambers, D. N. Road, Fort
Mumbai-400 001, India
Phone: +91 - 22 - 22614021 | 22 - 62370959
email: corplaw@vinodkothari.com
Web: www.vinodkothari.com
Unique Code - P1996WB042300
To,
Mr. R Gopalan,
Chairman,
Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited, 18th floor, A Wing, Marathon Futurex,
N M Joshi Marg, Lower Parel,
Mumbai - 400 013
India
Sub: Consolidated Scrutinizer's Report on remote e-voting conducted pursuant to the provisions of Section 108 of Companies Act, 2013 read with Rule 20 of the Companies (Management and Administration) Rules, 2014 for the 38th Annual General Meeting (the "AGM") of the Equity shareholders of Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited (the "Company") held on Friday, the 18th day of September, 2020 at 3:30 pm through Video Conferencing ('VC')/ Other Audio Visual Means ('OAVM')
Dear Sir,
- I, Vinita Nair, Senior Partner of M/s Vinod Kothari & Company, Practising Company Secretaries, (Membership No FCS 10559/ C.P. No 11902) have been appointed as the Scrutinizer by the Board of Directors of the Company in terms of the appointment letter dated August 17, 2020 for the purpose of scrutinizing the remoter e-voting and voting through electronic system during the AGM as per the provisions of Section 108 of Companies Act, 2013 ('the Act') read with Rule 20 of the Companies (Management and Administration) Rules, 2014 ('MGT Rules') read with amendments thereto and Regulation 44 of SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015 ('Listing Regulations') on the businesses contained in Notice of the 38th AGM of the Company.
- In terms of Regulation 44 of the Listing Regulations and pursuant to section 108 of the Act read with Rule 20 of MGT Rules in connection with all resolutions proposed at the 38th AGM, the Company availed services of National Securities Depository Limited ('NSDL') and provided remote e-voting facility and facility of electronic voting at the time of AGM to the equity shareholders of the Company who could not vote earlier through remote e-voting facility provided by the Company.
- The management of the Company is responsible to ensure the compliance of the requirements of the Act, rules, circulars and notifications issued by the Ministry of Corporate Affairs ('MCA') relating to voting through electronic means and Listing Regulations on the businesses set out in the Notice of the 38th AGM.
My responsibility as a Scrutinizer is restricted in making a consolidated Scrutinizer's Report of the votes cast "IN FAVOUR" or "AGAINST" the business set out in the Notice of AGM, based on the reports generated from the e-voting system of NSDL, the authorized agency engaged by the Company.
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- The remote e-voting period to facilitate e-voting by equity shareholders of the Company as at the "cut-off date" of Friday, September 11, 2020 commenced on Tuesday September 15, 2020 at 9:00 am and ended on Thursday September 17, 2020 at 5.00 p.m. and the NSDL e-voting platform was blocked thereafter.
- The Company had also provided remote e-voting facility to the shareholders present at the AGM through VC / OA VM and who had not cast their vote earlier. The shareholders of the Company holding shares as on the "cut-off" date of Friday, September 11, 2020 were entitled to vote on the resolutions as contained in the Notice of the AGM. The NSDL e-voting platform was re-opened during the AGM and kept open for 15 minutes after the AGM.
- The votes cast under remote e-voting facility were unblocked. I have scrutinized and reviewed the remote e-voting prior and during the AGM and votes cast therein based on the data downloaded from the NSDL e-voting system.
- I now submit the Consolidated Report as under:
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Resolution 1: Ordinary Resolution
To receive, consider and adopt the Audited Financial Statements of the Company prepared on a standalone and consolidated basis, for the financial year ended March 31, 2020 including the Balance Sheet as at March 31, 2020, the Statement of Profit & Loss for the financial year ended on that date, and the Reports of the Auditors and Directors thereon.
(i) Voted in favour of the resolution:
Number of members voted | Number of valid votes cast by | % of total number of valid votes | |
them | cast | ||
877 | 68,19,88,524 | 99.2911 | |
(ii) Voted against the resolution: | |||
Number of members voted | Number of valid votes cast by | % of total number of valid votes | |
them | cast | ||
32 | 48,69,346 | 0.7089 | |
(iii) Invalid votes: | |||
Number of members voted | Number of valid votes cast by | % of total number of valid votes | |
them | cast | ||
- | - | - | |
Resolution 2: Ordinary Resolution
To confirm Dividend paid on the Preference Shares by the Company during, and for, the financial year ended March 31, 2020.
(i) Voted in favour of the resolution:
Number of members voted | Number of valid votes cast by | % of total number of valid votes | ||
them | cast | |||
898 | 75,67,14,480 | 99.9997 | ||
(ii) Voted against the resolution: | ||||
Number of members voted | Number of valid votes cast by | % of total number of valid votes | ||
them | cast | |||
31 | 2,056 | 0.0003 | ||
(iii) Invalid votes: | ||||
Number of members voted | Number of valid votes cast by | % of total number of valid votes | ||
them | cast | |||
- | - | - | ||
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Resolution 3: Ordinary Resolution
To declare Dividend of INR 0.30 per Equity Share for the financial year ended March 31, 2020.
(i) Voted in favour of the resolution:
Number of members voted | Number of valid votes cast by | % of total number of valid votes | |
them | cast | ||
910 | 75,67,14,706 | 99.9998 | |
(ii) Voted against the resolution: | |||
Number of members voted | Number of valid votes cast by | % of total number of valid votes | |
them | cast | ||
19 | 1260 | 0.0002 | |
(iii) Invalid votes: | |||
Number of members voted | Number of valid votes cast by | % of total number of valid votes | |
them | cast | ||
- | - | - | |
Resolution 4: Ordinary Resolution
To appoint a Director in place of Mr. Ashok Kurien (DIN 00034035), who retires by rotation and, being eligible, offers himself for re-appointment.
(i) Voted in favour of the resolution:
Number of members voted | Number of valid votes cast by | % of total number of valid votes | |
them | cast | ||
785 | 68,77,51,365 | 92.1546 | |
(ii) Voted against the resolution: | |||
Number of members voted | Number of valid votes cast by | % of total number of valid votes | |
them | cast | ||
121 | 5,85,50,704 | 7.8454 | |
(iii) Invalid votes: | |||
Number of members voted | Number of valid votes cast by | % of total number of valid votes | |
them | cast | ||
- | - | - | |
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Resolution 5: Ordinary Resolution
Ratification of Cost Auditors' Remuneration
(i) Voted in favour of the resolution:
Number of members voted | Number of valid votes cast by | % of total number of valid votes | |
them | cast | ||
897 | 75,46,41,329 | 99.9997 | |
(ii) Voted against the resolution: | |||
Number of members voted | Number of valid votes cast by | % of total number of valid votes | |
them | cast | ||
29 | 2399 | 0.0003 | |
(iii) Invalid votes: | |||
Number of members voted | Number of valid votes cast by | % of total number of valid votes | |
them | cast | ||
- | - | - | |
Resolution 6: Ordinary Resolution
Appointment of Mr. R Gopalan (DIN 01624555) as an Independent Director of the Company
(i) Voted in favour of the resolution:
Number of members voted | Number of valid votes cast by | % of total number of valid votes | |
them | cast | ||
867 | 74,32,41,782 | 98.2245 | |
(ii) Voted against the resolution: | |||
Number of members voted | Number of valid votes cast by | % of total number of valid votes | |
them | cast | ||
57 | 1,34,34,986 | 1.7755 | |
(iii) Invalid votes: | |||
Number of members voted | Number of valid votes cast by | % of total number of valid votes | |
them | cast | ||
- | - | - | |
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Resolution 7: Ordinary Resolution
Appointment of Mr. Piyush Pandey (DIN 00114673) as an Independent Director of the Company
(i) Voted in favour of the resolution:
Number of members voted | Number of valid votes cast by | % of total number of valid votes | |
them | cast | ||
884 | 74,49,62,522 | 98.4519 | |
(ii) Voted against the resolution: | |||
Number of members voted | Number of valid votes cast by | % of total number of valid votes | |
them | cast | ||
41 | 1,17,14,374 | 1.5481 | |
(iii) Invalid votes: | |||
Number of members voted | Number of valid votes cast by | % of total number of valid votes | |
them | cast | ||
- | - | - | |
Resolution 8: Ordinary Resolution
Appointment of Ms. Alicia Yi (DIN 08734283) as an Independent Director of the Company
(i) Voted in favour of the resolution:
Number of members voted | Number of valid votes cast by | % of total number of valid votes | |
them | cast | ||
883 | 75,66,72,744 | 99.9995 | |
(ii) Voted against the resolution: | |||
Number of members voted | Number of valid votes cast by | % of total number of valid votes | |
them | cast | ||
38 | 3,638 | 0.0005 | |
(iii) Invalid votes: | |||
Number of members voted | Number of valid votes cast by | % of total number of valid votes | |
them | cast | ||
- | - | - | |
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Resolution 9: Ordinary Resolution
Re-appointment of Mr. Punit Goenka (DIN 00031263) as Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer of the Company
(i) Voted in favour of the resolution:
Number of members voted | Number of valid votes cast by | % of total number of valid votes | |
them | cast | ||
848 | 72,28,73,785 | 96.5646 | |
(ii) Voted against the resolution: | |||
Number of members voted | Number of valid votes cast by | % of total number of valid votes | |
them | cast | ||
66 | 2,57,17,303 | 3.4354 | |
(iii) Invalid votes: | |||
Number of members voted | Number of valid votes cast by | % of total number of valid votes | |
them | cast | ||
- | - | - | |
Resolution 10: Special Resolution
Payment of Commission to Non-Executive Directors of the Company
(i) Voted in favour of the resolution:
Number of members voted | Number of valid votes cast by | % of total number of valid votes | |
them | cast | ||
841 | 71,37,20,463 | 94.3230 | |
(ii) Voted against the resolution: | |||
Number of members voted | Number of valid votes cast by | % of total number of valid votes | |
them | cast | ||
84 | 4,29,56,628 | 5.6770 | |
(iii) Invalid votes: | |||
Number of members voted | Number of valid votes cast by | % of total number of valid votes | |
them | cast | ||
- | - | - | |
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8. In view of the above scrutiny, I hereby certify all the above Resolutions have been passed with requisite majority on September 18, 2020.
Date: September 18, 2020
Place: Mumbai
Countersigned
Mr. Ashish Agarwal
Company Secretary
Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd
For M/s Vinod Kothari & Company Practicing Company Secretaries
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Date: 2020.09.18 19:57:25 +05'30' |
Ms. Vinita Nair
Senior Partner FCS: 10559; COP: 11902
UDIN: F010559B000734205
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